Description
In order to establish and maintain a successful company in the digital age, managers are digitally transforming their organizations to include such tools as disruptive technologies and digital data to improve performance and efficiencies. As these companies continue to adopt digital technologies to improve their businesses and create new revenues and value-producing opportunities, they must also be aware of the challenges digitalization can present.
Business Transformations in the Era of Digitalization is a collection of innovative research on the latest trends, business opportunities, and challenges in the digitalization of businesses. Highlighting a range of topics including business-IT alignment, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), business sustainability, small and medium-sized enterprises, and digital entrepreneurship, this book is ideally designed for managers, professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Karim Mezghani (Ed.)
Karim Mezghani is an associate professor of Business Administration at Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia (College of Economics & Administrative Sciences). He received his M.Sc. degree and his Ph.D. degree from Sfax University, Tunisia (specialty: Management Information Systems). In addition to his experience as an associate professor in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mezghani is a regular contributor to scientific conferences and indexed Journals iincluding "Journal of Global Information Management", "International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems", "International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction" and "Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation". His researches focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation, cloud computing adoption and consultant-client relationship.
Wassim Aloulou (Ed.)
Wassim J. Aloulou is an assistant professor at the Department of Business Administration of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (Saudi Arabia) and of the ISAAS, Sfax University (Tunisia). He received his B.Sc. degree in Higher Commercial Studies from IHEC Carthage (1995), his M.Sc. degree in HR management from ISG Tunis (1998) in Tunisia, and his Ph.D. degree in Management Sciences (Specialty: Entrepreneurship) from Pierre Mendès France University (UPMF) of Grenoble 2, in France (2008). His research interests include (social) entrepreneurship, (social) entrepreneurial intentions and orientations of individuals and organizations, and entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital era. He has published in indexed journals including “Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development”, “Journal of Enterprising culture”, “Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies”, “Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development”, “Middle East Journal of Management”, “Journal of Family Business Management”, and “European Journal of Innovation Management” among others. He has also contributed with books’ chapters in strategic management in SMEs, chaos and complexity theories, (social and academic) entrepreneurship, women's economic empowerment, entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors; and with communications in international conferences including “International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship ICIE” in 2013; 2015 and 2017 among others.