Fostering Sustainable Development in the Age of Technologies

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and organizations are finding it difficult to match their operational efficiency and sustainable development targets with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Fostering Sustainable Development in the Age of Technologies highlights the interplay between various disruptive technologies and holistic sustainable development, offering possible strategies to help tackle the challenges we face today and embrace the new normal. Collaboration, adaptation, and continuous learning hold the key to overcoming the grand societal challenges and maintaining a balance between social, economic, and environmental dimensions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 456 pages
Publication date: 13 December 2023
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

The world is undergoing a rapid transformation, presenting organizations with significant challenges in achieving operational efficiency and sustainable development goals aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). The scarcity of resources, coupled with the pressure exerted on global supply chains, has led to a range of social, economic, and environmental issues. Achieving holistic sustainable development across social, economic, and environmental dimensions is crucial in creating an equitable society that can withstand future challenges.

Fostering Sustainable Development in the Age of Technologies explores the intricate relationship between various disruptive technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Robots, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, and Digital Twins, and holistic sustainable development. In the dynamic business landscape, it is imperative to adapt to the paradigm shift these technologies are creating. The studies presented in this edited collection emphasize how these technologies can contribute to sustainable development, offering potential strategies to address the challenges we face today and embrace the new normal.

Collaboration, adaptability, and continuous learning are essential in overcoming the grand societal challenges and maintaining a balance between social, economic, and environmental dimensions. This edited collection appeals to a diverse audience, including graduate, postgraduate, and PhD research scholars, faculty members in International Management, International Business, International Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and Corporate Governance, as well as Government Agencies, Practicing Managers, and Research Agencies.

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and organizations worldwide are finding it difficult to match their operational efficiency and sustainable development targets with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Due to massive scarcity of resources, global supply chains are under immense pressure, leading to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Holistic sustainable development across social, economic, and environmental dimensions to create an equitable society varies widely in its efficiency towards creating a resilient and inclusive future.

Fostering Sustainable Development in the Age of Technologies highlights the interplay between various disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Robots, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, and Digital Twins, and holistic sustainable development. In the highly dynamic business environment, there is an urgent need to catch up with the paradigm shift being created using these technologies. The studies brought together here emphasize how various disruptive technologies can aid in sustainable development, offering possible strategies to help tackle the challenges we face today and embrace the new normal.

Collaboration, adaptation, and continuous learning hold the key in overcoming the grand societal challenges and maintaining a balance between social, economic, and environmental dimensions. This edited collection appeals to a wide range of academics and professionals including graduate, post-graduate, and PhD research scholars, and faculty members in the areas of International Management, International Business, International Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Corporate Governance. They are also of interest to Government Agencies, Practicing Managers, Research Agencies.

Weight: 703g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781837530618