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Table 6

Bibliometric analysis findings’ systematization (analysed period 2017–2020)

Analysed period	The title of the evolution stage	The main interrelations identified, and the impact produced
2017–2020	“The growth stage: from KM to DT through innovation”	In this term, the conceptual interrelatedness between KM and innovation emerges rather consolidated, and the DT-related concepts, such as “digitization” and “digitalization” among others, continue strengthening the groundwork for the evolution of the studied research field. As a result, for the first time, the conceptual maps reflect the connections between digitalization, KM and innovation hypothesized at the incipient stage of development of the intersection digitalization–KM–innovation As it derives from the analysis of strategic diagrams, in the second period, the fundamental association of digitalization–KM–innovation gains more evidence through the study of the influence produced by the interaction between “technological development” and “knowledge sharing” on “innovation” Further, the growth stage is marked with the consolidation of the “digital transformation” research domain. The conceptualization of DT accorded along this period entails “innovation” as one of the targeted benefits and indicator of a successful DT implementation Based on these antecedents, we present the second central interrelatedness cultivated in the period 2017–2020: KM–innovation–DT

Analysed period	The title of the evolution stage	The main interrelations identified, and the impact produced
2017–2020	“The growth stage: from KM to DT through innovation”	In this term, the conceptual interrelatedness between KM and innovation emerges rather consolidated, and the DT-related concepts, such as “digitization” and “digitalization” among others, continue strengthening the groundwork for the evolution of the studied research field. As a result, for the first time, the conceptual maps reflect the connections between digitalization, KM and innovation hypothesized at the incipient stage of development of the intersection digitalization–KM–innovation As it derives from the analysis of strategic diagrams, in the second period, the fundamental association of digitalization–KM–innovation gains more evidence through the study of the influence produced by the interaction between “technological development” and “knowledge sharing” on “innovation” Further, the growth stage is marked with the consolidation of the “digital transformation” research domain. The conceptualization of DT accorded along this period entails “innovation” as one of the targeted benefits and indicator of a successful DT implementation Based on these antecedents, we present the second central interrelatedness cultivated in the period 2017–2020: KM–innovation–DT

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