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Digitalization ante portas

The key changes to controlling reflected in the third WHU study on the Future of Controlling

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Digitalization has now reached controlling. The third WHU study on the Future of Controlling, like its predecessors, identifies the top ten future trends in controlling and compares its findings with the results of the 2011 and 2014 studies. The 2017 study indicates that the diverse facets of digitalization are gradually dominating the list of the top future trends in controlling and the perceived pressure to change is high. Still, in most companies little change has actually taken place.

First published in German as: Schäffer, U., & Weber, J. (2018). Digitalisierung ante portas. Die Veränderung des Controllings im Spiegel der 3. WHU-Zukunftsstudie. Controlling, 30(1), 42–48.

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Schäffer, U., Weber, J. (2019). Digitalization ante portas. In: Schäffer, U. (eds) Behavioral Controlling. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25983-9_12

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