This handbook addresses the intersection between corporate sustainability and digital transformation. It analyzes the challenges and transformations required to be able to have sustainable businesses with a future orientation. Topics include current and potential social, demographic, technological, and managerial trends; the implications of the digital revolution in society and business; as well as the challenges of being sustainable, and profitable. Providing an understanding of the business reasons to incorporate a future orientation into the business strategy, this handbook facilitates an understanding of the need for profound changes in individual behavior, organizational culture, public policy, and business environments to adapt to the accelerated changes and manage business with orientation to the future.
Part I: Digital Transformation.-
1. The Eco-System of Firm Technology
Adoption.- 2. Algorithms Shaping the Future.- 3. Automation Adoption in the
Textile Industry of an Emerging Economy.- 4. Determinants of the Digital
Orientation of Small Businesses.- 5. Analysis of Business and Sustainability
Models of Native Digital Media in Latin America.- 6 The Internationalization
Speed of SMEs and Their Long-Term Sustainability in Foreign Markets.-
7. Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection from an Italian Perspective.-
8. Mobile Money Systems as Avant-Garde in the Digital Transition of Financial
Relations.- 9. Augmented Reality: The Game Changer of Travel and Tourism
Industry in 2025.- 10. Equality Inclusion and Diversity through Virtual
Reality.- 11. Need for Speed: Corporate Political Activity Effect on Celerity
of Regulatory Decisions.- Part II: Economic, Political and Ethical
Challenges.- 12. Political and Ethical Challenges of 2025: Utopian and
Dystopian Views.- 13. Adapting to Populisms (Current and Future) Moment:
Political Uncertainty and Business Strategy.- 14. Dynamics of Public Interest
in Artificial Intelligence: Business Intelligence Culture and Global
Regulation in the Digital Era.- 15. Economy of Attention: Definition and
Challenges for the Twenty-First Century.- 16. Is the Stakeholder Capitalism
the Answer? From Global Financial Crisis to Unfunded SDGs.- 17. FDI
Facilitating Sustainable Development In and Out of an Emerging Market: Is
Foreign Participation a Necessary Condition for Emerging Market Firms to
Catch up Globally?.- 18. Taming the Dark Side of the New Globalization.- Part
III: Corporate Sustainability in the Digital Era.- 19. Building Skillful
Resilience amidst Uncertainty.- 20. Digitalization, Institutions and the
Future of Sustainable Work.- 21. Digital Capabilities: Bridging the Gap
Between Creativity and Performance.- 22 Sustainability in the Banking
Industry Through Technological Transformation.- 23. Exploring Effects of
Digitalization on Sustainability in the Logistics Service Industry.-
24. Supply Chain Innovation and Sustainability Frontiers: A Balanced
Scorecard Perspective.- 25. The Future of Sustainability: Value Co-creation
Processes in the Circular Economy.- 26. Digital Technologies and Consumption:
How to Shape the Unknown.- 27. A Corporate Social Responsibility View on
Digital Disruption in Marketing.- 28. Trust, Transparency, and Technology:
Blockchain and Its Relevance in the 2030 Agenda.- 29. The Rise of Unicorn
Companies: A Magical Growth?.- 30. Intellectual Capital Disclosure in the
Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities for MNEs.- 31. Human Dynamics of
Automation and Digitalization of Economies: Discussion on the Challenges and
Opportunities.- 32. Achieving the Triple Bottom Line Through Big Data
Analytics.- 33. Digital Transformationand Corporate Sustainability
Accounting.- 34. Climate Change Disclosures in Different Cultures: A Study of
Sustainability Reports.- 35. Storytelling for Human Sensitivity, Compassion
and Connection in Corporate Sustainability.- 36. Developing Gender Equality
Marketing Beyond 2025: A Systematic Literature Review.- 37. The Female Way to
Happiness at Work: Happiness for Women and Organizations.- 38. Assessment of
the Level of Sustainable Development Based on Agenda 2030.- 39. Advancing the
Inclusive Agenda for People of Determination in the UAE through Sustainable
Innovations.- Part IV: Future-oriented Management Education.- 40. A
Serendipitous Road Map to Educate Cosmopolitan and Sustainable
Development-Oriented Managers.- 41. Promoting Business Sustainability Through
Experiential Learning: Connecting Multiple Dimensions.
Seung Ho Park is Presidents Chair and Professor in Strategy and International Business and Executive Director of the Center for Emerging Markets at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez is Full Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT, Colombia.
Dinorį Eliete Floriani is Full Professor of Internationalization Strategy at University of Vale do Itajaķ (UNIVALI), Brazil.