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The study aims to assess the impact of electronic learning (e-learning) on students' performance (SP), with an emphasis on the mediating role of sustainable education (SE) at the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy (SPSA). The urgency of this study was highlighted by the global COVID-19 pandemic that happened between 2020 and 2022, which emphasized the need for e-learning as a tangible and imperative solution.

The study applied a quantitative approach, targeting the 91 student population at SPSA in the winter semester of 2022/2023 who practiced the e-learning process. A comprehensive survey was implemented disseminating 91 questionnaires by Google Forms to all students. Of the total, 61 questionnaires were returned, resulting in a response rate of 67.03%.

The results revealed that e-learning predictors explained 85.4% of the variations in SP, and 46.4% of the variations in SE. The model demonstrated a strong fit and high predictive relevance. The indirect impact of e-learning on SP through SE was found to be positive and statistically significant at the 0.05 level. Consequently, the mediation effect was considered partial and statistically significant.

Policymakers and educators should consider findings of the study when designing educational programs and policies. Accordingly, the SPSA management could gradually focus on safeguarding a sustainable e-learning environment and improving high-tech platforms. This would involve creating a sustainable e-learning curriculum to enable students to remain informed on the best e-learning practices.

An empirical study is essential for exploring the optimal answers to inquiries related to e-learning, SE and their impact on SP. The finding of the current study may contribute to the existing knowledge on e-learning, SE and SP. Additionally, they may improve learning activities and provide more sustainable learning experiences, leading to enhanced learning outcomes for students

COVID-19 not only created havoc in bringing retardation of the global economy and massive loss of humankind but also caused rapid urbanization, which unprecedentedly pressured sustainability. Smart cities, using several technologies, interfaces, software, and especially Internet of Things (IoT), deliver integrated solutions in helping achieve SDGs, especially the goal of good health, clean energy, innovation, infrastructure, sustainable cities, helping environmental protection. Intelligent cities deploy various software, interfaces, and state-of-the-art communication tools, to communicate and exchange data with the public to achieve better health. Today, smart cities can map emergencies and hazards, impeding crime in real time. Smart cities can provide efficient city systems and development by deploying a network of intelligent infrastructure. Walkability is the talk of the town because of its ability to improve the urban health economies. Walking in the urban community provides quality of life in technology-oriented modern life. Today’s communities provide facilities, including parks, amenities, stores, shops, and restaurants, civic and cultural facilities within walking distance. Baby Boomers and Millennials, representing adult communities in metro cities, prefer seeking walkable places to spend quality time with their families. Bike riding is today’s hot topic among youth, especially after community developers have developed high-quality bike infrastructure, leading to excellent mobility within the community. The solution providers and planners of smart cities using transit screen provide information to walkers who prefer to avoid involving with mobile technology. At the 93^rd Transportation Board Meeting in Washington D.C., speakers stressed that walking is vital to getting to the car, bike sharing, or even getting to transit; thus, walking has a vital role in engaging all planned transport services.

The purpose of this is to test the relationship between corporate environmental strategies (CES) and firms’ competitiveness (FC) through collaboration.

Selected companies from Ghana Club 100 were used as the sample for this study. This study used regression to test the hypothesized paths.

The results indicated that a unit change in CES results in a 42.7% alteration in FC – all things being equal. Also, as revealed by the study, supply chain collaboration (SCC) is not a significant predictor of FC. However, SCC plays an indirect role in enhancing the relationship between CES and FC. The results showed that CES act as a significant predictor of a company’s collaboration in its supply chain.

The findings will enlighten firms to outline and implement appropriate environmental strategies to sustain their competitive advantage.

This study is very rare in the African context; hence, it adds to the extant literature by providing a contemporary perspective of CES and FC.