COVID-19 Pandemic: Shifting Digital Transformation to a High-Speed Gear

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented global health crisis with severe socio-economic consequences. This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Digital transformation and vice versa. More especially, the article provides concrete reflections on whether and how the COVID-19 outbreak is accelerating digital transformation in organizations. The main conclusions of this work can be valuable to startups and traditional organisations that intend to explore or seize opportunities in digital transformation.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• digital transformation
• digitalization
• digital economy
• innovation

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Pedro Soto-Acosta

Pedro Soto-Acosta is a Full Professor of Management at the University of Murcia. He attended Postgraduate Courses at Harvard University and received his PhD in Business Economics from the University of Murcia. He serves as Associate Editor and Senior Editor for several mainstream journals including Decision Sciences, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Electronic Markets, Information Systems Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Strategic Information Systems. He has published in journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Knowledge Management, and Journal of International Management. Further information is available at http://webs.um.es/psoto