Impact of Software Engineering Practices and Technology Adoption on Business Sustainability

ABSTRACT: Companies throughout the world are progressively turning to the use of innovative digital technologies and high-quality software engineering processes in order to stay competitive and remain viable. Nonetheless, the organizations in the developing economies, especially in Nigeria, are still facing the problem of successfully applying modern engineering approaches and embracing the novel technologies, which has an adverse impact on sustainable business performance. This is a conceptual paper that explores the role of software engineering practices and adoption of technology on business sustainability based on economic, environmental, and social contexts. The second one is based on the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM): the research synthesizes a broad range of secondary data based on the scholarly articles and industry reports, as well as the records of technological adoption worldwide. The review demonstrates that Agile carbonates, DevOps, quality assurance, and secure software development contribute to the great increase of the operational efficiency and environmental responsibility, whereas the use of technologies like cloud computing, AI, and automation encourages innovation and product value. Research also points to contextual constraints in the developing countries that are characterized by infrastructural disparity, lack of digital literacy and exorbitant cost of technology investment. The research paper adds a conceptual framework of the connection between internal engineering potentials and technology preparedness and sustainable growth. It ends with a conclusion on the strategic digital transformation policy, the better talent development, and the enhanced integration of engineering best practices in order to facilitate sustainable business performance.

KEYWORDS: Software Engineering Practices, Technology Adoption, Business Sustainability, Digital Transformation, Emerging Economies.