articleBusiness HorizonsAug 15, 2020HYBRID OA

Digital transformation: Five recommendations for the digitally conscious firm

Umeå University

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Abstract

Digital transformation is one of the key challenges facing contemporary businesses. The need to leverage digital technology to develop and implement new business models forces firms to reevaluate existing capabilities, structures, and culture in order to identify what technologies are relevant and how they will be enacted in organizational processes and business offerings. More often than not, these profound changes require firms to revisit old truths as they develop strategies that thread the needle between beneficial innovation and harmful disruption. This article uses the Internet of Things (IoT) as a backdrop to demonstrate the concerns associated with transformative technologies and offers five…

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  • Digital transformation
  • Leverage (statistics)
  • Business
  • Competitive advantage
  • Standardization
  • Business transformation
  • Transformative learning
  • Knowledge management
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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