Research Article
A Study on the Different Perceptions in the Priority of Success Factors for Digital Transformation between the Korean Companies and its Government
1 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 2 Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies
Published: January 2020 · Vol. 24, No. 3 · pp. 105-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17287/kbr.2020.24.3.105
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Abstract
This study began with the recognition that more transparent and horizontal cooperation between the private and government sectors should be indispensable because the potential impact of digital transformation is a huge discourse that can transform human society beyond the industry as a whole. In a white paper titled “Digital Enterprise,” published jointly by the World Economic Forum and Accenture in 2016, four key factors and two to three details for each key factor needed for analog companies to transform themselves into digital ones were presented. As a result of the overall analysis of the private sector and the government, “business model” was rated as the most important key factor, “performance support” as the least important factor, and “discovery, development and implementation of new digital business models” as the most important detail, while “expanding the proportion of investment in the security sector” was considered the least important. Meanwhile, as a result of analyzing the private sector and the government separately, both the private sector and the government rated the “business model” the most as a key factor, but considering the details, the private sector rated the “discovery, development and implementation of new digital business models” the highest, while the government gave the highest priority to “launch new projects linked to existing projects.” This study confirmed that the perception of private and government priorities in preparing for digital transformation is different. In the future, there needs to be an open and free forum for the private and government to share each other's perceptions in a more cooperative and flexible manner.
