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Innovation drift: the influence of digital artefacts on organizing for innovation
Innovation ( IF 2.453 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-14 , DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2021.1937185
Michal Hron 1 , Nikolaus Obwegeser 2 , Sune Dueholm Müller 1
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ABSTRACT

The literature on digital innovation often relies on examples of radical, even paradigm-changing novelties. In order to develop such radical innovations, organizational separation of innovation efforts has been advocated by many as an effective strategy. We have conducted a longitudinal case study of a radical innovation project at a born-digital company. The company established a separate organization to develop radical innovation, but over time, the innovation drifted from radical to incremental. Even keeping the organization separate proved difficult. In explaining the events in the case study, we follow the argument that new theories of digital innovation can be developed with reference to the specific properties of digital artefacts. We outline how properties like editability and distributability may contribute to innovation drift, i.e., the proclivity of radical innovation ambitions to gradually drift towards more incremental realizations. Due to their nature, digital artefacts can diffuse through the organization and, thus, pose a challenge to the effectiveness of organizational separation as a strategy for innovation. With this work, we contribute to the literature on digital innovation by responding to calls for research on new theories of digital innovation and the demand for greater appreciation of digital materiality in organizing. We also challenge the prevailing view of digital innovations as radical and aim to open a debate on the possibility and considerations surrounding incremental digital innovations.



中文翻译:

创新漂移:数字人工制品对创新组织的影响

摘要

关于数字创新的文献通常依赖于激进的、甚至是改变范式的新颖性的例子。为了发展这种激进的创新,许多人提倡将创新努力的组织分离作为一种有效的策略。我们对一家天生的数字公司的激进创新项目进行了纵向案例研究。该公司建立了一个单独的组织来开发激进创新,但随着时间的推移,创新从激进转向渐进式。即使保持组织独立也被证明是困难的。在解释案例研究中的事件时,我们遵循这样的论点,即可以参考数字人工制品的特定属性来发展数字创新的新理论。我们概述了可编辑性和可分发性等属性如何导致创新漂移,即 激进创新野心的倾向逐渐转向更多的渐进式实现。由于其性质,数字人工制品可以在组织中传播,因此对组织分离作为创新战略的有效性提出了挑战。通过这项工作,我们响应了对数字创新新理论研究的呼吁以及对组织中数字重要性的更大理解的需求,从而为数字创新文献做出了贡献。我们还挑战普遍认为数字创新激进的观点,旨在就增量数字创新的可能性和考虑展开辩论。数字人工制品可以在组织中传播,因此对组织分离作为创新战略的有效性提出了挑战。通过这项工作,我们响应了对数字创新新理论研究的呼吁以及对组织中数字重要性的更大理解的需求,从而为数字创新文献做出了贡献。我们还挑战普遍认为数字创新激进的观点,旨在就增量数字创新的可能性和考虑展开辩论。数字人工制品可以在组织中传播,因此对组织分离作为创新战略的有效性提出了挑战。通过这项工作,我们响应了对数字创新新理论研究的呼吁以及对组织中数字重要性的更大理解的需求,从而为数字创新文献做出了贡献。我们还挑战普遍认为数字创新激进的观点,旨在就增量数字创新的可能性和考虑展开辩论。我们通过响应对数字创新新理论研究的呼吁以及对组织中数字重要性的更大认识的需求,为数字创新文献做出了贡献。我们还挑战普遍认为数字创新激进的观点,旨在就增量数字创新的可能性和考虑展开辩论。我们通过响应对数字创新新理论研究的呼吁以及对组织中数字重要性的更大认识的需求,为数字创新文献做出了贡献。我们还挑战普遍认为数字创新激进的观点,旨在就增量数字创新的可能性和考虑展开辩论。

更新日期:2021-06-14
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