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Meeting No: 2511 004 4745
Password: business

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Abstract

The concept of digital transformation has become a driving force behind innovation across industries, with significant implications for sustainability. From a business organization’s perspective, the adoption of digital technologies can catalyze eco-efficient practices, enable resource optimization, and promote the development of sustainable products and services. However, the journey is not without obstacles. Businesses in the Global North often encounter issues such as high implementation costs, skill gaps, and regulatory complexities, while companies in the Global South may struggle with infrastructure limitations, access to technology, and financial constraints. By comparing the unique challenges and opportunities in both regions, this webinar explores the opportunities and challenges that businesses face when leveraging digital transformation to foster sustainability-oriented innovation, focusing on both the Global North and Global South.

About the speaker

Ju Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in innovation studies. Her main research fields include innovation, sustainability and globalization. She adopts the innovation system approach and organizational perspective to study how regional institutions and organizational factors influence organizations' innovation behavior and performance. Her main research focuses are social innovation, technological innovation, as well as companies' and society's digital transformation.

Ju Liu has long and rich experience coordinating and conducting international research projects. These projects are financed by the European Commission, the Swedish Central Bank, VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), Tekes Finland (Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation), the Wallenberg Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other funding bodies.

Ju Liu is a special issue editor of Industry and Innovation, a book review editor of the African Journal of Science, Technology, and a scientific committee member of Innovation and Development. She is also an external research grant evaluator of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).