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Technology Innovation in Social and Economics Perception

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 2430

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Faculty of Economics Science, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 310032 Arad, Romania
Interests: : higher education; quality management; marketing; managerial economics; business; strategy; financial economics

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Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania
Interests: food technology; food science; food packaging; human nutrition; sensory analysis

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Faculty of Educational Science, Psychology and Social Work, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania
Interests: social development; autism spectrum disorders; school psychology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Starting from the premise that innovative aspects are increasingly leaving their mark on the sustainable development of the social and economical environment, current research challenges on a worldwide scale exist to intensify research in all sectors but especially the technological sector. Thus, studies highlight the fact that research and development as a source of innovation lead to the design and approach of new models of production and consumption, with a positive impact on the sustainable development of nations, both socially and economically.

The impact of different types of innovation and the determinants of innovation have received great attention in recent years. Studies in the field of innovation, especially based on research and development at the enterprise level, have particularly intensified in the last two decades, by analyzing innovation indicators, in an attempt to identify how to innovate in different sectors and performance, indispensable for innovation policies.

This Special Issue welcomes original research and review papers focused on the latest knowledge from social and economics technology innovation. Papers focusing on frameworks for the implications of technology innovation in the economy, at the micro- and macroeconomic level, strategies to understand, how innovation can be applied in the social sciences, as well as any combination of these areas are welcome.

Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer-review process with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Dr. Ramona Lile
Dr. Anca Mihaela Mihaela Dicu
Dr. Toderici Ovidiu Ovidiu Florin
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Keywords

  • technology innovation
  • innovation process
  • eco-innovation
  • research and development
  • sustainability
  • economic development
  • social development

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Representations of the Smart Green Concept and the Intention to Implement IoT in Romanian Real Estate Development
by Lavinia Denisia Cuc, Dana Rad, Daniel Manațe, Silviu Gabriel Szentesi, Anca Dicu, Mioara Florina Pantea, Vanina Adoriana Trifan, Cosmin Silviu Raul Joldeș and Graziella Corina Bâtcă-Dumitru
Sustainability 2023, 15(10), 7777; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15107777 - 9 May 2023
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Sustainable urban development has come to play an essential role in establishing and growing future sustainable cities, or smart cities, which are urban areas that have an optimum carbon footprint, are nature-friendly, and are smart enough to enhance energy efficiency. This study is [...] Read more.
Sustainable urban development has come to play an essential role in establishing and growing future sustainable cities, or smart cities, which are urban areas that have an optimum carbon footprint, are nature-friendly, and are smart enough to enhance energy efficiency. This study is based on qualitative research in which data were collected from interviews with real estate development specialists. The interviews were addressed to a total of 30 real estate developers from Romania between July and December 2022 and were conducted using the Zoom interface. The aim of this research was to analyze whether familiarity with the smart green concept influences the decision to implement the IoT on a large scale at the organizational level through the perception of specific determining factors in choosing the development of green building projects considering the operational costs. The results revealed a significant indirect effect of green building knowledge on large-scale IoT implementation through the mediator of the perception of operating cost factors, supporting our hypothesis. The direct effect in the presence of the mediator was not found to be significant anymore. Hence, there is full complementary mediation by the perception of operating cost factors on the relationship between green building knowledge and large-scale IoT implementation. Full article
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