Digital Innovation Units: Exploring Types, Linking Mechanisms and Evolution Strategies in Bimodal IT Setups
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Digital Innovation Units : Exploring Types, Linking Mechanisms and Evolution Strategies in Bimodal IT Setups. / Raabe, Jun-Patrick; Horlach, Bettina; Drews, Paul et al.
Proceedings of WI 2020: Entwicklungen, Chancen und Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung. ed. / N. Gronau; M. Heine; H. Krasnova; K. Pousttchi. Vol. 1 Berlin : GITO mbH Verlag, 2020. p. 844-858 5 (Proceedings of WI 2020; Vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Digital Innovation Units
AU - Raabe, Jun-Patrick
AU - Horlach, Bettina
AU - Drews, Paul
AU - Schirmer, Ingrid
N1 - Conference code: 15
PY - 2020/3/9
Y1 - 2020/3/9
N2 - Due to rapidly changing customer needs, enterprises seek to innovate continuously. This includes the capability of discovering and developing digital innovations. As a nascent phenomenon, companies increasingly use digital innovation units (DIU) as fast and flexible accelerators. Although DIUs are established in practice, research on them and their role in bimodal IT setups is still sparse. Based on a qualitative cross-industry study in nine organizations, we identified two types of DIUs: Coaching & Screening (C&S) units and Center of Excellence (CoE) units. Furthermore, we describe two linking mechanisms between the DIUs and the main organization for ensuring impact and continuous innovation. Finally, we present four DIU evolution strategies, which can be employed by companies seeking to establish a DIU. Our study contributes to research on bimodal IT by developing a foundational understanding of how digital innovation activities are organized in DIUs to create impact on the main organization.
AB - Due to rapidly changing customer needs, enterprises seek to innovate continuously. This includes the capability of discovering and developing digital innovations. As a nascent phenomenon, companies increasingly use digital innovation units (DIU) as fast and flexible accelerators. Although DIUs are established in practice, research on them and their role in bimodal IT setups is still sparse. Based on a qualitative cross-industry study in nine organizations, we identified two types of DIUs: Coaching & Screening (C&S) units and Center of Excellence (CoE) units. Furthermore, we describe two linking mechanisms between the DIUs and the main organization for ensuring impact and continuous innovation. Finally, we present four DIU evolution strategies, which can be employed by companies seeking to establish a DIU. Our study contributes to research on bimodal IT by developing a foundational understanding of how digital innovation activities are organized in DIUs to create impact on the main organization.
KW - Business informatics
KW - Digital Innovation Units
KW - Digital Innovation Labs
KW - Bimodal IT
KW - Digital Innovation Management
UR - https://library.gito.de/oa_wi2020-h5.html
UR - https://library.gito.de/open-access-mono-liste.html
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7848e897-f55e-3bc8-afe6-4097c23b0374/
U2 - 10.30844/wi_2020_h5-raabe
DO - 10.30844/wi_2020_h5-raabe
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
VL - 1
T3 - Proceedings of WI 2020
SP - 844
EP - 858
BT - Proceedings of WI 2020
A2 - Gronau, N.
A2 - Heine, M.
A2 - Krasnova, H.
A2 - Pousttchi, K.
PB - GITO mbH Verlag
CY - Berlin
Y2 - 9 March 2020 through 11 March 2020
ER -