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Within this contribution, we present the core findings of an empirical study on the virtualization of consulting services, which was conducted with the support of the Association of German Business Consultants at the end of 2015. More than 500 consultants participated in this study. The results document on the one hand, where the industry currently stands in the digital transformation process. On the other hand, we are also looking for answers to the questions of how the further development could look like in this area, what technologies are influencing and how the business models of classical business consulting are affected by the digital transformation.
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- Digital Transformation
- Virtual Consultancy
- Full Virtualization
- Virtualization Potential
- Service Portfolio
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Nissen, V., Seifert, H. (2018). Digital Transformation in Business Consulting—Status Quo in Germany. In: Nissen, V. (eds) Digital Transformation of the Consulting Industry. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70491-3_7
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