Current and future state of Portuguese organizations towards digital transformation

Abstract

In recent years, digital transformation has emerged as a phenomenon that contributes to the transition from the industrial era to an era of connected and intelligent products, causing great impact on organizations and society. This transformation is revolutionizing, not only on the way people work, but also stresses the need to find new ways of combining physical and digital innovations and interorganizational collaborations in order to foster organizations' success. The research work presented allows increasing the understanding of specific aspects of the phenomenon of digital transformation (DT). From this research it is possible to understand that the technology itself is just part of a complex puzzle, that must be solved in order for organizations to remain competitive in a digital world. It is fundamental to see if organizations in Portugal are already living the mentioned DT or if they are aware of the need to adapt to this new reality. In this context, the objective of this research is to evaluate and compare, in Portuguese organizations, the current state of digital adoption in light of their preparation in relation to the prevailing technological categories (pillars and innovation accelerators), with the future priorities of the organizations in the DTimplementation.