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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2023) | Viewed by 8349

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Prof. Dr. Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura

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Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Interests: software engineering in general focusing on; processes, methodologies, reuse, management and software configuration management, and usability of interactive systems; value-based software engineering; sustainable knowledge management; digital transformation; intelligent organizations; complexity and systems thinking

Dr. Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez

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Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Interests: software engineering focusing on processes, methodologies, software process improvement and education and training; global software development; computer supported collaborative work; knowledge management; knowledge reuse; business intelligence; data mining

Prof. Dr. Antonio de Amescua Seco

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Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Interests: software process improvement; software reuse; software project management; knowledge management; knowledge reuse; digital business; digital startups; innovation

Dr. German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña

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Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Interests: modeling and simulation of complex systems; representation of knowledge as a complex issue; digital business architecture; knowledge management; cognitive modeling; applied systems thinking; software engineering; knowledge systems management and improvement

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Dear Colleagues,

Since time immemorial, society has tried to ensure, in various ways, that the reservoir of knowledge that humanity has accumulated over centuries can be collected and recorded in some way, so that it can be transmitted to our heirs. In this sense, we are continuously building on existing knowledge.

For a long time, knowledge management has been seen as an improver of productivity and a promoter of innovation. Now, and in the future, in the digital era, it can take advantage of the prominent position of technology—knowledge management can show its real power as a tool to help businesses stay competitive, help any field in general be more efficient, and promote innovation, all in a sustainable way.

Knowledge management has become key to evolving our society and making this evolution sustainable, since, otherwise, a society in which human beings depend on existing knowledge to learn and evolve, without sustainable digital knowledge management, would go back centuries instead of advancing forward.

Organizations and institutions, from companies to universities, in different sectors, from banking to aerospace, automotive, computer science, education, health, etc., could be more productive and innovative if they could support their businesses on knowledge management mechanisms that allow them to keep sustainable in the long term.

Thus, knowledge management in the digital age guarantees the development of knowledge and an evolution that generates sustainable innovation. The emphasis must be placed on improving knowledge management systems and creating new mechanisms based on emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, BlockChain, Business Intelligence, Internet of Things, etc., that allow the identification, capture, dissemination, recovery, reuse, valuation and evolution of organizational and institutional knowledge, to continue advancing as sustainable societies and promoting innovation.

Effective knowledge management, in addition to ensuring the sustainable development of knowledge, improves other aspects such as those related to decision-making, the analysis of complex systems, the identification of key assets, goal-oriented learning, etc.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather existing initiatives around how knowledge management mechanisms based on existing or emerging technology in different sectors can help human beings to evolve faster and in a more stable and sustainable manner.

Prof. Dr. Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura
Dr. Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez
Prof. Dr. Antonio de Amescua Seco
Dr. German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña
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Keywords

Knowledge management for sustainable decision making
Knowledge management for sustainable digital transformation
Knowledge management for sustainable competitiveness in digital businesses
Knowledge management for sustainable innovation
knowledge management for sustainable learning
knowledge management for sustainable companies’ innovation
knowledge management for health system efficiency improvement
knowledge management for a safer Occupational and Health Safety sector
Knowledge management for sustainable business intelligence
Knowledge management for sustainable use of Artificial Intelligence
knowledge management for sustainable prioritization
knowledge management for complex systems analysis
Knowledge management reuse, recovery, capture, dissemination, evolution, and valuation, to ensure sustainability

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The Pricing Strategy of Digital Content Resources Based on a Stackelberg Game

by Yan Zhao and Yuan Ni

Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16525; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su142416525 - 09 Dec 2022

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This paper uses a Stackelberg game model to analyze the profit function composition of digital content resource producers and publishers and uses a numerical simulation method to explore the equilibrium relationships between the various factors that affect the pricing strategy. The findings are as follows: ① platform-based publishers of digital content resources adopt a cost-plus pricing method for a single broadcast price; ② the revenue-sharing ratio of the producers decreases as the single broadcast cost increases; ③ the viewing effect is affected by many factors, such as copyright fees, investment difficulty, sales coefficient, and unit cost. Overall, the main contribution of this manuscript is to make an innovative demonstration and analysis of the factors affecting the pricing strategy of digital content resources, and the results of this paper can promote the transaction of digital content resources and ensure the sustainable development of the digital content industry. Full article

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Dignity in Food Aid Logistics Is Also a Knowledge Management and Digital Matter: Three Inspiring Initiatives in France

by Pierre-Emmanuel Arduin and Doudja Saïdi-Kabeche

Sustainability 2022, 14(3), 1130; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14031130 - 19 Jan 2022

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Throughout the world, including in developed countries, the COVID-19 crisis has revealed and accentuated food insecurity. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations clearly defines food security as a situation of not only availability and accessibility but also social acceptability (i.e., adequacy and sustainability). In developed countries, food security remains non-achieved at all. Notably, the so-called “little deprivation” leads the working poor to rely on food aid. We argue that even doing so, they remain food insecure: food aid is socially unacceptable because, despite their work, they are kept away from classical food access paths. In this article, we present the specificities of food aid in France and state some of its limits, namely those associated with the supply chain of donated foodstuffs. We propose a monographic study relying on a mix of firsthand material (six years of fieldwork from students with associations) and secondhand material (analysis of specialized, legal, and activity reports). We describe inspiring initiatives from three French associations and mobilize the recently published analysis of dignity construction in food aid in the United States of America to argue that dignity in food aid logistics is also a knowledge management and digital matter. Indeed, the initiatives of the three considered associations show concretely how knowledge management and digital systems can enhance dignity in food aid logistics. Full article

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Relationship between IT Self-Efficacy and Personal Knowledge and Information Management for Sustainable Lifelong Learning and Organizational Performance: A Systematic Review from 2000 to 2022

by Khurram Shahzad, Yasir Javed, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Abid Iqbal, Imran Hussain and M. Vaseem Jaweed

Sustainability 2023, 15(1), 5; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15010005 - 20 Dec 2022

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This study aims to identify the relationship between IT self-efficacy and personal knowledge and information management (PKIM) practices. It also intends to investigate trending tools and approaches being applied for PKIM for sustainable lifelong learning and organizational performance. It also reveals challenges for the development of an effective PKIM system. To meet the study’s objectives, a systematic literature review was carried out. Fifty research papers published in peer-reviewed journals were included to conduct a comprehensive systematic review. The findings of the study revealed that a significant positive relationship exists between IT self-efficacy and personal knowledge and information management for sustainable lifelong learning and innovative organizational performance. Social media tools, the adoption of emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence were trending techniques for the successful implementation of PKIM practices in academia and the field. This research has significant theoretical, practical, social, academic, and managerial implications. Full article

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Valuable Business Knowledge Asset Discovery by Processing Unstructured Data

by Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura, Roxana González-Cruz, Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez and German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña

Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 12971; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su142012971 - 11 Oct 2022

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Modern organizations are challenged to enact a digital transformation and improve their competitiveness while contributing to the ninth Sustainable Development Goal (SGD), “Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The discovery of hidden process data’s knowledge assets may help to digitalize processes. Working on a valuable knowledge asset discovery process, we found a major challenge in that organizational data and knowledge are likely to be unstructured and undigitized, constraining the power of today’s process mining methodologies (PMM). Whereas it has been proved in digitally mature companies, the scope of PMM becomes wider with the complement proposed in this paper, embracing organizations in the process of improving their digital maturity based on available data. We propose the C4PM method, which integrates agile principles, systems thinking and natural language processing techniques to analyze the behavioral patterns of organizational semi-structured or unstructured data from a holistic perspective to discover valuable hidden information and uncover the related knowledge assets aligned with the organization strategic or business goals. Those assets are the key to pointing out potential processes susceptible to be handled using PMM, empowering a sustainable organizational digital transformation. A case study analysis from a dataset containing information on employees’ emails in a multinational company was conducted. Full article

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