Advances in Theories, Methods and Philosophy
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1322
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Completed
Description
Digital technologies pose challenges and opportunities to individual and ecosystems of organizations. To date, two mostly isolated research streams study these related phenomena: Organizational digital transformation (ODT), focusing on the digital improvement process of individual incumbents and digital business ecosystems (DBEs), focusing on digitally-enabled value co-creation among organizations. Joining the forces of both research streams, our work aims to assess what empirical evidence and theory exist at their intersection. After conducting an assessing review, a theorizing review, and extracting assumptions in isolation, we derive four convergent assumptions for building future theory at their intersection along four topic areas: resources, coopetition, evolution, and control. We propose that ODT and DBEs can be a means to an end of the other connected in a cyclical relationship to meet digitally induced challenges. By presenting avenues for further research, our work builds a foundation for future theory at the intersection of ODT and DBEs.
Recommended Citation
Karnebogen, Philip; Oberländer, Anna Maria; and Rövekamp, Patrick, "A Means to an End of the Other - Research Avenues at the Intersection of Organizational Digital Transformation and Digital Business Ecosystems" (2021). ICIS 2021 Proceedings. 2.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2021/adv_in_theories/adv_in_theories/2
A Means to an End of the Other - Research Avenues at the Intersection of Organizational Digital Transformation and Digital Business Ecosystems
Digital technologies pose challenges and opportunities to individual and ecosystems of organizations. To date, two mostly isolated research streams study these related phenomena: Organizational digital transformation (ODT), focusing on the digital improvement process of individual incumbents and digital business ecosystems (DBEs), focusing on digitally-enabled value co-creation among organizations. Joining the forces of both research streams, our work aims to assess what empirical evidence and theory exist at their intersection. After conducting an assessing review, a theorizing review, and extracting assumptions in isolation, we derive four convergent assumptions for building future theory at their intersection along four topic areas: resources, coopetition, evolution, and control. We propose that ODT and DBEs can be a means to an end of the other connected in a cyclical relationship to meet digitally induced challenges. By presenting avenues for further research, our work builds a foundation for future theory at the intersection of ODT and DBEs.
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