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The Concept and Connotation of Enterprise Digital Transformation

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In the era of digital economy, the digital transformation of enterprises is a key strategic choice for the survival and development of enterprises. This paper gives the definition of enterprise digital transformation based on the subject, technology, scope and expected results through literature induction and comparison. This paper expounds the research status of digital transformation in the view of technological innovation and application, process, results and industrial application. The future development direction is also predicted. Digital transformation is defined as the application of digital technology by enterprises (subject) to build a digital world with full perception, full link, full scene and full intelligence (the technologies involved), and then optimize and reconstruct the business of the physical world, innovate and reshape the traditional management model, business model (scope), and finally achieve business success (expected results). Enterprise digital transformation is an inevitable product driven by internal and external factors. Relevant research on technological innovation and application mainly focuses on the cross-system transformation of enterprises. Process research focuses on transformation process and realization path, etc. Results research focuses on the impact of digital transformation on production efficiency and organizational performance, as well as possible data security problems. The industrial application perspective mainly provides practical cases and data.

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This research was supported by Guangzhou key industrial technology project modern industrial technology under Grant 201802010035.

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  1. School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Jiangping Wan, Siting Lin & Qingchen Wu

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Wan, J., Lin, S., Wu, Q. (2023). The Concept and Connotation of Enterprise Digital Transformation. In: Tu, Y., Chi, M. (eds) E-Business. Digital Empowerment for an Intelligent Future. WHICEB 2023. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 480. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32299-0_27

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