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Digitalization and sustainability are linked through the economy in an organic and green way around the world. Pandemic of COVID-19 greatly accelerated the understanding the importance of the digitalization impacting the society as whole, but enterprises as the separate unit too. They were forced to overcome initial barriers and quickly adapt to a new digital world while sustain the goals. The specific topic of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was strongly impacted by current situation caused by pandemic of COVID-19. Surprisingly, it was in both, positive and negative way. It is a paradox, but pandemic which caused damages across life of individuals and society, brings various opportunities for digital word and its expansion. Digital enterprises are shine examples of positive effects of pandemic. While business entities worldwide suffer from restrictions connected with pandemic, digital enterprises profit from its virtual character and massive wave of expanding digitalization as safe form of human interaction.
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Hudáková, M., Kozáková, J., Urbánová, M. (2022). Sustainable Goal Achievement by Digital Enterprises During Pandemic; How Much One Wins and Losses: A Critical Review. In: Mondal, S.R., Majerova, J., Das, S. (eds) Sustainable Development and Innovation of Digital Enterprises for Living with COVID-19. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2173-5_10
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