{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3171157902","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","title":"Digital \u201cis\u201d Strategy: The Role of Digital Technology Adoption in Strategy Renewal","display_name":"Digital \u201cis\u201d Strategy: The Role of Digital Technology Adoption in Strategy Renewal","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-06-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3171157902","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","mag":"3171157902"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/325553","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050954263","display_name":"Nicolas van Zeebroeck","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-7877"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160428","display_name":"International Solvay Institutes","ror":"https://ror.org/05xqtsb23","country_code":"BE","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160428"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nicolas Van Zeebroeck","raw_affiliation_strings":["iCITE, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Universit&#x00E9; Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-7877","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"iCITE, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Universit&#x00E9; Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160428"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040198507","display_name":"Tobias Kretschmer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7830-7825"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210140326","display_name":"Centre for Economic Policy Research","ror":"https://ror.org/04jzmdh37","country_code":"GB","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210140326"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8204097","display_name":"Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen","ror":"https://ror.org/05591te55","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8204097"]}],"countries":["DE","GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tobias Kretschmer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany","Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, U.K"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7830-7825","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute for Strategy, Technology and Organization, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I8204097"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210140326"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029134161","display_name":"Jacques Bughin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1973-3656"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160428","display_name":"International Solvay Institutes","ror":"https://ror.org/05xqtsb23","country_code":"BE","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160428"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jacques Bughin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Universit&#x00E9; Libre de Bruxelles and Machaon Advisory, Brussels, Belgium"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1973-3656","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Universit&#x00E9; Libre de Bruxelles and Machaon Advisory, Brussels, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160428"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":2045,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2045},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.1292,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":59,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9603507,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"70","issue":"9","first_page":"3183","last_page":"3197"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.9973999857902527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11437","display_name":"Digital Platforms and Economics","score":0.9936000108718872,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13402","display_name":"Business Strategy and Innovation","score":0.9907000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-strategy","display_name":"Technology strategy","score":0.7578981518745422},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/notice","display_name":"Notice","score":0.7116299867630005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emerging-technologies","display_name":"Emerging technologies","score":0.5462313890457153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.5451452732086182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maturity","display_name":"Maturity (psychological)","score":0.4981350898742676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/strategic-management","display_name":"Strategic management","score":0.47492891550064087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.473614901304245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.3885079324245453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.35425788164138794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.3279440402984619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.30526959896087646}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544072693","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6144385","display_name":"Technology strategy","level":3,"score":0.7578981518745422},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779913896","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7063001","display_name":"Notice","level":2,"score":0.7116299867630005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207267971","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120208","display_name":"Emerging technologies","level":2,"score":0.5462313890457153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5451452732086182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101433766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543263","display_name":"Maturity (psychological)","level":2,"score":0.4981350898742676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86275758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376657","display_name":"Strategic management","level":2,"score":0.47492891550064087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.473614901304245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.3885079324245453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.35425788164138794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3279440402984619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.30526959896087646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3079347","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/325553","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/325553","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401063","display_name":"D\u00e9p\u00f4t institutionnel de l'Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles (Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I132053463","host_organization_name":"Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I132053463"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE transactions on engineering management","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/325553","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/325553","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401063","display_name":"D\u00e9p\u00f4t institutionnel de l'Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles (Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I132053463","host_organization_name":"Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I132053463"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE transactions on engineering management","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.6399999856948853}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W28205203","https://openalex.org/W271526086","https://openalex.org/W1491477619","https://openalex.org/W1585189676","https://openalex.org/W1664700271","https://openalex.org/W1851730431","https://openalex.org/W1906951560","https://openalex.org/W1972047171","https://openalex.org/W1984424620","https://openalex.org/W1985723245","https://openalex.org/W2000365554","https://openalex.org/W2006923470","https://openalex.org/W2022391768","https://openalex.org/W2028534080","https://openalex.org/W2038195563","https://openalex.org/W2041200379","https://openalex.org/W2046473816","https://openalex.org/W2095593583","https://openalex.org/W2096739160","https://openalex.org/W2108795964","https://openalex.org/W2115671451","https://openalex.org/W2147270415","https://openalex.org/W2148060162","https://openalex.org/W2150611598","https://openalex.org/W2155866649","https://openalex.org/W2169855821","https://openalex.org/W2767460811","https://openalex.org/W2883502182","https://openalex.org/W2901713938","https://openalex.org/W2904649625","https://openalex.org/W2904655690","https://openalex.org/W2905108636","https://openalex.org/W2915384211","https://openalex.org/W2991299945","https://openalex.org/W3022774728","https://openalex.org/W3037441626","https://openalex.org/W3042243719","https://openalex.org/W3123275472","https://openalex.org/W3125960095","https://openalex.org/W3189043304","https://openalex.org/W4212797818","https://openalex.org/W4252952299","https://openalex.org/W6652394457","https://openalex.org/W6757236909","https://openalex.org/W6759407360","https://openalex.org/W6780215187"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2414810123","https://openalex.org/W1533447321","https://openalex.org/W1558466524","https://openalex.org/W2097262922","https://openalex.org/W2901014012","https://openalex.org/W2120918104","https://openalex.org/W2067641798","https://openalex.org/W2596856616","https://openalex.org/W1965381626","https://openalex.org/W2056361671"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"As":[0],"digital":[1,26,82,108,129],"technologies":[2,83,130,158],"emerge":[3],"and":[4,17,28,33,104,122,139,164,188],"improve":[5],"rapidly,":[6],"firms":[7,44,58],"face":[8],"changing":[9],"tradeoffs":[10],"in":[11,179,202],"terms":[12],"of":[13,22,40,51,80,107,119,125,127,156],"their":[14,60,105,203],"technology":[15,27],"infrastructure":[16],"strategic":[18,38,204],"direction.":[19],"Hence,":[20],"many":[21],"them":[23],"adopt":[24,64],"new":[25,30,65,81,157],"develop":[29],"business":[31],"models":[32],"strategies.":[34],"The":[35],"literature":[36],"on":[37,100,167],"alignment":[39],"IT":[41],"suggests":[42],"that":[43,153],"need":[45],"to":[46,92,146,161,185],"synchronize":[47],"these":[48],"different":[49],"domains":[50],"choice.":[52],"We":[53,110],"therefore,":[54],"ask":[55],"how":[56],"far":[57],"renew":[59],"strategy":[61,94,102,120,168],"as":[62],"they":[63],"technologies.":[66,109],"In":[67],"this":[68,72],"article,":[69],"we":[70,151,192],"study":[71],"question":[73],"empirically":[74],"by":[75],"assessing":[76],"if":[77],"the":[78,117,123,148,154,170,173,175,177],"adoption":[79,106,126,155],"is":[84,183],"associated":[85],"with,":[86],"or":[87,206],"even":[88],"leads":[89],"to,":[90],"changes":[91],"firm":[93],"using":[95,142],"a":[96,112,133,162],"detailed":[97],"survey-based":[98],"dataset":[99],"firms\u2019":[101],"renewal":[103],"observe":[111],"strong":[113],"positive":[114],"association":[115],"between":[116,136],"extent":[118],"change":[121,178],"stage":[124],"advanced":[128],"overall,":[131],"suggesting":[132],"tight":[134],"coupling":[135],"(technological)":[137],"structure":[138],"strategy.":[140,180],"Further,":[141],"instrumental":[143],"variable":[144],"regressions":[145],"disentangle":[147],"two":[149],"effects,":[150],"find":[152],"may":[159],"lead":[160],"large":[163],"robust":[165,184],"effect":[166],"change:":[169],"more":[171],"extensive":[172],"adoption,":[174],"larger":[176],"This":[181],"result":[182],"various":[186],"specifications":[187],"across":[189,196],"industries.":[190],"However,":[191],"notice":[193],"substantial":[194],"differences":[195],"technologies,":[197],"potentially":[198],"pointing":[199],"at":[200],"heterogeneity":[201],"nature":[205],"maturity":[207],"level.":[208]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-28T12:50:07.497085","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
