Digital Transformation Research:Thematic Framework and Future Prospects
With the development of emerging digital technology clusters and the global digital wave,enterprise digital transformation has become an inevitable choice.Although enterprise digital transformation has become an important research topic,most research is a qualitative holistic review based on process,lacking a panoramic review of complementary thematic perspectives.Therefore,it employed CiteSpace VI to explore the key literature in the field of digital transformation by using a combination of econometric and systematic reviews.It constructed the theoretical frameworks for the study of digital transformation from four major thematic perspectives:cognition,capability,business model and institution,and clarified the patterns of managerial cognitive change,the agility mechanisms of digital dynamic capabilities,the response mechanisms of business models,and the inter-supporting mechanisms between digital business transformation and institutional arrangements within digital transformation.Future research directions and suggestions for digital transformation research in the Chinese context are provided.It not only contributes to understanding and guiding enterprise transformation practices in the digital economy era,but also helps to extend and multiply the multidimensional theoretical value of digital transformation research.
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