Policy and Imprecise Concepts: The Case of Digital Transformation

The name digital transformation is widely used, even though its meaning is imprecise. This constructive ambiguity signifies the growing importance of information technology in organizational life rather than a specific thing. Most organizations can and do use the name freely. They do not need policy...

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Published in:Journal of the Association for Information Systems 2022-03, Vol.22 (2), p.401-407
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