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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#2E74B6">CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS | CHAPTER PROPOSALS DUE MAY 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Handbook of Digital Innovation, Transformation, and Sustainable Development in a Post-Pandemic Era<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">CRC PRESS
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(A Taylor & Francis Company)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Under Badiru’s Systems Innovation Book Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Editors:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">M. Affan </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Badar, Indiana State University, m.affan.badar@indstate.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ruchika Gupta, ABES Business School,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">guptaruchika81@gmail.com<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Priyank Srivastava, Amity University,
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Imran Ali, Central Queensland University, i.ali@cqu.edu.au<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth Cudney, Maryville University, ecudney@maryville.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Overview:</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default">During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital innovation led to increased development and use of digital technologies in businesses whether manufacturing, service, or other types including government sectors, non-profit organizations, and academic
institutions. <span style="background:white">Businesses faced a variety of difficulties as a result of the global pandemic, and how they responded to this disruption has affected both their resilience and their ability to get through this crisis. Digital technologies
have played a crucial role in addressing these issues and fostering resilience including
</span>addressing supply chain disruptions.<span style="background:white"> </span>
It is, therefore, imperative to explore options for post-pandemic business transformation and rethinking sustainable development.
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<p class="Default">The book will include the latest research and practices in digital innovation, business transformation, and sustainability in the post-pandemic era. Qualitative, Quantitative, Case studies, and Systematic Literature Reviews will be of particular
interest. The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners, and could be used as a supplemental textbook at senior or graduate level programs in Business and Management, Engineering and Technology, Information and Computing Systems, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Major features:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The book will cover:
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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Use of big data, blockchain technology, Industry 4.0 for sustainable development<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Self-reliant and sustainable business models<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Metaverse and sustainable development<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Circular supply chain<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Case studies from different parts of the world<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recommended Topics</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submission Procedure:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please check the important dates. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. All manuscripts will be accepted based on a single-blind peer-review
editorial process. All proposals should be sent as pdf or word through email to </span>
<a href="mailto:ecudney@maryville.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ecudney@maryville.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Proposal (long abstract) size: up to 500 words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chapter size: 7,000-10,000 words inclusive of abstract and references<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Style – A</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PA for references</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Each chapter must include an abstract of 100-200 words (no separate list of keywords).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There is no publication fee for contributed chapters. However, a few open access chapters are being solicited
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at a price of US$2031/£1563<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Important Dates:</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 15, 2023 - Submission of final chapters to Editors.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Beth Cudney, PhD, CLSSMBB</span></b><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">ASQ Fellow, IISE Fellow, ASEM Fellow, IAQ Academician<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Professor of Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Program Coordinator, Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">John E. Simon School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Maryville University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">650 Maryville University Dr. | St. Louis, MO 63141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">(314) 529-6654<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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