@article{SebastianRossBeathetal.2017, author = {Sebastian, Ina and Ross, Jeanne and Beath, Cynthia and Mocker, Martin and Moloney, Kate and Fonstad, Nils}, title = {How big old companies navigate digital transformation}, journal = {MIS quarterly executive}, volume = {16}, number = {3}, issn = {1540-1960}, url = {http://misqe.org/ojs2/index.php/misqe/article/view/783}, institution = {ESB Business School}, pages = {197 -- 213}, year = {2017}, abstract = {New digital technologies present both game-changing opportunities for—and existential threats to—companies whose success was built in the pre-digital economy. This article describes our findings from a study of 25 companies that were embarking on digital transformation journeys. We identified two digital strategies—customer engagement and digitized solutions—that provide direction for a digital transformation. Two technology-enabled assets are essential for executing those strategies: an operational backbone and a digital services platform. We describe how a big old company can combine these elements to navigate its digital transformation.}, language = {en} }