Special Issue Call for Papers - Digital Transformation and Disruption
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全文截稿: 2019-01-15
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Overview
Digital transformation and disruption has changed our professional and private lives for many decades. In the early 2000s, Napster pioneered peer-to-peer file sharing and, in the process, revolutionized the music industry. Today, platforms like Uber alter industry sectors and functional domains at rapid speed. It is therefore not surprising that John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco, forecast that “at least 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies” (Ross, 2015). While these buzzwords are used predominantly in a business context, one should not forget that other organization types—such as governments, public administration, and universities—also undergo similar deep transformations. The digital revolution has an impact on all aspects of our society.
In this special issue, we will investigate these phenomena from three different angles. First, one can consider the individual tools and concepts of the digital transformation and the disruptions they cause—such as artificial intelligence (Kaplan & Haenlein, in press), big data (Lee, 2017), the internet of things (Saarikko, Westergren, & Blomquist, 2017), and social media (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010). How do and will these concepts influence businesses and organizations? What will be the consequences? What are the opportunities and pitfalls?
Second, one can analyze the digital revolution from a more-macro perspective and consider changes induced through technology and digitization (Jarrahi, 2018; Seijts & Gandz, 2018). What will be the general implications for guiding management practice? What will be the impact on the current logic of business models? How will the management function change through the digital transformation and disruption movement? Will skills like creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and innovative potential be desired competencies in employees? How will different steps of the value chain be impacted?
Third, one can ask what impacts governments, public services, universities (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2016), and society have on companies in the context of digital transformation and disruption. How should firms respond to or influence government regulations? Which legal considerations should be taken into account? How will (higher) education have to evolve and adapt itself to respond to changing company needs in terms of recruiting? And, what ethical questions emerge from the ongoing digital transformation?
Specifically, we seek submissions on a broad range of topics not limited to:
- Digital transformation and artificial intelligence
- Digital transformation and augmented reality
- Digital transformation and big data
- Digital transformation and the blockchain
- Digital transformation and the internet of things
- Digital transformation and mobile apps
- Digital transformation and robotics
- Digital transformation and social media
- Digital transformation and change management
- Digital transformation and leadership skills
- Digital transformation and employee competencies and training
- Digital transformation and the value chain
- Digital transformation and customer relationship management
- Digital transformation and legislation/regulation
- Digital transformation and (higher) education
- Digital transformation and ethics
- Digital transformation and data security/consumer protection