Selecting the right technology is one of the most critical decisions in technology driven enterprises, and no selection is complete without a thorough and informed evaluation. This book explores the digital transformation movement from three perspectives: the technological, the personal, and the organizational.The technical perspective analyses and evaluates new and up and coming technologies such as IoT and Cloud Technology. The personal perspective focuses on the consumer's attitude and experience in the adoption of technologies such as smart homes, smart watches, drones and wireless devices. And the organizational perspective focuses on evaluating how technology-driven an organization and their core activities or products are.This book is an ideal reference for managers who are responsible for digital transformation in their organizations and also serves a good starting point for researchers interested in understanding the trend. The book contains case studies that may be used by educators in MBA and Engineering and Technology Management MS programs covering digital transformation related courses.Contents: Technical Transformation:Technical Transformation: Transportation Technologies (Joshua Binus, Barrett Lewis, Horatiu Corban, Fayez Alsoubaie, Rasnia Tabpla and Tugrul Daim)Technical Transformation: Cloud Services (Cody Miller, Wendy Lally, Liyan Xiao, David Burchfield, Shihab Hanayneh and Tugrul Daim)Technical Transformation: Cloud Computing (Amit Pingle and Tugrul Daim)Technical Transformation: Internet of Things (Surekha Rani Chanamolu and Tugrul Daim)Technical Transformation: IT in Disaster Management (Namitha Shetty and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation:Personal Transformation: Evaluation of Smart Home Hubs (Ahmed Alzahrani, Majed Alshamlani, Wei-Chen Hsu, Shreyas Harish and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Protocols for Home Automation Application (Ahmed Alzahrani and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Smart House (Ahlam Alsuwiada, Ahmed Al-Shareef, Zuhair Alheayk, You Hong Yong, Wei Ming Jang, Kenny Phan and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Wearable GPS Device for Children (Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Jessie Truong, Lu Chuan Chieh, Mufeed Yacoub, Papit Meteekotchadet and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Smartwatches (Alexander Blank, João Ricardo Lavoie, Felix Maier, Kenny Phan and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Drones (Donavon Nigg, Sarah Alobaidi, Rushikesh Jirage, Tejas Deshpande, Haitham Alkharboosh and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Electric Scooter (Esraa Bukhari, Dana Bakry, Farshad, Mert Tonkal and Tugrul Daim)Personal Transformation: Wireless Services (Asma Razavi, Prajakta Patil, Ritu Chaturvedi, Pallavi Sandanshiv, Kenny Phan and Tugrul Daim)Organizational Transformation:Organizational Transformation: Semiconductors (Tejas Deshpande and Tugrul Daim)Organizational Transformation: Universities (Ahmed Bohliqa, Corey White, Srujana Penmetsa, Sara Bahreini, Zeina Boulos and Tugrul Daim)Organizational Transformation: Consumer Goods (Yogi Hamdani and Tugrul Daim)
Readership: Managers who are responsible for digital transformation in their organizations; researches interested in the field; and educators in MBA and Engineering and Technology Management MS programs who are teaching digital transformation related courses. Technology Management;Digital Transformation;Smart Technologies;Decision Making;Technology Adoption;Knowledge Management0Key Features:Prominent Authors, Highly Visible Research Agenda