Examining the digitalisation of virtual enterprises amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic and meta-analysis

Abstract

ABSTRACT Enterprises are surviving in a digital transitioning society, where the creation of strategic alliances is one important result of this constant change during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A medium of conducting business where organizations can share their main capabilities in order to strive in a pandemic is the creation of Virtual Enterprises (VE). But despite increasing research interest in VE, there is still lacunae in understanding the conceptualization of digitalization of VE operations during crises. Therefore, this provides a review of extant literature and meta-analysis of 55 VE research articles to present the theoretical underpinning concept of VE digitalization.