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etventure Digital Transformation Study 2017: German companies are too slow and inflexible
Last year, a study by etventure investigated how large German companies are getting to grips with the digital transformation. One year later, we now have the second status update on digitization, carried out jointly with GfK Nuremberg and YouGov USA. In addition to re-interviewing...
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The winning formula for digital new business: go beyond the core organization
As of 2017, managers are past the question of whether digital transformation plays an important or a vital role in core business. The majority of top-level managers have already recognized the significance of digital transformation. Now the predominant questions are: “How do I prepare...
Digital transformation: Good ideas implemented badly or bad ideas implemented well?
Almost all companies are occupied with the issue of digital transformation. New studies appear almost daily that aim to demonstrate the importance CEOs and managers from all sectors attach to digital transformation. So far, so good. The solution appears to be attractively simple to...
Creating Digital Entrepreneurs
When we think about digitization, we think about technologies, processes and business models. We rarely consider the importance of the “human factor” in the digital transformation process. The Cultural Status Quo Modern businesses have evolved into efficient operations, where high-achieving managers work to meet...
etventure provides students in Munich and Augsburg with digital and startup know-how
People are foundational to the success of digitization in a company – they are the ones who push this transformation forward. Companies are already desperately hunting for managerial staff and specialists who have digital expertise. For this reason, etventure is increasing its involvement in education...
Looking back: the first etventure Digital Transformation CEO Circle
The first etventure CEO Circle took place on Tuesday and the topic in the spotlight was digital transformation. etventure’s three founders and managing directors met with seven other CEOs of German companies at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen. The aim of...
A Fresh Take on Strategy Development
Businesses have been using the same formula to develop strategies for many years. However, is this formula still valid in today’s fast-paced business environment? etventure’s Andreas Stark, Vice President North America, explores this question – and provides a fresh take on how to approach...
‘What makes your digital transformation successful?’ – etventure marketing campaign enters the second phase
Using the slogan ‘Digitization does not need consultants, it needs entrepreneurs,’ etventure launched its first large-scale marketing campaign in May this year. Today, the campaign is entering its second phase. By creating the etventure Scratch Card, we have yet again formed a marketing tool that...
No such thing as the digital revolution? Avoidance strategies and status quo mentality are deadly when it comes to digitization!
“There is no such thing as the digital revolution.” That is what Hans-Werner Feick announced recently in his column on the business portal website BILANZ. All this about companies being in a huge transition because of digitization, about disruption in the ‘old economy’ because of new, agile,...
How to digitize the ‘old economy’ – etventure in Der Spiegel and Die Zeit
Since October 2015, etventure has been helping the SMS group, a machine and plant manufacturer based in North Rhine-Westphalia, with digitization. Last week, the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and the news magazine Der Spiegel published detailed articles about the approach that etventure takes and what it means to...
Prost! etventure invites its clients and partners to a ‘Digital Transformation’ round table and Oktoberfest evening
It’s time for Oktoberfest in Munich. In keeping with the time of year, etventure invited CEOs, top management contacts, and partners from industry and science to a ‘Digital Transformation’ round table event at its Munich office. During the visit to the Oktoberfest that followed,...