It seems to me a very novel approach to use Remote Sensing Imaging in the business domain. But it is not clear to me how you plan to use it. It seems to me that it would be very useful to study supply chains and map production processes. It reminds me of the Hawthorne experiment. All the best in your research.

María José

It is a very interesting and new research approach to link between remote sensing and MCS

Remote sensing (RS) technology has rapidly advanced in terms of radiometric, spatial, and spectral resolution. This trend has led to increasing complexity of data types ranging from low to high spatial and spectral resolutions and data dimensionality.

I see that , with the great development in remote sensing techniques and its outputs, it is possible to use this technology with any subject that can be represented by maps or graphs and the like.

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Although there is a relationship between the technical aspects of remote sensing and the business sides, this relationship should be deepened in a formal way to cash out their benefits in very tangible manner. For example, the concepts and tools of management control systems can be integrated with the technical aspects of remote sensing and geospatial technologies to deliver their promised values from the financial and non financial perspective. Management Control systems are responsible of transforming the strategies into operational programs. In other words, management control systems monitor the practical realization f the objectives that will be derived from the strategic direction that will set by the organization.

Dear Gamal Seedahmed,

You have put across a very valid point on linking remote sensing for the value proposition of business and enterprises. In India, there are numerous social enterprise who have come forward and using remote sensing in the agricultural domain to improve the agricultural production. We are improving financial inclusion and productivity by enhancing platform of choice for all stakeholders in the agricultural value chain by delivering farm and farmer centric analytics and actionable insights, harnessing the transformative power of artificial intelligence, remote sensing. The remote sensing helps in getting land parcel data and other granular analytics. This has even helped the credit institutions to disperse loan and other credits to farmers through milestone-based lending (a new credit innovation). Remote Sensing Imaging alone in agriculture in India has helped in creating a new line of business for credit institutions for an untapped market and improvement of other stakeholders in agricultural value chain.

Thanks and Regards

Kisslay Anand

An obvious example for deepening the relationship between remote sensing and the management control systems is the crop management process. Crop management is a well established area in remote sensing practice in terms of monitoring, performance tracking over different dates, and yield estimation. Although this process is well understood from a technical perspective and used in many places over the world, it's business value as a management control system is rarely articulated in the scientific research and it will be left for the reader to realize this value. As is well known and from remote sensing perspective, the process of crop management is full of scientific terminologies and jargon and nothing wrong with this. As such and in many cases, the business value of remote sensing based crop monitoring will be hidden inside these terminology. On the other hand, the machinery of management control systems can be used to clearly translate the business value of remote sensing based crop management to the top management in terms of financial measures, non-financial measures, and suggesting a new strategic direction.