Handbook Digital Management

This comprehensive reference work explains the integrated implementation of digitalization and sustainability, one of the most critical management challenges of our time. In more than 40 contributions, experts from academia and industry demonstrate how organizations can systematically leverage the many opportunities offered by digitalization to build and sustain a decisive competitive advantage.

The chapters explore how companies can strategically harness technological innovation and new leadership approaches to foster sustainable growth, covering topics ranging from generative & agentic AI, cloud computing and process mining to AI-supported business model development, digital ecosystems, agile organizational structures, and values-based corporate leadership. An essential resource for managers, researchers, and students seeking practical tools and inspiration to shape digital transformation responsibly, effectively, and with a long-term perspective.

Complementing this volume, Handbook Digital Management, Volume 1 : Digital Business Management and Sustainable Transformation, Volume 2 : Digital Marketing and Sales.

The Content

• Digital and Sustainable Transformation, Strategy and Innovation Management
• Emergence, Types, and Management of Digital and Sustainable Business Models
• Sustainable Digitalization of Business Processes through AI
• Digital Organizational Transformation and Sustainable Corporate Leadership

The Editors

Prof. Dr. Stefan Detscher is Managing Director of the Digital Business Institute & School at Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU).

Prof. Dr. Michael Hepp is Professor of International Management and Strategy at Furtwangen University (HFU) and Co-Founder and Managing Director of SpeedlaneX, an AI company. 

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