Reviews · Systematic review of 537 peer-reviewed articles analyzed with a multi-layered framework covering core activities, peripheral activities, and external environment.
Digital transformation: A review and research agenda
European Management Journal · 2023
Summary
More advanced transformers are embedded in platform ecosystems with less clear boundaries; transformation creates tensions over centralization versus decentralization of power across organizational layers.
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Possible founder application
Map product architecture, partners, data flows, and governance as an ecosystem; anticipate boundary and decision-right changes as the product becomes embedded in customer workflows.
Reported result
What the study found
More advanced transformers are embedded in platform ecosystems with less clear boundaries; transformation creates tensions over centralization versus decentralization of power across organizational layers.
Research question
What the authors investigated
What does the firm-level digital-transformation literature show about organizational layers, ecosystems, boundaries, and power?
Design
Systematic review of 537 peer-reviewed articles analyzed with a multi-layered framework covering core activities, peripheral activities, and external environment.
Sample and setting
537 peer-reviewed academic articles on firms' digital transformation, not a survey of operating firms.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
As a literature review, it synthesizes heterogeneous prior studies and does not estimate a single intervention effect; conclusions depend on the review corpus and coding framework.
Research sources
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