usama awan

Usama Awan is an Associate Professor of sustainability with a focus on management and strategy at the Center for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability, Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, Høgskolen I Innlandet, Kongsvinger, Norway. He completed an MSc in International Marketing (2010) from Malardalen University, Sweden, and an MBA (2002) from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. degree with distinction in Sustainability Management in 2019 from the LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Finland.All his academic research efforts were nationally and internationally recognized by several articles published in international ISI journals (43 papers) through his contribution to books addressed to a wide scientific audience (10 book chapters). Thorough scientific work presented at International and National Congresses/Conferences (6 internationally published abstracts). Researchers from various fields have noticed my studies. They have received more than 2280 citations (H-index: 30). Much of his research focuses on two key internal organizational capabilities and environmental sustainability management in cross-border relationship management in manufacturing firms. Usama has a good working experience in several statistical programs, such as SPSS, PLS-SEM, and AMOS, and is a proficient user of agent-based modeling (ABM) and MCDM (Fuzzy-AHP, ISM, and TOPSIS).

Usama's current research focuses on the intersection of digital alignment and sustainability management within strategic management and global supply chain management. His future research plans involve conceptualizing paradoxical issues in corporate sustainability within emerging technologies (Industry 5.0 environment). This includes examining how firms in the process of transitioning their circular business model innovation for sustainability in the product-service system and development strategy for retracement and tracking of materials can efficiently design circular supply chains and business models. An important component of his research examines how technological choices, such as digital twin, quantum computing technologies, and additive manufacturing, could impact the strategic management of global supply chain operations to foster sustainable innovation and support the strategic management of circular supply chains in addressing sustainable development goals ( SDGs) 9 and 11.