1 Research in digitalization
2 Impact of digitalization on the finance function
2.1 Strategy implementation and control
2.2 Financial planning and analysis
2.3 Reporting
2.4 Competencies, roles and organizational structure
2.5 The diffusion process
- In 2017, assessments of the importance of the trends ‘business analytics,’ ‘digital business models,’ ‘self-service reporting,’ ‘agile management,’ and ‘digital literacy’ range only between 3.2 and 4.2 on a 7-point Likert scale.
- Two thirds of the respondents perceive deficits in terms of data quality and accessibility. With regard to IT system integration, this number is even higher at 80%.
- Business analytics is used intensively in only a fraction of controller functions—5% of respondents reported intensive use.