Technologies for Organizations and Society

Balancing Sustainable Innovations and Social Implications
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-01696-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 517 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 803 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, digital technologies are reshaping socio-economic and organizational structures. This book explores how the interaction between digital systems and ecosystems is redefining organizational models and influencing decision-making processes across various domains.

It investigates the role of digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (generative and non-generative), blockchain, virtual reality, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in shaping new organizational scenarios and examines their impact on sustainability, human resource management in hybrid and gig work, cybersecurity, and the evolution of business models toward a circular economy.

Key topics include digital maturity, knowledge management, algorithmic transparency, digital skills, and data visualization by adopting a multidisciplinary lens and multi-method approaches. Empirical analyses, case studies, and conceptual frameworks provide insights into the challenges and opportunities of digitalization across diverse sectors, including public administration and the non-profit organizations.

The plurality of perspectives makes the book particularly relevant for scholars, professionals, and organizations seeking to understand digital transformation and leverage digital ecosystems to navigate complexities and develop innovative strategies. It is based on revised versions of selected double-blind peer-reviewed papers presented at the annual AIS Italian Chapter conference in Piacenza, Italy, in October 2024.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cipriano, Michele

Lazazzara, Alessandra

Caporarello, Leonardo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Technologies for Organizations and Society: The promise of Responsible Information Systems.- Chapter 2. Global Trends and Collaborative Dynamics in Environmental Management Accounting: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 3. Digital Innovations and Sustainability: A 5-Year Panel Analysis.- Chapter 4. Metaverse: an environmental sustainability tool?.- Chapter 5. Circular Business Models and Organisational Networks in the Italian Agri-Food Ecosystem.- Chapter 6. Talking The Talk but Not Walking the Walk – Is the Use of Sustainability Keywords in IS/IT Job Ads “Greenwashing”?.- Chapter 7. The organizational features of circular platforms: balancing digital transformation and sustainability.- Chapter 8. Optimizing Sustainability: Benchmarking Time-Series Forecasting Models on Purchasing Data to Reduce Overproduction.- Chapter 9. Planting Digital Seeds: Treedom's Technological Approach to Sustainable Development.- Chapter 10. Systematic Review and Organizational Insight: Navigating Digital Healthcare and Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 11. The ESG Rating Conundrum: A Bibliometric Analysis.- Chapter 12. How to Measure the Social Impact of Renewable Energy Communities?.- Chapter 13. Toward a Data-Driven Social Intelligence System: Bridging Societal and Organizational Well-being.- Chapter 14. Misalignments in the digitalization of proximity health care services. A case study upon reforms in Italy.- Chapter 15. Developing social sustainability in higher education: Evidence from a framed field experiment with causal in-ference analysis.- Chapter 16. The Impact of Network Expansion, Developer’s Activity and Seasonality on the Adoption of Cryptocurrencies.- Chapter 17. Design in the wild: Novel insights into high school students identification and perception of misleading data visualisations.- Chapter 18. Developing a Framework for Shared Responsibility: The Role of Digital Technology.- Chapter 19. Entrepreneurial Perspective of AI Bias: A Preliminary Investigation.- Chapter 20. (Ir)Responsible Uses of Digital Technologies in Business Education. Interruptions or Engagement?.- Chapter 21. Organizational change in social cooperatives: implementing the shared administration paradigm in Italy.- Chapter 22. Bridging the Gap: Analyzing Collaboration Between Practitioners and Researchers across Different Stages of the Design Science Research Process.- Chapter 23. Unveiling the Behaviour: Analysing Isomorphic Forces in the Emilia-Romagna Industrial Ecosystem.- Chapter 24. Motivation and Risk-Opportunity Dynamics in Big Data Ecosystems.- Chapter 25. Collaborative Data Sharing Partnership in Mobility: Transformations, Sustainability, and Hidden Challenges.

Über Autor(innen)

Michele Cipriano is a postdoctoral researcher in Organization and Human Resources Management and Adjunct Professor in IT Management at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza (Italy). He is also an adjunct Professor of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo (Italy) and has been a member of the Italian chapter of AIS since 2020. His research focuses on models and evaluation systems for implementing sustainability and circular economy, the digital transformation phenomena in non-profit organizations, and the social impact of renewable energy communities.

Alessandra Lazazzara is an Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Human Resource Management at the University of Milan, Italy, where she serves as the Chair of the Bachelor's Degree Program in Management of Organizations and Work. Her research interests include AI and HRM, workplace inclusion, and job crafting.  She is an Associate Editor of and serves as Vice President of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (ItAIS).  

Leonardo Caporarello  is the Associate Dean for Online Learning Experiences and Professor of Practice of Leadership and Negotiation at SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy), where he’s also the Academic Director of the Learning Lab. Leonardo is the Rector’s Delegate for Digital Learning at Bocconi University (Italy), and the Director of BUILT – Bocconi University Innovations in Learning and Teaching. Leonardo is a Member of the Advisory Board of e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network (USA). His main research and teaching activities focus on the following topics: multi-cultural negotiation processes; conflict management; change management dynamics; leading teams, in a co-located and virtual setting; analysis and redesign of organizational structures and processes; and designing effective online and blended learning experiences.  Leonardo is Associate Editor of the and Vice President for Education of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (ItAIS).