The Current Practices and Future Directions of Sustainable Digital Transformation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 April 2024 | Viewed by 6212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: digitalization; management; leadership; digital business; digital HRM; entrepreneurship; green business and sustainability
Interests: business process modeling; business process management; information system management; IT project management; information technology management; information technology; software development; information management; knowledge management process improvement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the fourth industrial revolution, also known as IR 4.0, businesses are forced to make the transition to digitalization. Sooner or later, many more organizations will begin their digital transformation, and during this process many of these organizations will adapt, obtaining new skills and competencies, develop new jobs and positions, change their organizational structure, implement new technologies in their processes, products, and services, change their functional activities, and move to new business models. In a nutshell, a new digital business ecosystem is emerging, and all organizations must participate to survive and flourish.
Many companies have already begun their digital transformation, which may include developing new skills and capabilities or adapting to a more business-focused mindset in order to prepare for an even more significant wave of change. The transformation process will not be limited to a single stage, such as altering a function of the organization or beginning to use a new technology; it will eventually be extended to cover all of the various facets of each organization’s business operations.
In this Special Issue, we plan to share relevant experiences to shed light on the way forward, providing other organizations with insights and recommendations for the future. Full research papers, case studies, and conceptual frameworks on current and emerging topics related to the digital transformation are all welcome. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
- Digital transformation;
- Digital leadership;
- Digital HRM;
- Digital competencies;
- Digital marketing;
- Digital culture;
- Digital strategy;
- Digital global teams;
- Emerging digital technologies in organizations;
- Digital business models;
- Digital innovation;
- Digital partnerships;
- Digital social responsibility of organizations;
- Digital CRM;
- Digital customer experiences;
- Digital employee experiences;
- Digital businesses and social media;
- Digital value creation;
- Digital entrepreneurship;
- Digital trading;
- Digital finance;
- Digital logistics.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yashar Salamzadeh
Prof. Dr. Nadja Damij
Dr. Pelin Vardarlier
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital transformation
- digital business
- digital entrepreneurship
- digital competencies
- digital strategy
