The advancement of technology, such as data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), has led to the birth of Industry 4.0, in which technology seems to be the centre of development. However, as the Covid-19 pandemic created havoc, the entire world production chain has been seriously affected, highlighting that machines alone, although fully connected and automated, cannot function without people. This book addresses the pillars of moving towards Industry 5.0 for sustainable development, drawing on examples from Asia.

As Asian nations are moving fast toward the digital economy, this edited collection offers new perspectives on understanding emerging business opportunities as well as the challenges faced. Chapters span the three pillars of Industry 5.0, human centricity, sustainability and resilience, and includes topics related to people management for creating wealth, technology advancements in supporting creativity, resilience and agility of organisations, as well as the important issue of sustainability in future industrial development.

With rich, empirical studies from leading researchers, this book will be a reference for academics and scholars across business disciplines, including information, technology and innovation management, organisational and strategic management, as well as those interested in industrial development and sustainability.

Mohammad Nabil Almunawar is currently an associate professor at the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. His overall research interests include applications of IT in management, e-business/commerce, digital marketplace/platform, digital transformation, digital business ecosystem, health informatics, information security and cloud computing. Currently, he focuses his research on digital platforms and the digital business ecosystem. He is Editor in Chief International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), an associate editor of International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM) and a member of many editorial boards of international journals.

Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos is a full professor in the Department of Business Administration in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She serves as Editor in Chief of Routledge book series Advances on Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management and Editor in Chief of IGI Global’s International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM) and Editor in Chief Inderscience’s International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital (IJLIC).

Muhammad Anshari is a researcher and academic staff at the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei Darussalam, and currently serves as Deputy Director Institute of Policy Studies at the same university. He received his BMIS (Hons) from International Islamic University, Malaysia, his Master of IT (E-Business) from James Cook University, Australia, and his PhD from UBD. His current research interests include business information systems, knowledge management systems, Industry 4.0, big data in business, FinTech and healthcare information systems.