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The Use of Digital Technologies in German Business Consultancies

Leyh Christian, Lange Marcel, Lorenz Alisa

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2023

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Vol. 35

151--160

EN

The increased digitalization of the economy and society has triggered drastic changes in companies and confronted them with enormous challenges. The consulting industry is also strongly affected by this digital transformation. In an exploratory study, we examined digitalization's impact on management consultancies in Germany and their use of digital technologies. In our article, we provide insights into which digital technologies are considered to be important for the different phases of consulting and how digitalization affects the work of management consultants. From the perspective of such consultants, we discuss the technologies currently in use and offer an outlook on their future importance based on an online survey. Our results reveal that many business consultancies already rely heavily on digitalization and use a variety of digital technologies in all phases of the consulting process. Although business consultancies currently use well-established technologies, they remain aware of the growing importance of modern technologies for the future of consulting services.

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A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Intelligent Transport Systems in the Smart City Context

Lorenz Alisa, Madeja Nils, Leyh Christian

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2023

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Vol. 35

161--169

EN

In their transition to smart cities, an increasing number of cities is pursuing strategies to improve efficiency of transport. One strategy is to achieve smart mobility, for which they implement Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). Simultaneously, municipalities recognize their responsibility for creating a sustainable environment for citizens in the face of challenges like overpopulation, land shortage, and climate change. Interestingly, many ITS initiatives mainly focus on technical outcomes and overlook their impact on sustainability despite its key benefit for smart mobility. To fill this gap, we develop a framework for assessing the sustainability impact of ITS initiatives in this paper. We analyze the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations and relate them to various concepts of ITS to derive our framework. Thereby, our work bridges two fundamental perspectives for fur-ther research and supports decision makers in choosing ITS initiatives that contribute to both smart mobility and sustainability.

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The Impact of Digital Technologies on How Companies Work: Results from an Interview Study

Leyh Christian, Becke Paul, Pentrack Milan, Bodenstein Bastien

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2021

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Vol. 25

437--446

EN

Within this paper, we set up an exploratory interview study to examine the impact of digital technologies on the way employees work as well as the specific opportunities and challenges SMEs are facing. We show that digitalization has already triggered a wide range of changes. The individual extent of these changes as well as the perception of technological trends varies for each employee and each company depending on the context. Our study also shows that the SMEs interviewed have applied a wide range of tools and strategies to exploit the opportunities of digital technologies and to overcome the associated challenges.

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Critical Success Factors for Digitalization Projects

Leyh Christian, Köppel Konstanze, Neuschl Sarah, Pentrack Milan

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2021

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Vol. 25

427--436

EN

Our paper provides insights into which critical success factors (CSFs) for digitalization projects are seen as important from the companies' perspective based on an online survey. The results presented in this paper show that CSFs of the dimensions of Corporate organization and Technology are considered to be of particular relevance, as stated by the companies, with Corporate culture, Top management support, and a Unified digital corporate strategy/vision as the three most important CSFs. Therefore, this paper contributes to the CSF research regarding digital transformation and enables the development of practiceoriented recommendations for action and assistance in shaping digital transformation.

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ICT usage in industrial symbiosis: problem identification and study design

Kosmol Linda, Leyh Christian

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2019

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Vol. 18

685--692

EN

Industrial symbiosis is a favored approach to balancing industry's economic growth and its environmental impact on a regional scale. Although the scientific literature reports a multitude of examples of industrial symbiosis around the world, this approach and its related concepts are not considered to be widespread in practice, due to various barriers. Information and management barriers are seen as significant obstacles to industrial symbiosis; however, they have not been adequately investigated yet. Empirical research capturing the perception of industrial actors is lacking. This applies especially to information and communication technology designed to reduce informational barriers. Therefore, in this research-in-progress paper, we will first examine these aspects by discussing related publications. In the second step, we develop a study design involving an online questionnaire to examine the extent of managerial and informational barriers that prevent industrial symbiosis as well as the perception of corresponding technological support.