In today's business landscape, a pressing challenge looms large – the harmonious integration of digitalization, innovation, and sustainable development. As organizations grapple with the dizzying pace of digital transformation, they also confront the imperative of sustainability. Yet, the synergy between these two crucial facets remains uncharted territory, leaving a void in both academic discourse and practical application. This knowledge gap poses a considerable risk, hindering our collective progress toward a sustainable future.

Convergence of Digitalization, Innovation, and Sustainable Development in Business emerges as the much-needed solution to the complex interplay of digitalization, innovation, and sustainable development. Drawing from the insights of leading scholars and practitioners convened at the International Conference on Digitalization, Innovations, and Sustainable Development, this book offers a meticulously curated selection of papers that illuminate the path forward.

For university professors, researchers, students, and industry practitioners, this book is an indispensable resource. It offers a multifaceted exploration of the intersection between digitalization and sustainable development, empowering organizations with a diverse array of digital innovative solutions and strategies. With topics spanning sustainable supply chain management, renewable energy innovations, smart cities, sustainable finance, and more, this book is poised to make a profound impact on academia and real-world decision-making processes.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain Technology
Circular Economy
Climate Change Mitigation
Digital Marketing Strategies
Environmental Sustainability
Green Energy Innovations
Industry 4.0
Renewable Energy Sources
Social Responsibility in Business
Sustainable Supply Chains
Technological Disruption
Urban Planning for Sustainability
Virtual Reality Applications
Water Resource Management

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Editor/Author Biographies

Prof. Alper Erturk

obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Turkish Naval Academy, received his M.Sc. in Information Technology Management (with distinction) from Naval Postgraduate School, CA, USA in 2000. He got his Ph.D. in Management Science from Gebze Technical University, Turkey in 2003. Very recently, he obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from Texas University McCombs Business School, USA in 2023. Prof. Erturk has been an active academician and researcher in Business Management & Analytics field for more than 15 years of experience in Turkey, the U.S., Belgium, Germany, Morocco, and Kuwait. Throughout his academic studies, he published 3 books, more than 30 articles, more than 10 book chapters and presented more than 30 papers in international academic conferences. He is an internationally recognized researcher with an h-index of 20 and i-index of 28. During his career, Prof.Ertürk achieved to receive many awards including “Most Cited Researcher of the year”, “Outstanding Teaching Award”, "Best Paper Award", as well as he was also a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship in 2019 and studied at Portland State University, OR, USA. Prof.Ertürk is currently working as a Full Professor and Chair of Management Department at Australian University – Kuwait since February 2022.

Stephen Colbran is Dean of Law/HOD/HOC - Law School of Business and Law

Erman Coskun works for the Business Intelligence and Business Analytics University Analytics and Smart University Digital Transformation and the 3rd Platform ICT in SMEs and IS for Entrepreneurship Complexity in Socı-technical Systems Accident Analysis in Man-machine Systems MIS Education Risk Management Decision Support Systems.

Faidon Theofanidis is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Australian University – Kuwait. He holds a PhD in Advertising from the University of Piraeus, an MBA in Marketing from Cardiff University, and a BSc in Business Administration from University of Piraeus. From 2003-2010 he was representing the Research Center of Piraeus University at the Board of Directors of the European Network for Social and Economic Research (ENSR), implementing over 30 European research projects. His research interests include Marketing Research, Advertising Research, Consumer Behavior, Digital Marketing and European social and economic policies. He published more than 35 marketing and business articles in peer review international journals and conferences.

Oualid Abidi is an Associate Professor of Management at Australian University of Kuwait specializing in Strategic Management, Business Organization and Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Human Resources Management and Strategic Human Resources Management.

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