Dear Colleagues,

The world has witnessed many changes associated with industrial development and technological transformations throughout the years, and marketplaces are now encountering volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, which are the primary drivers of the phenomenon known as digital transformation (George and Schillebeeckx, 2022; Pan et al., 2022). Digitization is promoted as a method for hastening the transition to a more sustainable future. Companies may achieve their sustainability targets more quickly because to the efficiencies brought about by digital automation and the increased reach made possible by digital services (Li et al., 2022).

However, improving our future readiness means redirecting capital toward sustainable companies; governments incentivizing sustainable activities; customers showing preference for sustainable products and services; and employees demanding sustainable leadership (Ahsan et al., 2022). Organizations may need to integrate their digital transformation with sustainability goals, and their decisions must be data-driven. Addressing the significance of integrating sustainability strategies into digital transformation roadmaps entails thinking beyond profit and placing social and environmental considerations on the same footing with financial objectives. The fast digitisation catalysed by COVID-19 provides a chance for us to rethink how we make choices and utilize technology in new and relevant ways (Dash & Chakraborty, 2021). Enterprises that can leverage the power of data to develop more sustainable solutions have tremendous opportunities. Today's digital transformations must be purpose-driven, offering value to all stakeholders as a prerequisite for organizational success (Li et al., 2022).

As the digital economy quickly expands, digital transformation offers substantial opportunities to accelerate the transition to Industry 4.0. However, there are still obstacles to fully realizing the potential of digital transformation, particularly in emerging economies: for example, there are still significant infrastructural and access deficiencies and connectivity and access vary greatly among developing economies, with continuing differences across regions and socioeconomic groups (Dash and Chakraborty, 2021).

The Special Issue accepts both empirical and conceptual papers that offer theoretical and practical contributions to the areas of interest. The Special Issue accepts completed research papers using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. Contributors are encouraged, but not confined, to focus on the following areas:

• Corporate digitalization transformation and corporate social sustainability;
• Technology and corporate sustainability;
• Corporate sustainable strategies;
• Integration of corporate digitalization and sustainable strategies in emerging economies;
• Technology, sustainable development, and corporate governance;
• The role of business, government, and society in addressing digitalization and sustainability challenges.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Sultan Sikandar Mirza
Dr. Tanveer Ahsan
Dr. Muhammad Usman Khurram
Guest Editors

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• corporate digitalization
• business strategy and practice
• corporate sustainable strategies
• emerging economies
• digital transformation
• sustainable governance practices