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International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences

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ISSN: 2226-3624

Sustainable Digital Business, Management and Entrepreneurship as An Integrated Dimension in The Post-Pandemic Era in Nigeria

Mbachukwu Maryjane Adaobi, Adeniran Adeyinka Moses, Wan Liyana Mariah

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJAREMS/v12-i4/19703

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The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on global business, and has accelerated the digital transformation of businesses and societies around the world. In Nigeria, the COVID-19 impact, has further increased sustainability in business process and its management, creating new opportunities for sustainable digital business, management, and entrepreneurship across different industries. Sustainable digital business models explain those that create economic, environmental, and social value, achievable by embedding digital technologies into business models in ways that reduce resource consumption, emissions, and waste. Sustainable digital management explain business management practices that critically considers profitability, and sustainability, achievable through the utilisation of digital technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Sustainable digital entrepreneurship entails the process of creating new businesses that are profitable and sustainable, achievable through the development of new products and services that help in addressing both environmental and social in nature, in addition to the using digital technologies to improve the efficiency and sustainability of existing businesses. A systematic literature review is used to identify, examine and evaluate industries that have experienced transformation, due to the COVID pandemic in Nigeria, in order to access new opportunities created and how sustainable they are. In the post-pandemic era, sustainable digital business, management, and entrepreneurship becomes paramount, especially for business that has goals and objectives aligned for success. The combination of these approaches can help businesses to create long-term value, build resilience, and contribute to a more sustainable future

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