The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Sustainability in the Digital Era

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxix

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2. Digital Transformation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Eco-System of Firm Technology Adoption

      • Joshua Kofi Doe

      Pages 3-27

   3. Algorithms Shaping the Future

      • Eduardo Olier, Francisco Valderrey

      Pages 29-53

   4. Automation Adoption in the Textile Industry of an Emerging Economy

      • Olga Lucía Lopera Lopera, Juan Velez-Ocampo

      Pages 55-73

   5. Determinants of the Digital Orientation of Small Businesses

      • Minna Saunila, Mina Nasiri, Juhani Ukko, Tero Rantala

      Pages 75-90

   6. Analysis of Business and Sustainability Models of Native Digital Media in Latin America

      • Jessica Arrieta-Majul, Juan Velez-Ocampo

      Pages 91-107

   7. The Internationalization Speed of SMEs and their Long-term Sustainability in Foreign Markets

      • Beatrice Maria Zanellato Fonseca Mayer, Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Mohamed Amal

      Pages 109-130

   8. Cybersecurity, Personal Data Protection and Crime Prevention from an Italian Perspective

      • Rosanna Pittiglio, Filippo Reganati, Federica Ricci, Claudia Tedeschi

      Pages 131-156

   9. Mobile Money Systems as Avant-Garde in the Digital Transition of Financial Relations

      • Dimitrios Reppas, Glenn Muschert

      Pages 157-168

   10. Augmented Reality: The Game Changer of Travel and Tourism Industry in 2025

       • Tan Gek-Siang, Kamarulzaman Ab. Aziz, Zauwiyah Ahmad

       Pages 169-180

   11. Equality Inclusion and Diversity Through Virtual Reality

       • Andri Georgiadou

       Pages 181-193

   12. Need for Speed: Corporate Political Activity Effect on Celerity of Regulatory Decisions

       • Jeferson Lana, Raul Beal Partyka

       Pages 195-209

3. Economic, Political and Ethical Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Political and Ethical Challenges of 2025: Utopian and Dystopian Views

      • Duane Windsor

      Pages 213-236

   3. Adapting to Populism’s (Current and Future) Moment: Political Uncertainty and Business Strategy

      • Christopher A. Hartwell, Timothy M. Devinney

      Pages 237-258

   4. Dynamics of Public Interest in Artificial Intelligence: ‘Business Intelligence Culture’ and Global Regulation in the Digital Era

      • George Gantzias

      Pages 259-281

   5. Economy of Attention: Definition and Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

      • Santiago Giraldo-Luque, Cristina Fernández-Rovira

      Pages 283-305

   6. Is Stakeholder Capitalism the Answer? From Global Financial Crisis to Unfunded SDGs

      • Diana Piedrahita-Carvajal

      Pages 307-333

   7. 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?

      • Yuanyuan Li

      Pages 335-354

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. 

• Digital Transformation
• 4th Industrial Revolution
• Corporate sustainability
• Business and society
• business sustainability
• digital disruption
• supply chain management
• diversity and inclusion
• CSR
• corporate social responsibility
• artificial intelligence
• algorithms
• automation
• sustainable work
• big data
• sustainable development
• sustainability

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

  Seung Ho Park

• Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

  Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

• Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, Brazil

  Dinorá Eliete Floriani

Seung Ho Park is President’s 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.

Dinorá Eliete Floriani is Full Professor of Internationalization Strategy at University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Brazil. 

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