Institutional entrepreneurship for responsible digital innovation: The case of corporate digital responsibility

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How does responsible digital innovation become an accepted and desired innovation practice for businesses? Drawing on the case of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR), we study how institutional entrepreneurs across different fields construct CDR as an issue to legitimize corporate commitment to responsible digital innovation. Our qualitative study from Germany suggests that institutional entrepreneurship for responsible digital innovation entails the discursive, relational and material legitimation of responsible digital innovation through the issue of CDR. The findings of this study enrich institutional research on digital innovation by shedding light on the field-level construction of responsible digital innovation through Corporate Digital Responsibility. We further extend existing CDR frameworks by detailing the multi-stakeholder efforts that may shape a firm's approach to CDR, as well as by revealing additional topics associated with the issue. We highlight the theoretical and practical implications of our research.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer3
ZeitschriftCreativity and Innovation Management
Jahrgang31
Ausgabenummer3
Seiten (von - bis)447-459
Anzahl der Seiten13
ISSN0963-1690
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.09.2022

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Funding Information:
We thank the Robert Bosch Stiftung for the generous funding of the workshop series “Digitalization and Sustainability: A European Perspective,” which helped with the data collection process. Hannah Trittin‐Ulbrich further acknowledges the financial support of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society. We further thank Nicolas Markert for his support in preparing the data for analysis.

Funding Information:
We thank the Robert Bosch Stiftung for the generous funding of the workshop series “Digitalization and Sustainability: A European Perspective,” which helped with the data collection process. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich further acknowledges the financial support of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society. We further thank Nicolas Markert for his support in preparing the data for analysis.

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© 2022 The Authors. Creativity and Innovation Management published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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