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This study aims to understand decarbonization opportunities in a transportation chain as a collaborative effort of multiple stakeholders, each of whom have different requirements to meet. While transportation providers aim to reduce emission for their own mode, transportation customers seek to decarbonize their multi-modal transportation chain. Enablers, on the other hand, develop and supply emission reduction technologies to cater all transportation modes. We investigate stakeholders’ requirements as a prerequisite for value creation at the transportation chain level. The study employs the Jobs-to-be-done theory to uncover requirements for value creation. 18 semi-structured interviews have been analyzed using theoretical coding then subsequently data-driven coding for a qualitative content analysis approach. While all stakeholders share an overarching goal of decarbonization, balancing their requirements with cooperation efforts is perceived as a necessary step to create value, benefit from reductions and share the risks and costs associated with emission reduction efforts. This study investigates the requirements for decarbonization at a transportation value chain level. By applying the Jobs-to-be-done framework in a B2B context, the study uncovered mutual reliance jobs, which extend our understanding of value creation opportunities. We derive several managerial implications for operationalizing emission reduction solutions, with an emphasis on removing barriers for purchasing low-emission transportation services.

Currently, the global business and innovation environment is rapidly evolving due to the rise of the platform economy, digital transformation, and the shift towards remote and hybrid work. This shift emphasizes personal innovation and entrepreneurship, leading to an increase in self-employment and consulting roles over traditional employment. Simultaneously, key technological drivers such as artificial intelligence and advancements in system integration technologies, like semiconductors and advanced packaging, are significantly impacting on the expertise required for business. In this paper, we first identify key factors and analyze their impact on the future business and innovation environment in the era of artificial intelligence on education. We then introduce the concept of innovation-driven education and its impact on the ICT education framework. Our baseline is the European Institute of Innovation & Technology’s (EIT) educational framework and quality measures. An new key themes include innovation entrepreneurship, multifaceted innovation processes, multicultural business ecosystems, and the platform economy. The future engineering profession will be characterized by 1) innovation entrepreneurship, 2) communication, collaboration, and workflow management with AI, and 3) a holistic and diverse understanding of entireties.

Sleep tracking has become a growing area of self-tracking, yet the breadth of users’ interactions with sleep-tracking technology has not been comprehensively synthesised. To address this gap, this study analyzes 51 empirical research articles following a three-phase literature review process. Guided by a human–computer interaction framework, we organised the extant research into five components: (1) user, (2) sleep-tracking technology, (3) use context along with corresponding tasks, (4) use and impact (user-oriented outcomes) and (5) design insight (technology-oriented outcomes). The first three components represent the antecedents of sleep tracking, while the latter two capture its outcomes. Based on these insights, we present a synthesising framework to elucidate current research concerning users’ interactions with sleep tracking technology. Drawing upon our findings, we propose two future research agendas for research design: (1) balancing qualitative with quantitative methods and (2) strengthening theoretical foundations. For future research topics, we put forward four agendas: (1) respect for individual differences and their impact on sleep tracking, (2) sleep-tracking technology evolution, user-centered design and its compatibility, (3) the role of stakeholders and external environment and (4) impacts beyond benefits: underlying mechanisms of use, effective use, behavioural change and potential side effects.