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The purpose of this study was to develop a suitable module for digital conservation of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants (MPs) used by tribal communities living in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, Central India.

The research used a qualitative approach to gather the data of MPs through the use of literature review and field survey. Based on the acquired data, a prototype digital learning system was constructed and assessed. This study used digital learning technologies to assess the requirements for transmitting traditional knowledge of important MPs used by tribal communities so that people can absorb and conserve them.

Over time, the focus on the digital conservation of traditional MP’s knowledge has progressively increased globally. Despite the rise in this field of study, information technology methods to preserve and distribute traditional knowledge of MPs have remained a few. When adopting digital learning to maintain traditional knowledge of MPs, it was discovered that it would be necessary to engage with relevant knowledge keepers, use multimedia, and provide content in local languages.

This study helps in conservation of important MP species that are having biologically important therapeutic compounds meant for treating various ailments. Older generations of various tribal communities mainly hold traditional knowledge of important MPs, and unless it is preserved, it will perish along with its caretakers.

It is worth looking at a digital platform that can help future generations to maintain traditional knowledge of MPs, as it is a dynamic and ever-changing, it must involve a digital tool for its future conservation. Current methods for maintaining traditional knowledge of MPs were ineffective and constrained by space and time.

The study sets out to demonstrate how a lifecycle perspective on complex, public-sector procurement projects can be used for making qualitative assessments of procurement policy and practice and reveal those procurement capabilities that are most impactful for operating effectively.

Agency theory, institutional theory and the lifecycle analysis technique are combined to abductively develop a framework to identify, analyse and compare complex procurement policies and practices in public sector organisations. Defence is the focal case and is compared with cases in the Nuclear, Local Government and Health sectors.

The study provides a framework for undertaking a lifecycle analysis to understand the challenges and capabilities of complex, public-sector buyers. Eighteen hierarchically-arranged themes are identified and used in conjunction with agency theory and institutional theory to explain complex procurement policy and practice variation in some of the UK’s highest-profile public buyers. The study findings provide a classification of complex buyers and offer valuable guidance for practitioners and researchers navigating complex procurement contexts.

The lifecycle approach proposed is a new research tool providing a bespoke application of theory by considering each lifecycle phase as an individual but related element that is governed by unique institutional pressures and principal-agent relationships.

This study aims to investigate the combined use of System Dynamics (SD) applications in Enterprise Engineering (EE) research and practice. SD application in EE is becoming widely accepted as a tool to support decision-making processes and for capturing relationships within enterprises.

A systematic literature review (SLR) is conducted using a standard SLR method to provide a comprehensive review of existing literature. The search was conducted on ten platforms identifying 30 publications which were analysed through the use and development of a codebook.

The SLR showed that 90% of the result set consisted of peer-reviewed academic conferences and journal papers. The SLR identified a highly dispersed author set of 83 authors. Amongst these authors, Vinay Kulkarni was an active author who has co-authored up to four publications in this research area. The analysis further revealed that the combined use of SD applications and EE is an emerging research area that still needs to develop in maturity. While all phases of EE have received attention, the current research work is more focused on the design phase. The important gap between model development and implementation is identified.

The study elucidates the existing status of interdisciplinary research combining techniques from the SD and EE disciplines, suggesting future research topics that combine the strengths of these existing disciplines.

The prevailing conceptualization of information system (IS) capabilities, rooted in the resource-based view (RBV) framework, tends to focus on unique firm resources. In the digital age, as emphasized by dynamic capabilities (DC), resource reconfiguration is critical in maintaining strategic advantage. This paper focuses on big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) from a DC perspective to present a novel conceptualization of BDAC–DC. We examine its effects on product, business model and business process innovation, including the effects of enterprise architecture (EA) on the BDAC business model innovation relationship.

This research presents a novel DC-based BDAC conceptualization, operationalized as a hierarchical construct. A survey-based approach is used for data collection and data analysis is done using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

The novel conceptualization and the effects of BDAC DC on BDA sensing-seizing and reconfiguration capacities support BDAC’s functional and evolutionary roleplay. Empirical results confirm the positive effects of BDAC–DC on first-order value targets (innovation) and the moderating effects of EA.

The novel BDAC–DC conceptualization has several implications for BDAC, DC, EA and business value research. Practicing managers must adopt a multifaceted approach to BDAC development by considering non-technical and organizational factors, collaborate with their business counterparts to explore unique big data ideas, initiate proof-of-concept projects to secure support and allocate resources synchronously, considering a multidimensional view of the process, product and business model innovation.

Practicing managers must adopt a multifaceted approach to BDAC development by considering non-technical and organizational factors, collaborate with their business counterparts to explore unique big data ideas, initiate proof-of-concept projects to secure support and allocate resources synchronously, considering a multidimensional view of the process, product and business model innovation for synergistic outcomes.

To the best of our knowledge, this research is the first attempt toward DC-based BDAC conceptualization, empirical validation of first-order effects on various forms of innovation and the often-overlooked role of critical EA capability.

The purpose of this study is to offer a business process management (BPM) framework with information and insights on designing, implementing, using and assessing business processes for continuous improvement towards operational excellence.

An action research is carried out over two and a half years on the BPM evolution of a Brazilian entertainment organisation.

Research provides a novel procedural framework towards improving the understanding of how a complete lifecycle approach for BPM can be implemented for continuous improvement, embracing the critical success factors for each lifecycle phase to achieve operational excellence. Information technology and project management are critical success factors resulting in project barriers. Strategic alignment, top management support, collaborative environment, methods and methodology, and focus on users and culture are acknowledged as main enablers. Findings reinforce the importance of an organisation analysis phase to begin the BPM development and highlight the assessment and improvement phase to respond to organisational environment dynamism.

Practitioners can benefit from the lessons learnt and the proposed framework, which serves as a rigorous methodology to achieve operational excellence in their real-world settings.

This paper goes beyond the well-known design and analysis phases of BPM development, generally studied with an individual focus, offering a complete lifecycle approach for continuous improvement, analysing each phase, from the drawing board to its use and evaluation. It counts on an original longitudinal study rather than a single-time assessment study.