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Barriers in Digital Transformation: A Case Study of an IT Company in Sweden

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  • Simin Sigari

    (Stockholm University, Sweden)

  • Adnan Altunyurt

    (Stockholm University, Sweden)

  • Lazar Rusu

    (Stockholm University, Sweden)

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In recent years, companies in almost all the industries have been exploring new ways to use digital technologies to generate value from digital investments. However, many companies are struggling to realize the digital transformation due to various existing barriers. They face many obstacles in the development and implementation of new digital processes. In cases where the companies fail to reflect upon these barriers, digital transformation processes carry the risk of not being realized successfully. Therefore, this study has looked to identify the barriers in digital transformation, in a company in the IT sector in Sweden. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with the team members involved in digital transformation and from the company's documents, and then thematically analyzed. The findings of this research study are that there are 28 barriers in digital transformation from which 15 are new barriers that could support executives and managers who are planning a digital transformation in their organizations.

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  • Simin Sigari & Adnan Altunyurt & Lazar Rusu, 2021. "Barriers in Digital Transformation: A Case Study of an IT Company in Sweden," International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE), IGI Global, vol. 12(4), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jide00:v:12:y:2021:i:4:p:1-15
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