Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

This paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed,...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-02, Vol.12 (4), p.1460
Main Authors: Ordieres-Meré, Joaquín, Prieto Remón, Tomás, Rubio, Jesús
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Digitization
Entrepreneurship
Environmental effects
Environmental management
Innovations
Knowledge management
Knowledge sharing
Manufacturing
Product life cycle
Productivity
Service industries
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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Summary:This paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed, mainly focused on the positive effects of knowledge creation facilitated by direct or indirect application of digitalization. Specific analysis of different cases were carried out to identify different initiatives and the impact on environmental performance. The positive effects of the institutional dimension were also assessed.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12041460