NEW RESEARCH: CMR Issue on Digital Transformation

Alberto co-edited with Carmelo Cennamo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Gianvito Lanzolla, the “California Management Review Summer 2020 Special Issue” dedicated to Managing the Digital Transformation.

The proliferation of new digital technologies is extending the horizon of firm activity. Digital transformation is a force that will revolutionize most industries.The essence of the introductory piece is summarized in the framework, that attempts to see side by side modalities of value co-generation and scope of the transformation.

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Citation: C Cennamo, GB Dagnino, A Di Minin, G Lanzolla (2020). Managing Digital Transformation: Scope of Transformation and Modalities of Value Co-Generation and Delivery. California Management Review 62 (4), 5-16 

CONTENTS OF THE FULL SPECIAL ISSUE ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Managing Digital Transformation: Scope of Transformation and Modalities of Value Co-Generation and Delivery

by Carmelo Cennamo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Alberto Di Minin, and Gianvito Lanzolla

The proliferation of new digital technologies is extending the horizon of firm activity. Digital transformation is a force that will revolutionize most industries. 

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Strategies for Digitalization in Manufacturing Firms

by Joakim Björkdahl

Many manufacturing firms have seen digitalization as a means of increasing efficiency. But too few consider growth.

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Implementing a Digital Strategy: Learning from the Experience of Three Digital Transformation Projects

by Alessia Correani, Alfredo De Massis, Federico Frattini, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Angelo Natalicchio

Over recent decades, the majority of breakthroughs have come from a large group of small companies – as opposed to a small group of large companies.

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Mastering the Digital Transformation of Sales

by Paolo Guenzi and Johannes Habel

The latest advances in digital technology hold the potential to revolutionize the sales process

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Digital Transformation and Organization Design: An Integrated Approach

by Tobias Kretschmer and Pooyan Khashabi

Organizational systems should be optimized for effective collaboration on digital transformation projects

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Digital Mindsets: Recognizing and Leveraging Individual Beliefs for Digital Transformation

by Elizabeth Solberg, Laura E. M. Traavik, and Sut I Wong

Cultivating a mindset that favors collaboration and agility can help employees who feel threatened or displaced by emerging technology.

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Digital Artifacts in Industrial Co-creation: How to Use VR Technology to Bridge the Provider-Customer Boundary

by Angelos Kostis and Paavo Ritala

Developments in the VR space provide new opportunities for industrial co-creators collaborating on sophisticated projects with distributed stakeholders.

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