Digital Transformation for Sustainability: Ict-Supported Environmental Socio-Economic Development

This book presents case studies to analyse the relationship between sustainability - environmental, social, institutional and economic - and digital innovation.

The respective contributions offer a contextualisation of the main present and future trends concerning these two elements, and present analyses from economic, technical, managerial, and social perspectives alike. The individual sections of the book focus on interactions between sustainability and digital innovation in existing organisations and highlight the new opportunities, challenges and threats that may emerge as a result. The contributions are mainly based on case studies and research conducted in Europe and Africa, with a few focusing on Southeast Asia and Central America, and were prepared by experts in the fields of Information Systems, Computer Science, Social Development, and Economics.

Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez is full Professor and Chair of Business Information Systems at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany. His research interests include very large business applications, business information systems, federated ERP-systems, business intelligence, data warehousing, interoperability and environmental management information systems.

Dr. Maria Rosa Lorini is a research assistant at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom and project manager with extensive experience in the use of information and communication technology for the purpose of community empowerment. She has driven numerous hands-on programmes in underserved areas in Sub-Saharan Africa while working with international organisations and while pursuing her Ph.D in Information and Communication Technologies for Development.