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Digital Platforms and Enterprise Agility: A Systematic Literature Review

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Collaborative Networks in Digitalization and Society 5.0 (PRO-VE 2023)

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In the age of industry 4.0, digital platforms are becoming highly influential with their ability to facilitate the exchange, cooperation and coordination among enterprises. In spite of the significant role of digital platforms, only few research works directly explain their development and applications. This paper aims to provide an overview of digital platforms and their impact on agility using a systematic literature review. The results provide insights into digital platforms’ capabilities, challenges, and synergies with agility in the manufacturing sector.

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This work is partly supported by the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future through RAMP-UP II project.

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  1. Mines Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

    Chaimae Ben Brahim

  2. Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ Clermont, INOP Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, UMR 6158 LIMOS, 42023, Saint-Etienne, France

    Qussay Jarrar & Khaled Medini

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20156, Milan, Italy

    Maria Chiara Magnanini

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Brahim, C.B., Jarrar, Q., Magnanini, M.C., Medini, K. (2023). Digital Platforms and Enterprise Agility: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Boucher, X., Ortiz, A. (eds) Collaborative Networks in Digitalization and Society 5.0. PRO-VE 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 688. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42622-3_43

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