A Smart Co-Operative Management Framework Based on an EA Concept for Sustainable Development

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I would like to mention some specific points for improvement:

1. The research question needs to be better formulated. The question "what" is a framework does not address the research proposal which is "to develop a framework".

2. There is no bibliographic reference on the Smart Cooperative Management Concept. On line 132, on page 3, there is simply the mention "Based on previous study..."

3. Line spacing is out of standard in items 2.2.2, 2.2.3 and 2.3.

4. On page 10, line 414 is left with a full stop. [83}.

5. In the description of the research method (topic 3), the framework was proposed, based on the theoretical framework and validation was carried out. I suggest separating the proposition of the framework and the content validation test in another topic. The topic about the research method should only clarify how the research was carried out and w cite references that corroborate the choice of research method made by the authors. It is also important to better present the process of choosing the experts, considering that they have a great weight in the validation of the research. The application of content validity inde needs to be presented in the item about the research method and justified, in terms of application and number of experts.

Author Response

Dear Editor and Reviewer1 of MDPI Sustainability

 

            Thank you for the opportunity to revise and improve our manuscript. We really appreciate your valuable comments and suggestions. We expect our manuscript has improved upon the suggested revised.

 

Sincerely, 

Supaporn Kiattisin

Information Technology Management, Faculty of Engineering,

Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, 73170, Thailand;

Tel.: +66-81-866-4207

Email: [email protected]

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The paper deals with very actual topic and useful for practice. But the paper is too long and the reader can be confused by current inadequate structure of the paper. I recommend to restructure the paper and focus on the research subject.

Firstly, theoretical part of the paper is very broad. It should orient on the theoretical framework of smart co-operative management conceptual framework (actually it is in chapter 3), based on this framework, the main research questions should be stated and also the key starting points of the research defined.

Subsequently, the methodology should be presented including the methods of data collection.

The next chapter should present the research results and discussion. Currently, it is very limited part (but in papers it is usually the most valuable part). I suppose that also a part of other chapters can be moved to this chapter

To the research method - expert panel – if the paper presents the research results applicable generally in issue of smart co-operative management, answers of 10 persons is too less, are they from the same country? If yes, it is not possible to generalize the research results.

Author Response

Dear Editor and Reviewer2 of MDPI Sustainability

 

            Thank you for the opportunity to revise and improve our manuscript. We really appreciate your valuable comments and suggestions. We expect our manuscript has improved upon the suggested revised.

 

Sincerely, 

Supaporn Kiattisin

Information Technology Management, Faculty of Engineering,

Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, 73170, Thailand;

Tel.: +66-81-866-4207

Email: [email protected]

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

The paper is written excellently and has a great contribution toward relevant literature. I have only few suggestions for structure and presentation of the paper. The graphs needs some clarity and further explanation, rest of the paper is fine to get accepted with these few minor revision. 

Author Response

Dear Editor and Reviewer3 of MDPI Sustainability

 

            Thank you for the opportunity to revise and improve our manuscript. We really appreciate your valuable comments and suggestions. We expect our manuscript has improved upon the suggested revised.

 

Sincerely, 

Supaporn Kiattisin

Information Technology Management, Faculty of Engineering,

Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, 73170, Thailand;

Tel.: +66-81-866-4207

Email: [email protected]

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

I recommend just language editing.