Sustainability in a Digital World - New Opportunities Through New Technologies

Foreword

Preface

Preface

Preface

Introduction

Call for a Critical View

About This Book

Acknowledgements

Setting the Scene: The Relevance of the 17 SDGs for Digital Development

Contents

Part I: Governance, Strategy and Society

Sustainability in a Digital World Needs Trust

1 Introduction

2 Changing Concepts of Sustainability

3 Digital Technology with Impact on Society

4 Trust as a Key New Paradigm in a Sustainable Digital World

5 Summary

References

The Risk Averse Society: A Risk for Innovation?

1 Introduction

2 From Industrial Risk to Risk Averse Society

3 Consequences on Governance Institutions

4 Conclusion

References

Where Digitalization Meets Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges

1 Introduction

2 How We Got Here

3 The Shared Economy and the Emergence of a Service-Dominant (S-D) Logic

4 A Network Model of Value Co-creation in a Digital World

5 Strategy, Sustainability and Interorganizational Governance Models in the Era of Digitalization

6 Challenges Ahead

7 Final Thoughts

References

Leadership in a Digital World: New Ways of Leadership for Sustainable Development

1 Introduction

2 The Future of Work in a Digital World

3 Leadership and Culture in Change: Five Types of `Good Managers´

4 Why Are Leadership and Coaching Sustainable Solutions for our Digital World?

5 Conclusion

References

Sovereign Decisions as a Means for Strengthening Our Resilience in a Digitalized World

1 Introduction

2 Security

3 Economy

4 Society

5 Conclusions

References

Exponential Technology Versus Linear Humanity: Designing A Sustainable Future

Humans in the Loop: The Clash of Concepts in Digital Sustainability in Smart Cities

1 Introduction

2 Integration of Concepts and Differences

3 Digital Ecosystems

4 Complexity and Limitation of Governance in Cities

5 Humans in the Loop: Scenarios, Danger and Fears in the Smart City

References

Leading Change in Ongoing Technological Developments: An Essay

1 Introduction

2 What´s the Symptomatic Problem?

3 What´s the Real Problem?

4 Leadership Dilemmas for Change

5 What to Do with Dilemmas?

6 Leading Change and Do Not Care About Dilemma´s

7 Conditions for Continuous Learning and Change and Not Being in the Trap of Dilemmas

8 Back to the Future Technological Developments

9 Conclusion

Part II: Markets, Business and Stakeholders

How Digital Reframes the Business Case for Sustainability in Consumer Markets

1 Digital and the New Business Case for Sustainability

2 A New Value Proposition Behind Sustainability

3 Emerging Sustainability Business Models Driven by Digital

References

Is Digitalisation a Driver for Sustainability?

1 Introduction

2 Top-Down: An Unprecedented Increase in the Electricity Consumption of Data Centres and Telecommunication Networks in Europe

3 Bottom-Up: Product Carbon Footprint of Online Storage Services

4 Bottom-Up: E-Books

5 Main Conclusions

References

Sustainable Digital Business: Crucial Success Factor for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Start-Ups

1 Digitization and Sustainability

2 Views into a Sustainable Future

3 Reflections on a Better World

References

Sustainable Cooperate Information Portals: Digital Knowledge Communities for SME

1 Construction of the Ecoradar Knowledge-Community

2 Knowledge Management in the Ecoradar-Community

3 The Ecoradar Practise-Community

4 Content-Model

5 Content Structure

5.1 Guidelines for Action

5.2 Four-Point Menu for the Company Radar

6 Portal Structure

6.1 Sustainable Data

6.2 Sustainable Policy

6.3 Sustainable Goals

6.4 Sustainable Organization

6.5 Sustainable Knowledge Management

6.6 Sustainable Costs

6.7 Sustainable Market

6.8 Sustainable Technology

7 Information Technology

7.1 ECORADAR as a Workable Tool

7.2 Integrating ECORADAR into Existing Business Processes

7.3 Mounting ECORADAR Technology on the Internet

8 Internet Strategy

9 Internal and External Aspects of the Portal

10 Workplace and Marketplace-Functions

11 Creation of an Internet-Platform for Sustainable Management: A ``Workplace´´-Architecture

12 The Editorial System and Telecooperation-System

References

Digital Fuel for the Mobility Revolution: The Opportunities and Risks of Applying Digital Technologies to the Mobility Sector

1 Introduction

2 Definitions

3 Innovation Paths

3.1 Intra-Modal Interconnectivity: Connected Driving

3.2 Intermodal Interconnectivity: Connected Mobility

3.3 Navigation

3.4 Infotainment

3.5 Telecommuting, Telepresence and Virtualization

3.6 Conclusion: A Digital Wave Is Engulfing Mobility

4 Risks and Challenges

4.1 Legal Dimensions

4.2 Resilience

4.3 Resource Intensity

4.4 Rebound Effects

5 From Big Oil to Big Data: Solar-Digital Mobility

References

Hitachi Energy Trading Optimizer

1 Introduction

2 Market Player

3 New Market Participants

4 Hitachi Energy Trading Optimizer

5 Conclusion

Digital Sustainability in the Banking and Finance Sector

1 Introduction

2 Digital Treats for Banking

3 Alternative Models for Sustainability

4 Conclusion

References

Fintech: The Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector

1 Challenges for Traditional Banks

2 What Does a Digital Banking Platform Look Like?

3 Conclusion: Adapt and Optimise ``Walled Garden´´ Monetarisation Strategies in Digital Ecosystems

References

A Gift for a Stranger: Freecycling as a Current Lifestyle of Sustainable Consumption

1 Introduction

2 Freecycling: Voluntary-Based Free Recycling

3 Implications of Co-consumption and Freecycling for Marketers

4 Conclusion

References

Part III: Participation, Education and CSR

Online Learning-Do MOOCs Contribute to the Goals of Agenda 21: ``Education for Sustainable Development´´?

1 Introduction

2 Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Evolution of a Concept

3 Education for Sustainable Development: The Rio Concept

4 Education in the Digital World: The Influence of the Social Web

5 Access to the Internet: Premise for Participation

6 MOOCs: Change Agents for Education for Sustainable Development?

7 MOOC Students: Who Are They, Where Are They from, and What Do They Learn?

8 Conclusion: Do MOOCs Contribute to the Goals of Agenda 21: `Education for Sustainable Development´?

References

Technology Adoption at the BOP Markets: Insights from Turk Telekom´s Focus on Inclusive Business

1 Introduction

2 Technology and Innovation in the Context of Inclusive Business

3 Life Is Simple with Internet Initiative: Paradigm Shift at Turk Telekom

4 Business and Social Impact of Life Is Simple with Internet Project

5 Technology Adoption at the BOP Markets and the Design of the Project

6 Discussion

References

``Down the Yellow Brick Road´´: Challenging the Existing Business Models

1 Introduction

2 We and the New Concept

3 Implementation

4 Challenges

5 The Legal Basis for Considering Stakeholders

6 Summary

Reference

How CSR Should Understand Digitalization

1 Introduction

2 We Should Ask Different Questions

3 Sustainability Ignores Digitalization

4 CSR Needs a Digital Look

5 Aspects of Digitalization

5.1 Share Community

5.2 Lost Control

5.3 Permanent Transition

5.4 Leadership from the Top

6 Conclusion

References

Sustainable Development Goals

About the Authors