In today’s technology- and data-driven industrial environment, organizations are increasingly aware of the need to stay ahead of digital trends to remain competitive. They face mounting pressure to innovate while balancing the complexities of integrating new technologies with existing infrastructure, culture, and business models (Corallo et al., 2023). As businesses increasingly invest in cutting-edge technologies, one question arises: how ready is the organization to undertake and sustain these transformations?
The path to successful digital transformation is complex, requiring a nuanced understanding of technology management, and organizational maturity and readiness for significant, innovative, secure and sustainable digital investments. Additionally, organizations often struggle in assessing the potential of alternative digital projects and initiatives for maximizing the return on investments (Mouhib et al., 2020). Business managers have to justify their strategical and operational choices in technology and innovation enhancement, and to align them with the companies’ capabilities. Therefore, they need to be supported by methodologies and tools for assessing the maturity of their companies and to ensure investment profitability (Wamba et al., 2017).
On top of that, this track explores how businesses can strategically approach digital transformation initiatives in industry, by assessing their technology management practices and determining their maturity and readiness for rightly address and support investments. It focuses on frameworks for evaluating key aspects of the digital transformation process, key challenges in aligning business and technology strategies, methods for ensuring long-term sustainability and innovation, and case studies describing whether the digital transformation succeed or falter.

Key topics also include:

• Technology management and transition in industry;
• Technology readiness assessment models and frameworks;
• Business processes maturity in relation to digital adoption;
• Strategic decision-making for digital transformation investments;
• Alignment of business and technology;
• Best practices in managing technology transitions and innovations;
• Investment decision methodologies and tools;
• Organizational culture and change management;
• Case studies of successful digital transformation initiatives.

Vito Del Vecchio, University of Salento, Italy
Mariangela Lazoi, University of Salento, Italy
Christian Catalano, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Monica Rossi, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Abdelaziz Bouras, Qatar University, Qatar