1st Edition

Adoption of Emerging Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability

Edited By Ewa Ziemba, Jarosław Wątróbski Copyright 2024
354 Pages 7 Color & 55 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

354 Pages 7 Color & 55 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

354 Pages 7 Color & 55 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book represents an important voice in the discourse on the adoption of emerging ICT for sustainability. It focuses on how emerging ICT acts as a crucial enabler of sustainability, offering new forward-looking approaches to this field. The book explores how emerging ICT adoption drives sustainability efforts in business and public organizations, promoting ecological, economic, social,... Read more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

THEORETICAL ISSUES ON EMERGING ICT ADOPTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Potential for a Process Framework to Guide the Implementation of Circular Economy Activities in Enterprises

Roisin Mullins, Sandra Dettmer, Ewa Ziemba and Monika Eisenbardt

The State of Research on Emerging Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development

Arkadiusz Januszewski and Dariusz Żółtowski

Analysis of Frameworks for the Integration of Information and Communication Technology into Sustainability

Adam Sadowski and Beata Skowron-Grabowska

Mapping Areas of ICT Application for Sustainable Management

Justyna Szydłowska and Jakub Swacha

A Concept of a Sustainable Digital Healthcare System

Małgorzata Dymyt and Marta Wincewicz-Bosy

The Meta-Design Methodology and Process Adaptability for Sustainability Support 

Anna Sołtysik-Piorunkiewicz and Stanisław Stanek

Pro-Environmental Engagement of ICT Enterprises in Poland as an Expression of Sustainable Development

Dorota Teneta-Skwiercz, Hanna Sikacz and Marta Lesiewska

The State of Research on Cognitive Technologies for Sustainable Business Processes

Marcin Hernes, Ewa Walaszczyk, Krzysztof Nowosielski and Agata Kozina

EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO EMERGING ICT ADOPTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

The Role of Robotic Process Automation in Sustainable Human Resource Management

Andrzej Sobczak

Sustainable E-commerce in the Perspective of SDGs and Online Marketplaces

Dariusz Grabara

The Impact of Technical Aspects of E-commerce on Sustainability. Comparative Study of Poland, Turkey, and China

Marek Zborowski, Witold Chmielarz, Jin Xuetao, Mesut Atasever and Justyna Szpakowska

Shadow Information Technology for the Sustainable Facilitation of Knowledge Development at Universities

Małgorzata Pańkowska and Mariia Rizun

The Importance of Traditional and New Media in Encouraging Young Consumers’ Sustainable Behavior

Agata Balińska, Ewa Jaska and Agnieszka Werenowska

Automatic Hate Speech Detection Methods as a Tool Supporting a Sustainable Society and Economy

Jędrzej Wieczorkowski and Aleksandra Suwińska

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN BY EMERGING ICT ADOPTION

The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector

Beata Stępień and Justyna Światowiec-Szczepańska

Exploring Socio-technical Gaps in the Cybersecurity of Energy Informatics for Sustainability

Duong Dang and Tero Vartiainen

Employing Smart Metering Platforms in Energy-Efficient Behaviors

Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska

Social Motivators and Barriers to Participation in a Renewable Energy Community in Western Europe

Ewa Neska

Biography

Ewa Ziemba (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1084-7497) holds the position of Full Professor of management at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Her research focuses on information systems and technologies for business, public administration, and sustainable development. She is one of the renowned leaders in developing a multi-dimensional approach to a sustainable information society.

Ewa Ziemba published over 240 peer-reviewed papers, three books, and 24 edited volumes, including a few published with Springer and Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Her research articles have been published in reputable journals. In 2021, she was included in the top-cited scientists list (TOP 2% cited scientists) created by Stanford University, Elsevier, Scopus, and SciTech. Ewa Ziemba was a coordinator and principal investigator of over 40 prestigious Polish and international research projects. She is a research expert for the National Centre for Research and Development in Poland, the Academy of Finland, The Malta Council for Science and Technology, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Ewa Ziemba has a wide experience in training, guest lectures, and delivering keynote speeches at international prestige conferences. She has supervised four Ph.D. students and above 200 master’s/bachelor’s students, 10 out of which were awarded. She serves on the editorial boards of international journals as an editor and reviewer. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economics and Management, Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Additionally, she is a reviewer for many prestige journals and publishers and has authored more than 600 reviews.

The academic world values and recognizes Ewa Ziemba’s work and significant academic community contributions. In 2021, she was elected an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in Salzburg (Class V, Social Sciences, Law, and Economics). She received numerous awards for excellent research achievements, young academic staff development, and works for the scientific community, including the Prize of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education for Excellent Research Achievement, The Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, and Fellow and Distinguished Scholar Award, six Silver and Bronze Journal Editor Awards, 26 Awards of the Rector of the University of Economics in Katowice, and 10 Best Research Paper Awards.

Jarosław Wątróbski (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9189-1675) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Computer Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, and the D.Sc. degree in management science. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Computer Science in Management, University of Szczecin. Jarosław Wątróbski’s research work focuses on multi-criteria decision-making and sustainability issues. He has published over 200 scientific articles, conference proceedings, and books on the topic of multicriteria decision-making, MCDA method selection, sustainability issues, usability, user experience, and digital sustainability. He serves as an editor of many international scientific journals. He has authored more than 500 hundred reviews for the world’s top scientific journals. He has received a number of national and international scientific awards for his work. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, he was ranked among the 2% most cited scientists worldwide.