Assessing the impact of public digitalization on sustainability: the mediating role of technological innovation in the context of the EU

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-024-00397-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-024-00397-x</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00397-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s43621-024-00397-x</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessing the impact of public digitalization on sustainability: the mediating role of technological innovation in the context of the EU

Original language description

Public sector digitalization and technological innovation are increasingly being recognized as key drivers of sustainable development. To maintain sustainable growth, it is imperative for economies within the European Union (EU) to adopt public digitalization and technological innovation practices to mitigate the risk of negative economic and environmental outcomes. However, the interplay between these two factors and their impact on sustainability remain underexplored. We draw insights from the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) theory to develop and test a theoretical model to assess the mediating role of technological innovation in the relationship between public digitalization and sustainability in the context of the European Union (EU). Using a panel dataset of EU countries from 2018 to 2023, this study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the direct and indirect effects of public digitalization and technological innovation on sustainability. The findings suggest that public digitalization positively and significantly influences technological innovation, which, in turn, fosters sustainability progress. Moreover, our findings confirm that technological innovation positively mediates the relationship between public digitalization and sustainability. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners seeking to harness the power of public digitalization and technological innovation to achieve sustainable development goals. This study highlights the importance of promoting technological innovation as a catalyst for public digitalization and a driver of sustainability progress in the EU. © The Author(s) 2024.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Discover Sustainability

ISSN

2662-9984

e-ISSN

2662-9984

Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

"Article Number: 204"

UT code for WoS article

001295055400004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85201668938