Artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted significant attention within academia and among businesses following technological advances over the last decade. The technology is transforming the way businesses create and deliver value to their customers. Yet there is still a lack of research regarding how AI creates value for businesses and what chall...
Data is the fuel for our modern society, and data quality is becoming an important aspect of a data-driven economy. Data quality is defined as the degree to which data fulfills the needs and expectations of customers and users of that data. It is the foundation for good decision-making, successful investments in smart technologies and AI, and corre...
This thesis explores the manifestation of AI capabilities in an incumbent within the forest industry for generating business value. The primary research gap identified is the lack of empirical evidence on how AI capabilities contribute to business value in incumbents. Drawing upon the AI capability framework and interviews with leadership roles, th...
This study explored the challenges faced by enterprises in adapting to the rapid digital transformation driven by Industry 4.0 technologies. Evaluating there turn on investment and measuring the business value of digital solutions can be difficult. Furthermore, it investigated the feasibility of enhancing the business value of the cloud-based appli...
Background: Big data analytics has been referred to as a hype the past decade, making manyorganizations adopt data-driven processes to stay competitive in their industries. Many of theorganizations adopting big data analytics use agile methodologies where the most importantoutcome is to maximize business value. Multiple scholars argue that big data...
The interest and demand of sustainable actions have alongside with societal development increased over time. It has become crucial for companies in today’s society to show responsibility for the footprints they leave behind as a consequence of operating. A possible course of action could be the implementation of Creating Shared Value – CSV, which e...
While the use of BIM (Building Information Modelling) has been increasing over the last decade and enabled a more integrated collaboration of different disciplines in the construction industry, its implementation in the operation phase of a building is still in its infancy in Sweden. Studies have been conducted to identify barriers and opportunitie...
This paper explains how Nestlé used the shared value concept to make agriculture more sustainable and achieve more profit by creating business value. We use a case study approach based on qualitative research to investigate shared value in achieving sustainable agriculture. We analyzed Nestlé programs in rural development, environmental sustainabil...
Information technology (IT) plays a critical role of enabler of activities that improve the performance of business processes. This enabling role of IT resources means continuous investment in IT is a strategic necessity. It is established that organizations’ IT-related capabilities leverage the enabling potential of IT resources. Today’s turbulent...
The recent increase in the amount of stored company data and exceeding interest in data analysis has resulted in new requirements on Data Warehousing solutions. This has led to the development of Data Warehouse Appliances, which this research project aims to investigate the business value of. The result is intended to support companies that are con...
