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Governance challenges in the era of digital transformation

What impact is digital transformation having on corporate governance?

In the last decades, important transformations have been occurring in how mangers or organisations accommodate new technological changes, with the emergence and global expansion of new phenomena such as digital technology diffusion and digital innovation. These technology-enabled developments open many opportunities for companies and entrepreneurs.

They also present several key challenges for governance of both inter-organisational collaborations and the organisational mechanisms to control creation, retention and distribution of knowledge and value. Yet very little is known about how digitally enabled transformations may affect the effectiveness of corporate governance including its objectives, scope and processes.