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To transform the potential of the new digital technologies into real value, all enterprises need to embrace a different attitude toward digital innovation. This attitude is well defined by the “post-digital” approach that evades hype and unrealistic expectations and fosters principles such as the importance of understanding the theoretical pillars behind firms’ performance and digital technologies, trust as key enabler of timely innovations and the importance of a mature approach to digital innovation. The chapter, building on DEVO Lab experience and field researches, describes the rationale and the features of the post-digital enterprise.
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Meregalli, S. (2022). Enabling the Post-digital Enterprise. In: Castelli, G., Meregalli, S., Pennarola, F. (eds) The Post-Digital Enterprise. Future of Business and Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94837-5_9
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