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Digital Transformation Business Landscape

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Chapter 3 is based on an approach to the background and basic understanding of digital transformation; its benefits, the two perspectives of digital transformation, the four dimensions of digital transformation strategies and the procedural aspects of digital transformation strategies are discussed.

Following that, there is an explanation on how to integrate digital transformation into firms and some challenges and strategic paths in order to do this effectively.

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Notes

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    Availble from https://www.i-scoop.eu/digital-transformation/.

  2. 2.

    Available from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/embracing-digital-technology/.

  3. 3.

    Survey available from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/embracing-digitaltechnology/.

  4. 4.

    Available also from https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/16540.

  5. 5.

    All initiatives availble from https://www.plattform-i40.de/I40/Redaktion/EN/Downloads/Publikation/industrie-40-in-a-global-context.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1.

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    Available from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-nine-elements-of-digital-ttransformation/.

  7. 7.

    Available also from Pham&Roubi_Antoine&Juliette_Digital maturity and value creation.pdf.

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Landeta Echeberria, A. (2020). Digital Transformation Business Landscape. In: A Digital Framework for Industry 4.0. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60049-5_3

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