Emerging Technologies’ Contribution to the Digital Transformation in Accountancy Firms

Adriana Tiron-Tudor; Adelina Nicoleta Donțu; Vasile Paul Bresfelean

doi:10.3390/electronics11223818

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Emerging Technologies’ Contribution to the Digital Transformation in Accountancy Firms

Adriana Tiron-Tudor

Adelina Nicoleta Donțu Vasile Paul Bresfelean

Electronics Vol. 11 No. 22 pp. 3818 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

Digitalization becomes a key strategy for the success of businesses, which in today’s critical times, are under remarkable pressures and diffused uncertainty. The rapid pace of digitization is forcing deep changes in the modus operandi of organizations. This phenomenon is even more so true for accounting organizations considering that, by implementing blockchain, RPA, cloud, big data, cybersecurity, and AI, accountants might have the most digitized workplace of all. The purpose of this paper is to explore how these emergent technologies are contributing to the digital transformation of accounting firms. Based on a qualitative approach, the methodology consists of a thematic analysis of the academic literature to reveal the synergic effect of the most disruptive emergent technologies for accountancy firms. In addition to the topic of research, the originality of this study is ensured by the fact that it presents both technical and conceptual information, easily digestible for academicians and practitioners skilled in the ICT field, or not. The paper is intended to be a building brick for the literature related to this topic.

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Published: Nov 20, 2022
Vol/Issue: 11(22)
Pages: 3818
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Authors

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Adriana Tiron-Tudor

Department of Accounting and Audit, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Adelina Nicoleta Donțu

Department of Accounting and Audit, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Vasile Paul Bresfelean

Department of Economic Informatics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Faculty of Economics and Law, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania

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Adriana Tiron-Tudor, Adelina Nicoleta Donțu, Vasile Paul Bresfelean (2022). Emerging Technologies’ Contribution to the Digital Transformation in Accountancy Firms. Electronics, 11(22), 3818. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11223818

Emerging Technologies’ Contribution to the Digital Transformation in Accountancy Firms

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