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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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Dear Colleagues,

Under the background of the digital economy, digital and information technology have been developing vigorously. How to seize this opportunity and realize sustainable development through digital innovation and strategic management has become an urgent and realistic task for enterprises. The sustainable development of enterprises should not only achieve and improve the business objectives of the market position considered by the company, but also maintain the enterprise, keep sustainable profit growth and improve the ability in the existing competition-leading field and the business environment for future expansion, so as to ensure the enterprise prosperous in quite a long period time.

Moreover, digital innovation with the core features of digitalization, intelligence and network is the most important technical factor affecting economic and social development at present and in the future. In this context, enterprises may enter the virtual reality environment, which requires enterprises to timely adjust their strategies, carry out digital transformation, and adapt to the pace of development in the digital era. Therefore, this Special Issue “Digital Innovation and Strategic Management for Enterprises for a Sustainable Development” welcomes research papers on the mechanisms and pathways by which digital innovation and strategic management contribute to more enterprises' sustainability, addressing one or more of the following research topics:

Novel theoretical models for digital innovation, management and sustainability development;
Modeling enterprise digital transformation and strategic management;
Government digital policy for enterprises for a sustainable development;
Innovation strategy analysis of digital transformation based on big data;
Sustainable analysis of digital innovation based on big data;
User innovation in the context of digital economy;
Strategic management in the context of digital economy;
Digital Innovation and platform strategy;
Digital Innovation and ecosystem strategy;
Digital Innovation and Strategic Management in family firms;
Digital Innovation and Strategic Management in open source communities.

Prof. Dr. Yu Cui
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digital innovation
digital management
strategic management
sustainable development
business strategy
digital technology
digital transformation
digital economy
sustainability
innovative development

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The Impact of Curbing Housing Speculation on Household Entrepreneurship in China

by Yongzhi Sun, Qiong Ma and Li Gan

Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 1913; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051913 - 26 Feb 2024

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We document a speculation channel and complement the well-documented collateral channels by offering novel evidence about the effect of curbing housing speculation policies We estimate the positive effect of discouraging housing speculation on household entrepreneurship in China. By exploiting the city-level variations in the stringency of home purchase restrictions between 2011 and 2019 and five waves of China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data, we find that discouraging housing speculation significantly increases the likelihood of local households starting a business. To address endogeneity concerns, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation using IV estimations and DID research design. The positive effect is stronger for local multiple-home owners, homeowners without mortgage debt, households with previous entrepreneurial experience, households of risk-loving, and households with large assets. This conclusion is robust with city-level evidence. In the mechanism discussion, we find that discouraging housing speculation significantly reduces the likelihood and the plans of local households to purchase new homes and lowers the house price expectations of local households (thus the opportunity cost of starting a business). We also provide evidence supporting the view that discouraging housing speculation increases entrepreneurial opportunities, innovative development, and local households’ social network investments, all of which contribute to starting a business. The results imply that policies to curb housing speculation can lead to beneficial spillover on entrepreneurship and the local economy, as well as contribute to the sustainability of economic growth. Full article

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An Empirical Study on the Impact of Digital Economy Innovation Development on the Export Quality of Chinese Electromechanical Products

by Qingnian Wang, Shiyi Chen and Yunpei Wang

Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16908; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416908 - 16 Dec 2023

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This study measures the export quality of electromechanical products using data from China’s electromechanical products from 2011 to 2021, empirically investigates the effects of the level of innovation and the growth of the digital economy (DE) on the export quality of electromechanical products, and assesses potential industry heterogeneity. With an erratic upward trend, it is observed that the export quality of Chinese electromechanical products has suffered twice. China’s DE has demonstrated a rising trend in innovation and growth year over year. The creation and growth of the DE throughout the study period had an inverted “U” dynamic effect on the export quality of electromechanical goods, which was initially boosted and later decreased. It is possible to raise the export quality of Chinese mechanical and electrical products by expanding firm size and raising human resource levels. The export quality of Chinese mechanical and electrical products is not much impacted by innovation, R&D capacity, or degree of openness. The inverted “U”-shaped dynamic impacts of the DE’s creation and development on the export quality of electromechanical products are still present after endogeneity analysis and robustness testing, which initially promote and then suppress the rate. The inverted “U”-shaped relationship between DE innovation development and the quality of electromechanical product exports of the manufacture of computers and other electronic equipment, as well as general equipment manufacturing, is still significant, according to the results of sub-industry tests. The study presented in this article offers policy recommendations for facilitating the innovative growth of the DE and raising the standard of electromechanical exports from China. Full article

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How Technological, Organizational, and Environmental Factors Drive Enterprise Digital Innovation: Analysis Based on the Dynamic FsQCA Approach

by Qi Song, Xiaohong Chen and Hao Gu

Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12248; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612248 - 10 Aug 2023

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Improving the level of digital industry innovation is of great significance to enhance the competitiveness of China’s digital industry and improve the sustainable development advantages of the digital economy. Based on the technology–organization–environment framework (TOE framework), this paper establishes a multi-stage configuration analysis model of factors affecting enterprises’ digital innovation, selects six antecedent variables from technology, organization, and environment, including R&D investment, high-level talents, organizational size, top management team heterogeneity, industrial development speed, and regional digitalization level, and explores the driving path for improving enterprise digital innovation intention and digital innovation performance under the influence of multi-factor combinations. The results are presented that single factors or single dimensions struggle to stimulate high digital innovation, and the combination configuration of multiple factors has a significant impact. The configuration paths that drive high digital innovation intention include the technology–environment type (TE type) driven by technological and environmental factors, organization–environment type (OE type) driven by organizational and environmental factors and technology–organization–environment type (TOE type) driven by technological, organizational, and environmental factors; the configuration paths that drive high digital innovation performance include the technology–organization type (TO type) driven by technological and organizational factors, organization–environment type (OE type) driven by organizational and environmental factors. With the evolution of time, there are configuration solutions with relatively high stability, such as the TE type and OE type that drive high digital innovation intention, and the TO type that drives high digital innovation performance. The results provide a reference for revealing the key influencing factors and driving paths of enterprise digital innovation, and improving the vitality and output level of enterprise digital innovation. Full article

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Knowledge Sharing and the Moderating Role of Digital Innovation on Employees Innovative Work Behavior

by Rima H. Binsaeed, Zahid Yousaf, Adriana Grigorescu, Raluca Andreea Trandafir and Abdelmohsen A. Nassani

Sustainability 2023, 15(14), 10788; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151410788 - 10 Jul 2023

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This study aims to give an econometric analysis of the energy sector employee’s innovative work behavior (IWB) with the mediation function of knowledge sharing (KS) and is mainly focused on how Network Capability (NC) plays a significant role in promoting the performance of knowledge sharing in the energy sector, which guides toward IWB. Current research also investigates the role of digital innovation (DI) in moderating the linkage between NC and IWB. For data collection, the quantitative method and 578 questionnaires were used. To test the study hypothesis, a structural equation model and bootstrapping are used. The findings prove that NC has a positive impact on IWB. Furthermore, it has been established that KS acts as a mediator in establishing the connection between network capacity NC and IWB. The results of the moderation role confirm that Digital Innovation in the energy sector strengthens the relationship between NC and IWB. By examining the potential mediating function of the KS in the NC-IWB links, this project expands the body of previous data. Current research further contributes to the better perception of NC, KS, digital innovation, and innovative work behavior in the energy sector. Full article

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