Sustainability Concept in the Digital Age: New Opportunities for Companies

Autor: Palacká Alena, Krechovská Michaela, Číž Josef
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: SHS Web of Conferences, Vol 115, p 01004 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-2424
DOI: 10.1051/shsconf/202111501004
Popis: Sustainability and digitalization are two of the most powerful phenomena of recent times. The phenomena of digitalization and sustainable development are each separately massively explored, but their intersection is subject only to a few of undertaken researches. The paper aims to expand existing sustainability research by incorporating the current digital environment. In particular, the paper explores the relationship between sustainability and digitalization and maps the potential of digitalization benefits for sustainability issue of companies on the base of conducted literature review and content analysis of published researches in this field. As the results shown, digitalization brings new opportunities and challenges in the management of organizations, as well as the fulfilment of their sustainability strategy. It is time to rethink the concept of sustainability and update it in the light of the development of digitalization. Digitalization is becoming an essential part of business.
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