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2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Structural Requirements for Digital Transformation – Insights from German Enterprises

verfasst von : Matthias Murawski, Tristan Thordsen, Malte Martensen, Christina Rademacher, Markus Bick

Erschienen in: Digital Transformation for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

German enterprises are often characterised by low levels of digital maturity. One reason for this is a lack of required structural changes on the path towards digital transformation. We consider a prescriptive framework, the digital transformation framework (DTF), which contains four structural requirements for digital transformation. Based on 16 interviews with German digitalisation experts, we aim at an evaluation of the DTF. The outcome is an enriched version of it containing seven structural requirements including the newly identified factors culture of change, agility of organizational structure, and integration of cloud computing and platforms. The extended DTF sheds light on additional facets of the digital transformation and thus supports managers in navigating their undertaking in this dynamic environment. Corresponding implications for research and practice are discussed.

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This statement can be underscored by the fact that we have used the DTF of Hess et al. for developing digital strategies during executive education programmes at our business school. Overall feedback of the executives on the DTF was positive, especially regarding its ‘practical value’.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Structural Requirements for Digital Transformation – Insights from German Enterprises
verfasst von
Matthias Murawski
Tristan Thordsen
Malte Martensen
Christina Rademacher
Markus Bick
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29374-1_58

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