Innovation System Driven by Digital Economy and Its Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
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Interests: digital economy; digitization and innovation management
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Dear Colleagues,
Digital technology and digital economy are important ways for every country in the world to promote social and economic progress. The development of the digital economy has changed the traditional business model and the path of regional innovation. It makes technological innovation and economic development move in the direction of high efficiency, green and openness. At the same time, it also promotes the sustainability of regional innovation and regional economic development, and provides methods and ways for high-quality economic development. With the fourth industrial revolution, the innovation systems of countries all over the world have been gradually improved and developed. Digital technology and digital economy are gradually being embedded in the innovation system with their characteristics of high efficiency, directness and sustainability.
Sustainable development is a common development guideline recognized by the international community. Since the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, human development has increasingly focused on the harmony and unity of man and nature. Green, recycling and sustainability have become important keywords in the field of innovation management. In November 2021, the promulgation of the implementation details of the Paris Agreement once again placed environmental governance and sustainable development at the most important position in the development of the international community. In this context, the digital economy has become the main driver of the new economic era, as it uses data and information to guide resource allocation, enable innovative activities and drive economic development. With the continuous development of big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other technologies, digital technology plays an increasingly important role in innovation activities. Therefore, the gradual evolution of innovative behavior and the sustainable development of innovation systems need to rely on digital technologies and the digital economy. This is the core issue to be discussed in this Special Issue.
This Special Issue aims to collect theoretical and empirical studies on the digital economy and sustainable development in innovation systems. The research should mainly cover the following issues.
- What is the role of the digital economy in the innovation system?
- What is the impact of the digital economy on the innovation system?
- How can digital technologies be applied and optimized in corporate innovation?
- How can the digital economy enhance the performance of innovation systems?
- What are the mechanisms inherent in the digital economy that drive the sustainability of innovation systems?
- What are the effects of the digital economy on the sustainable development of innovation systems?
- How to establish an effective mechanism to promote the sustainable development of innovation systems?
Prof. Dr. Yi Su
Prof. Dr. Xuemei Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital economy
- digital technology
- big data
- internet of things
- cloud computing
- blockchain
- artificial intelligence
- green innovation
- carbon neutral
- carbon peak
- circular economy
- sustainable development
- sharing economy
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