Editorial: transformation
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Editorial: transformation Thomas Gehrig1
Ó The Author(s) 2020
Transformation is the overarching theme of the concluding issue 13(3) of Business Research for at least two reasons: Business Research will be transformed into Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR) as of 1, January 2021, and ‘‘Digital Transformation’’ is the topic of the special issue of papers that have been contributed to the Annual Conference 2020 of the Verband der Hochschullehrer fu¨r Betriebswirtschaft (VHB, German Academic Association of Business Research) in Frankfurt.
1 Transformation of Business Research This year, the VHB has made the strategic decision to merge its official journal with SBR, the official journal of the Schmalenbach Gesellschaft (SG), to form Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR). SBUR will be the joint official journal of VHB and SG, and both associations are committed to growing SBUR to a joint flagship journal in business research with global reach and high visibility. SBUR operates under Golden Open Access since the Open Science philosophy will be endorsed by both associations. Therefore, the present issue concludes the development phase of Business Research as a pioneering open access journal with its volume 13, and it is the last issue of Business Research as you are familiar with it. Along the traditions of the merged journals, SBUR will continue publishing original high-quality research that is of wide interest to business research and practice. The majority of the Associate Editors will remain in their roles at SBUR, providing continuity also in the editorial processes. There will be additional & Thomas Gehrig [email protected] 1
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Associate Editors to support our main areas of business administration and to cover more specialized research areas and increase global reach. For details, please visit the website of SBUR at https://www.springer.com/journal/41471. From January 2021 on you will also find links to previous volumes of Business Research on this website. We are soliciting original research from the full spectrum of business research, but we are also considering review articles and conceptual papers on topical themes. I invite all researchers to submit your best work to SBUR under https://www. editorialmanager.com/sbur/.
2 Digital transformation Due to the accelerating pandemic events in March, this Conference turned out into a real-world exercise of transforming a complete large traditional on-site conference into a fully digital conference within the period of less than 10 days, a most demanding pioneering mission which was orchestrated masterfully by Mark Wahrenburg and his organizing team at the University of Frankfurt. The Special Issue on ‘‘Digital Transformation’’ focuses on three themes, transformation from humans to artificial intelligence, opportunities of the digital world for management, and particular business transformations currently going on in real time. The first set of papers discuss the transitio
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