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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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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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation |
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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation |
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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation |
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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation |
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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation |
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digitalization: an opportunity for contributing to sustainability from knowledge creation |
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Sustainability |
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2071-1050 |
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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. |
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digital transformation industry 4.0 sustainability air transport organizational strategies knowledge creation |
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