Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

This paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed,...

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Main Authors:	Joaquín Ordieres-Meré, Tomás Prieto Remón, Jesús Rubio
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:	Sustainability
Subjects:	digital transformation industry 4.0 sustainability air transport organizational strategies knowledge creation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1460

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spelling	doaj-fe263504db5a46a89ba6ac3398e6c3d22020-11-25T01:45:08ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502020-02-01124146010.3390/su12041460su12041460Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge CreationJoaquín Ordieres-Meré0Tomás Prieto Remón1Jesús Rubio2PMQ Research Group, ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainData & Digital Content Department, MACS-BIS division at IATA, Montreal, QC H4Z 1M1, CanadaThis paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed, mainly focused on the positive effects of knowledge creation facilitated by direct or indirect application of digitalization. Specific analysis of different cases were carried out to identify different initiatives and the impact on environmental performance. The positive effects of the institutional dimension were also assessed.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1460digital transformationindustry 4.0sustainabilityair transportorganizational strategiesknowledge creation
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title	Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation
title_short	Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation
title_full	Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation
title_fullStr	Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation
title_full_unstemmed	Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation
title_sort	digitalization: an opportunity for contributing to sustainability from knowledge creation
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sustainability
issn	2071-1050
publishDate	2020-02-01
description	This paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed, mainly focused on the positive effects of knowledge creation facilitated by direct or indirect application of digitalization. Specific analysis of different cases were carried out to identify different initiatives and the impact on environmental performance. The positive effects of the institutional dimension were also assessed.
topic	digital transformation industry 4.0 sustainability air transport organizational strategies knowledge creation
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1460
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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

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