The Role of IT in Innovation at the Organizational Level – A Literature Review

Information technology (IT) is broadly recognized as an important element that supports innovation, however there has been relatively little integration of research in Information Systems on this topic. In this literature review, we examine and synthesize studies on the role of IT in innovation at the organizational level of analysis published in the past ten years in the leading Information Systems journals. We find that while much of the research has generally demonstrated positive effects of IT investments on innovation, IT can also be a cause of hyperturbulence in specific industries, and many factors can moderate the returns realized from IT investments. We also note that extant research is grounded in a relatively narrow theoretical foundation and we discuss the opportunities for developing the theoretical base on the role of IT in innovation

Using Simulation in Information Systems Research

Like all other scientific research methodologies, simulation has its strengths and limitations. When used properly, simulation can be a powerful tool for developing new theoretical insights into IS phenomena of interest. Although simulation methods are not new in the IS field, there has been no systematic discussion about which simulation methods are suitable for IS research, when simulation is the most appropriate methodological choice for IS research, and how to evaluate simulation research. In this editorial, I provide an overview of simulation methods that may be used in IS research and discuss how they are typically used. More importantly, I provide guidelines for IS researchers on how to choose simulation among alternative methodologies and highlight six key criteria for evaluating simulation research. Overall, this editorial can provide useful guidance to IS researchers, editors, and reviewers when choosing, conducting, and assessing simulation research

Describing coevolution of business and IS alignment via agent-based modeling

The coevolution of business and IS alignment is a growing concern for researchers and practitioners alike. Extant literature on describing and modeling the coevolution is still in infancy, which makes it hard to capture the complexity and to offer reasonable decisions in the evolution of organizations. This paper focuses on the actors’ behaviors, and explores their emergent effects on the holistic alignment. We build an agent-based model to describe the complex alignment landscape and to improve the coevolution governance. The model embraces the emergent behaviors shaped by the interactions of business and IS agents, and guides the coevolution of alignment driven by the external changes. The development of this model forms a necessary step towards suggesting guidance how to analyze and implement coevolution in companies. The paper also shows the capability of an agent-based model to capture some of the emergent behaviors that emerge from bottom-level behaviors

Report of the Workshop on Concepts and Methods of Identifying Digital Potentials in Information Management

Recently a discussion has been instigated in the scientific community on whether our understanding of information management (IM) is still up to date[1]. A workshop on the concepts and methods of an additional IM perspective which intends to identify possible technology applications (by putting the primary focus on the possibilities offered by information technology rather than on the support of existing organisational functions and task structures) was held at the WI Conference 2019. This paper summarizes the conceptual input of the workshop and provides an overview of the initial workshop contributions

Enterprise Architecture Modeling, Design and Transformation: Defining the Missing Links

Outline - • Propose a unifying conceptual framework guiding the “front-end” of planned enterprise change (transformation) management process • Enterprise architecture design process (enterprise architecting) • Choice of enterprise architecture for emphasis • Enterprise architecture modeling strategies • Transition moves available for enterprise transformation • Show how the framework links together a number of the key design decisions that need to be considered simultaneously, under alternative combinations of major contingency condition

At the Crossroads between Digital Innovation and Digital Transformation

Consumerization, democratization, and platform business logics are not only creating opportunities for new product development, new business models, and new ways of organizing, but in addition are also driving the transformation of established organizational resources and routines. This PDW is designed to address questions at the intersection of digital innovation and digital transformation. These topics are interrelated as successive waves of digital innovation within an industry or at the level of an individual firm and its ecosystem may lead to fundamental transformation of structures, roles and management, culture, competencies and skills, and so forth, depending on the influence of barriers such as inertia and resistance to change. By exploring how and why the new organizing logic of digital innovation impacts and transforms incumbent firms, the workshop addresses questions from four different areas: (1) Why the new logic of digital innovation triggers a digital transformation in incumbent firms; (2) the drivers of this digital transformation in incumbent firms’ immediate environment; (3) how these drivers may under certain conditions alter the structure, strategy, culture, competencies, skills and technology platforms of incumbent firms; (4) the trajectories of digital transformation journeys inside incumbent firms

The Mediating Role of Intention to Adopt in the Relationship between the Information Processing Requirements and Information Processing Capacity: The Application of Cloud Computing in Thai Auto Supply Chain

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between information processing requirements and information processing capacity. Additionally, the intention to adopt is examined the mediating role of intention to adopt in the relationship between information processing requirements and information processing capacity in the Thai automobile industry is examined. The study has broached the conceptual model as an application of cloud computing in the Thai automobile supply chain. The SEM-PLS is adopted to examine the model. The Thai automobile industry is taken as the sample of the study. The study is of the view that the industry of cloud computing is growing rapidly to support the supply chain activities. However, there is lack of academic research on analyzing the application of cloud computing in managing supply chain theoretically. It has been revealed through literature review that the focus of researches is on identifying the applications and architectures of cloud environment. Moreover, the study proposes different limitations and opportunities related to cloud computing. The adoption of cloud computing by an organization has been examined theoretically in this research through use of information processing view and classical diffusion theory. Practitioners and academicians are given an understanding of the circumstances, which influence the firm to adopt cloud-computing technology within its supply chain