About the research

Big data and analytics have been credited with being a revolution that will radically transform the way firms operate and conduct business. Nevertheless, the process of adopting and diffusing big data analytics, as well as actions taken in response to generated insight, necessitate organizational transformation. 

As with any form of organizational transformation, there are multiple inhibiting factors that threaten successful change.

The purpose of the study is to examine the inertial forces that can hamper the value of big data analytics throughout this process. The authors draw on a multiple case study approach of 27 firms to examine this question. Their findings suggest that inertia is present in different forms, including economic, political, socio-cognitive, negative psychology, and socio-technical. The ways in which firms attempt to mitigate these forces of inertia is elaborated on, and best practices are presented.

The authors conclude the paper by discussing the implications that these findings have for both research and practice.

About the book

The book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2018, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2018. The BIS conference follows popular research trends, both in the academic and the business domain. Thus the theme of BIS 2018 was: Digital Transformation - An Imperative in Today's Business Markets.

The 30 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions.