Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda
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Department of Information Technology, HEC Montréal, Canada
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2019-06-01
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR: 3.765
CiteScore: 17.9
Impact factor: 11.8
ISSN: 09638687, 18731198
Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Abstract
Extant literature has increased our understanding of specific aspects of digital transformation, however we lack a comprehensive portrait of its nature and implications. Through a review of 282 works, we inductively build a framework of digital transformation articulated across eight building blocks. Our framework foregrounds digital transformation as a process where digital technologies create disruptions triggering strategic responses from organizations that seek to alter their value creation paths while managing the structural changes and organizational barriers that affect the positive and negative outcomes of this process. Building on this framework, we elaborate a research agenda that proposes [1] examining the role of dynamic capabilities, and [2] accounting for ethical issues as important avenues for future strategic IS research on digital transformation.
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Vial G. Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda // Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 2019. Vol. 28. No. 2. pp. 118-144.
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Vial G. Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda // Journal of Strategic Information Systems. 2019. Vol. 28. No. 2. pp. 118-144.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003
TI - Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda
T2 - Journal of Strategic Information Systems
AU - Vial, Gregory
PY - 2019
DA - 2019/06/01
PB - Elsevier
SP - 118-144
IS - 2
VL - 28
SN - 0963-8687
SN - 1873-1198
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@article{2019_Vial,
author = {Gregory Vial},
title = {Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda},
journal = {Journal of Strategic Information Systems},
year = {2019},
volume = {28},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {jun},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003},
number = {2},
pages = {118--144},
doi = {10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003}
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Vial, Gregory. “Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda.” Journal of Strategic Information Systems, vol. 28, no. 2, Jun. 2019, pp. 118-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003.