IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v12y2020i4p1460-d321199.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

Author

Listed:
  • Joaquín Ordieres-Meré

    (PMQ Research Group, ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

  • Tomás Prieto Remón

    (ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
    Customer and Business Services (CBS) division at IATA, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland)

  • Jesús Rubio

    (Data & Digital Content Department, MACS-BIS division at IATA, Montreal, QC H4Z 1M1, Canada)

Abstract

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Joaquín Ordieres-Meré & Tomás Prieto Remón & Jesús Rubio, 2020. "Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-21, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:4:p:1460-:d:321199
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1460/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1460/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ivan Kovynyov & Ralf Mikut, 2019. "Digital technologies in airport ground operations," Netnomics, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 1-30, April.
    2. Sandra Rothenberg, 2003. "Knowledge Content and Worker Participation in Environmental Management at NUMMI," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(7), pages 1783-1802, November.
    3. Hanan Alhaddi, 2015. "Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability: A Literature Review," Business and Management Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 1(2), pages 6-10, September.
    4. Joseph Guiltinan, 2009. "Creative Destruction and Destructive Creations: Environmental Ethics and Planned Obsolescence," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 89(1), pages 19-28, May.
    5. He Zhao & Qin Heng Zhao & Beata Ślusarczyk, 2019. "Sustainability and Digitalization of Corporate Management Based on Augmented/Virtual Reality Tools Usage: China and Other World IT Companies’ Experience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-17, August.
    6. Absi, Nabil & Dauzère-Pérès, Stéphane & Kedad-Sidhoum, Safia & Penz, Bernard & Rapine, Christophe, 2013. "Lot sizing with carbon emission constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 227(1), pages 55-61.
    7. de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes & Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta & Foropon, Cyril & Godinho Filho, Moacir, 2018. "When titans meet – Can industry 4.0 revolutionise the environmentally-sustainable manufacturing wave? The role of critical success factors," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 18-25.
    8. Lee, Kuen-Chang & Tsai, Wen-Hsien & Yang, Chih-Hao & Lin, Ya-Zhi, 2018. "An MCDM approach for selecting green aviation fleet program management strategies under multi-resource limitations," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 76-85.
    9. Gregory W. Vogl & Brian A. Weiss & Moneer Helu, 2019. "A review of diagnostic and prognostic capabilities and best practices for manufacturing," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 79-95, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Thomas Reverdy, 2006. "ISO 14001 implementation: translation process and organizational change," Post-Print halshs-00134707, HAL.
    2. Mahmut BAKIR & Şahap AKAN & Kasım KIRACI & Darjan KARABASEVIC & Dragisa STANUJKIC & Gabrijela POPOVIC, 2020. "Multiple-Criteria Approach of the Operational Performance Evaluation in the Airline Industry: Evidence from the Emerging Markets," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(2), pages 149-172, July.
    3. Battini, Daria & Glock, Christoph H. & Grosse, Eric H. & Persona, Alessandro & Sgarbossa, Fabio, 2017. "Reprint of “Ergo-lot-sizing: An approach to integrate ergonomic and economic objectives in manual materials handling”," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 32-42.
    4. Hong, Zhaofu & Dai, Wei & Luh, Hsing & Yang, Chenchen, 2018. "Optimal configuration of a green product supply chain with guaranteed service time and emission constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 266(2), pages 663-677.
    5. K. Arunprasath & S. Bathrinath & R. K. A. Bhalaji & Koppiahraj Karuppiah & Anish Nair, 2023. "An integrated approach to modelling of barriers in implementation of cellular manufacturing systems in production industries," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 14(4), pages 1370-1378, August.
    6. Li, Ying & Dai, Jing & Cui, Li, 2020. "The impact of digital technologies on economic and environmental performance in the context of industry 4.0: A moderated mediation model," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 229(C).
    7. Acharya, Abhilash & Singh, Sanjay Kumar & Pereira, Vijay & Singh, Poonam, 2018. "Big data, knowledge co-creation and decision making in fashion industry," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 90-101.
    8. Meng, Xiaoge & Yao, Zhong & Nie, Jiajia & Zhao, Yingxue & Li, Zenglu, 2018. "Low-carbon product selection with carbon tax and competition: Effects of the power structure," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 224-230.
    9. Suzanne, Elodie & Absi, Nabil & Borodin, Valeria, 2020. "Towards circular economy in production planning: Challenges and opportunities," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 287(1), pages 168-190.
    10. Olumide Emmanuel Oluyisola & Fabio Sgarbossa & Jan Ola Strandhagen, 2020. "Smart Production Planning and Control: Concept, Use-Cases and Sustainability Implications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-29, May.
    11. Mohammadreza Akbari & John L. Hopkins, 2022. "Digital technologies as enablers of supply chain sustainability in an emerging economy," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 689-710, December.
    12. Dan-Cristian Dabija & Brândușa Mariana Bejan & Claudiu Pușcaș, 2020. "A Qualitative Approach to the Sustainable Orientation of Generation Z in Retail: The Case of Romania," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-20, July.
    13. Chang, Xiangyun & Xia, Haiyang & Zhu, Huiyun & Fan, Tijun & Zhao, Hongqing, 2015. "Production decisions in a hybrid manufacturing–remanufacturing system with carbon cap and trade mechanism," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 160-173.
    14. Ana-Maria Comandaru (Andrei) & Adriana Paduraru (Horaicu), 2021. "Harmonization Of Environmental Management Accounting - Tool For Managing Economic Reconfiguration," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 5, pages 181-200, October.
    15. Letmathe, Peter & Wagner, Sandra, 2018. "“Messy” marginal costs: Internal pricing of environmental aspects on the firm level," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 41-52.
    16. Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar & Shauhrat S. Chopra, 2022. "Leveraging Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies to Overcome Circular Economy Implementation Challenges," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-18, August.
    17. Esther Albelda Pérez & Carmen Correa Ruiz & Francisco Carrasco Fenech, 2007. "Environmental management systems as an embedding mechanism: a research note," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 20(3), pages 403-422, June.
    18. Lewis, Austin D. & Groth, Katrina M., 2022. "Metrics for evaluating the performance of complex engineering system health monitoring models," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    19. Camilla Salvatore & Silvia Biffignandi & Annamaria Bianchi, 2022. "Corporate Social Responsibility Activities Through Twitter: From Topic Model Analysis to Indexes Measuring Communication Characteristics," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1217-1248, December.
    20. Bai, Chunguang & Dallasega, Patrick & Orzes, Guido & Sarkis, Joseph, 2020. "Industry 4.0 technologies assessment: A sustainability perspective," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 229(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:4:p:1460-:d:321199. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.