In this article I argue that the quest to establish digital innovation as a research domain is hindered by three challenges. As digital innovation research we are too often: a) reifying the agency of digital innovation actors; b) developing explanations of digital innovation detached from the specifics of digital technology, and c) developing overly specific explanations of digital innovation. I begin by providing a brief overview of the recombination perspective and considering why this perspective holds great appeal in the digital age. I then engage with Henfridsson et al.'s (2018) value spaces framework as a platform for framing value creation and value capture in relation to recombination in digital innovation. Next, I push Henfridsson et al.'s arguments one step further to discuss them in relation to what I consider to be the key challenges for digital innovation research. Illustrating with some of my own recent projects, I suggest that in order to fully address these challenges we need to (1) develop explanations of digital innovation acknowledging the complexity of sociomaterial interaction in digital innovation; (2) develop explanations of digital innovation building on the specifics of digital technology, and (3) develop explanations of digital innovation based on an oscillation between the specific and the general. The article concludes by pointing to future challenges and developments for digital innovation research.

在本文中，我认为要建立数字创新作为研究领域受到三个挑战的阻碍。作为数字创新研究，我们经常这样做：a）改变数字创新参与者的代理机构；b）提出与数字技术的细节脱节的数字创新解释； c）提出对数字创新的过度具体解释。首先，我将简要介绍重组的观点，并考虑为什么这种观点在数字时代具有巨大的吸引力。然后，我与Henfridsson等人（2018）的价值空间框架进行互动，将其作为框架来构筑与数字创新中的重组相关的价值创造和价值获取。接下来，我推动Henfridsson等。s的论据又进一步讨论了有关我认为是数字创新研究的关键挑战的问题。我以自己最近的一些项目为例，建议为了充分应对这些挑战，我们需要：（1）对数字创新进行解释，从而认识到数字创新中社会材料互动的复杂性；（2）在数字技术的具体内容基础上发展对数字创新的解释，（3）在具体和一般之间的振荡基础上发展数字创新的解释。本文最后指出了数字创新研究的未来挑战和发展。我建议，为了充分应对这些挑战，我们需要（1）提出数字创新的解释，承认数字创新中社会材料互动的复杂性；（2）在数字技术的具体内容基础上发展对数字创新的解释，（3）在具体和一般之间的振荡基础上发展数字创新的解释。本文最后指出了数字创新研究的未来挑战和发展。我建议，为了充分应对这些挑战，我们需要（1）提出数字创新的解释，承认数字创新中社会材料互动的复杂性；（2）在数字技术的具体内容基础上发展对数字创新的解释，（3）在具体和一般之间的振荡基础上发展数字创新的解释。本文最后指出了数字创新研究的未来挑战和发展。