Digital Transformation in the Era of Covid-19

Digital transformation attracted scholars’ attention in various scientific domains, as business models, strategies, human resources management, and, more in general, social sciences. Additionally, digital transformation drove changes in both businesses and society as a whole. Due to its relevance in recent studies and daily activities, we observed the innovation brought by digital transformation at the time of pandemic to understand the contribution it offered. Some of the solutions proposed worldwide were observed, leading to understand the role of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain – among others – in the fight against Covid-19. The analysis offers a perspective on the ways smart technologies enabled suitable outcomes in the activities performed by specialists, firms, and people either to counteract the further spreading of the pandemic or to take care of the patients affected by the virus