Plenty of cash is flowing into digital initiatives at large, industrial companies. In fact, the executives we surveyed recently at 1,350 of these businesses globally reported investments in digital reinvention totaling more than $100 billion between 2016 and 2018.
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Results from a study of 1,350 companies.
October 18, 2019
Summary.
Plenty of cash is flowing into digital initiatives at large, industrial companies. The problem is that the expected results often fail to materialize. The primary reason: unsuccessful efforts to scale digital innovations beyond early pilot work. An Accenture study identified the root causes — unclear goals from top management and inadequate resources to scale projects — and how to overcome those challenges.
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