Governance and Management for a Sustainable Economy

• Autorzy: Mojca Duh , Simona Sternad Zabukovšek , Jernej Belak
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Sustainability includes not only ecological concerns and the natural environment, but also economic and social concerns. If companies want to be successful over a long time, they must consider the interests and expectations of different groups of stakeholders affected by the company's operations. In the past decade, the need for sustainable functioning of the companies became so strong that even EU and national legislatives changed (and is still changing) in order to foster such functioning of the companies. Therefore, companies should consider sustainability issues in their decisions on strategies and strategic allocation of resources, even more, companies should consider their sustainable functioning as the (only) key precondition of their long run existence and success. The MER Model of integral management is applied to deepen our understanding of strategic management's role in a sustainable economy. The MER Model distinguishes among process, instrumental, and institutional dimensions of strategic management. Further, the presented Subchapter is dealing with the term sustainable IT or the more usually used term green IT, which describes the production, management, use, and disposal of IT to reduce damage to the environment. It is positioned within the interwoven whole of environmental, social, and economic aspects of corporate sustainability. Today, IT has an impact on all areas of companies. Therefore, the industry must provide sustainable products and services. Companies are recently moving their business to data centers because of their advantages, contributing to the overall carbon footprint. With the rise of data centers, new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and robotics become essential for green IT. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Sustainable development; Green economy; Corporate governance; Strategic management; Economic development strategy

PL

Rozwój zrównoważony; Zielona gospodarka; Ład korporacyjny; Zarządzanie strategiczne; Strategia rozwoju gospodarczego

• Czasopismo: Scientific Publications / University of Economics in Katowice
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Economics of Sustainability
• Strony: 450--479

Twórcy

autor

Mojca Duh

• University of Maribor, Slovenia

autor

Simona Sternad Zabukovšek

• University of Maribor, Slovenia

autor

Jernej Belak

• University of Maribor, Slovenia

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