Paper Number
ICIS2025-1533
Paper Type
Complete
Abstract
Quantum computing has evolved from a theoretical concept to an impending reality. Different types of organizations—scientific organizations such as universities and institutes and commercial organizations such as technology giants and startups—collectively shape the emergent quantum computing ecosystem, contributing to the innovation. Though researchers have acknowledged the value of an ecosystem perspective on organizational innovations, little is known about how those ecosystems emerge and evolve. Taking advantage of the proximate history of quantum computing, we ask the question: How does a complex, geographically-dispersed innovation ecosystem emerge and evolve – especially with regards to the roles of scientific and commercial organizations? Applying a computational theory construction approach to a corpus of 4,194 press releases about quantum computing beginning from 1989 through February 2025, we analyze the structure and the content of the discourse across four time brackets. Insights gleaned are leveraged toward an oscillatory theory of ecosystem development.
Recommended Citation
Miranda, Shaila M.; Almutawa, Naif; and Anyaehie, Chinonso Francis, "Science and Commerce in Quantum Computing: Toward an Oscillatory Theory of Ecosystem Emergence" (2025). ICIS 2025 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/quantum/quantum/1
Science and Commerce in Quantum Computing: Toward an Oscillatory Theory of Ecosystem Emergence
Quantum computing has evolved from a theoretical concept to an impending reality. Different types of organizations—scientific organizations such as universities and institutes and commercial organizations such as technology giants and startups—collectively shape the emergent quantum computing ecosystem, contributing to the innovation. Though researchers have acknowledged the value of an ecosystem perspective on organizational innovations, little is known about how those ecosystems emerge and evolve. Taking advantage of the proximate history of quantum computing, we ask the question: How does a complex, geographically-dispersed innovation ecosystem emerge and evolve – especially with regards to the roles of scientific and commercial organizations? Applying a computational theory construction approach to a corpus of 4,194 press releases about quantum computing beginning from 1989 through February 2025, we analyze the structure and the content of the discourse across four time brackets. Insights gleaned are leveraged toward an oscillatory theory of ecosystem development.
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