This special issue examines how big data analytics can be leveraged for sustainable business management in smart cities. The call recognizes that organizations increasingly deal with massive volumes of data from diverse sources, which when properly processed can address critical issues such as energy efficiency, competitiveness, and environmental sustainability. Big data serves both as a tool and business model, enabling real-time insights for decision-making and operational strategies, while helping businesses understand consumer behavior and manage resources more efficiently.
The issue seeks to address challenges across organizational, technological, and people dimensions in implementing big data for sustainable business management. It welcomes interdisciplinary research, practitioner insights, and case studies that explore big data decision support systems, collaborative intelligence frameworks combining human and artificial intelligence, and the application of big data to achieve sustainability goals aligned with global frameworks such as SDGs and ESG criteria.