This book analyzes digital transformation in organizations through digital strategy, digital capability, and digital culture. Featuring contributions presented at the 16th International Conference on Competitiveness and Stability in the Knowledge Base Society (iCOnEc), the book explores the influence of digital transformation which has on companies’ sustainability and competitiveness, particularly in times of economic uncertainty.
Megatrends like digitalization are reshaping society and the economy. In an ever-evolving world, businesses play a crucial role in enabling society to carry out digital transformation and engage in competitive and sustainable growth to improve performance as well as socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. The enclosed chapters examine the relationship and mechanisms connecting digital transformation to ongoing business growth.
Presenting both conceptual and operational perspectives on emerging issues, this book is useful for researchers, scholars, students, and policymakers in digital transformation and organizational sustainability and competitiveness.
Samuel O. Idowu is Senior Lecturer in accounting and corporate social responsibility at the Guildhall School of Business and Law at the Loond Metropolitan University (UK). He is also Professor of CSR and sustainability at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (China) and Deputy CEO and Vice President of the Global Corporate Governance Institute (GCGI). Dr. Idowu has published over 50 articles in both academic and professional journals, contributed chapters to several edited books, and is Editor-in-Chief of three major reference works with Springer, The Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR), the Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility (DCSR), and the Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. He is also Series Editor of the CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance book series and the new Research Series on Responsible Enterprise Ecosystems book series and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility and the American Journal of Economics and Business Administration.
Catalina Sitnikov is Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Economic and Social Sciences (CIRESS) at the University of Craiova, Romania.
Anca Băndoi is Associate Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Craiova, Romania.
Ercan Özen is Associate Professor of finance and banking in the School of Applied Sciences at the Usak University, Turkey. His is Chair of the International Applied Social Sciences Congress. His research is in business administration and financial economics.
