Digital Service Innovation in Plant and Mechanical Engineering: Exploring Contextual Factors in the Innovation Process

In recent years, the transformation from pure product businesses to data-based service innovation in various industries has intensified. This paper extends previous studies on „servitization“, i.e. the transition from product manufacturer to service provider, focusing on digital service innovations. We develop an integrative model to examine the technological, organizational, and environmental context as prominent components of the initiation, adoption, and routinization of digital service innovations. Drawing on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, different factors are identified and then validated by conducting ten expert interviews regarding their relevance to the innovation process of digital services in the plant and mechanical engineering industry. The results strongly suggest that the general TOE framework needs to be revisited and extended to be used in this specific context. The extended TOE framework can serve as a basis for studying contextual factors in digital service innovations and guide managerial decision-making

Visit Your Therapist in Metaverse - Designing a Virtual Environment for Mental Health Counselling

The emergence of the metaverse as a virtual world platform has opened up new possibilities for the use of immersive technologies in healthcare. This paper aims to explore the potential of the metaverse for healthcare and show how metaverse should be designed. We conduct a study based on design science research and derive design principles for the designing of a virtual environment for mental health counselling. We evaluate each of these design principles and describe how they can be applied in a practical solution. The results indicate that the metaverse holds significant promise for improving healthcare delivery and enhancing patient outcomes. Our study thus contributes to the emerging field of metaverse in healthcare by providing a design approach for the development of applications that can serve as a virtual environment for therapeutic sessions between medical therapists and patients

Machine Learning Systems in Clinics – How Mature Is the Adoption Process in Medical Diagnostics?

In a world with a constantly growing and aging population, health is a precious asset. Presently, with machine learning (ML), a technological change is taking place that could provide high quality healthcare and especially, improve efficiency of medical diagnostics in clinics. However, ML needs to be deeply integrated in clinical routines which highly differs from the integration of previous health IT given the specific characteristics of ML. Since existing literature on the adoption of ML in medical diagnostics is scarce, we set up an explorative qualitative study based on a conceptual basis consisting of the technological-organizational-environmental framework (TOE) and the healthcare specific framework of non-adoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS). By interviewing experts from clinics and their suppliers we were able to connect both frameworks and identify influencing factors specific to the adoption process of ML in medical diagnostics

Are Organizations Ready for Metaverse? Identifying Influencing Factors for Initiating Metaverse in the Organizational Context

The metaverse is intended to reflect almost all activities of everyday and professional life in creating a new experience of social interaction by merging the virtual and real world in an interactive environment. It has the potential to disrupt the way we interact, socialize and work and thus organizations pursue possible application areas. However, there is a lack of research on the organizational readiness factors to ensure a successful initiation. To address this, we conducted 17 expert interviews from different industries. Drawing on the TOE framework, we identified 14 factors and respective propositions for the organizational context. Thereby well-known factors such as top management support were adapted to the requirements of the metaverse, but also new metaverse-specific factors emerged such as standards and interoperability

Designing the Organizational Metaverse for Effective Socialization

The metaverse is a virtual world that merges physical, virtual, and augmented reality, enabling collaboration between online users and offering limitless opportunities for connectivity and integration. While the metaverse has gained significant attention in organizations, it presents social challenges as organizations have unprecedented insight and influence over individuals\u27 thoughts and beliefs. Our review is based on a theoretical framework and examines the impact of the environment, collaboration, avatars, and individual behavior on organizational socialization. We develop a conceptual model for the socialization process in the metaverse, contributing to a deep understanding of this emerging field and providing a research agenda for future work

2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales.

In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. At the genus rank, 20 new genera were added, two were deleted, one was moved, and three were renamed. At the species rank, 160 species were added, four were deleted, ten were moved and renamed, and 30 species were renamed. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV

Facing Challenges Can Make You Stronger - How Global Disruptive Change Affects Organizations\u27 Information Security Culture

An information security culture is the backbone of organizations’ efforts to counter cyber attacks. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted the way organizations and individuals work, with regard to remote working practices, new communication channels and top management’s strategic decisions. Furthermore, new attack patterns exploit the vulnerabilities that come along with these changes. Based on interviews with 17 information security leaders, we formulate 10 propositions on novel facilitators and inhibitors for information security culture in times of disruptive change. Through the lens of punctuated equilibrium theory, we study which factors tip the scales for information security culture to radically transform in these unprecedented times. Our work contributes to both the research on organizational information security culture and the emerging body of literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we provide practitioners with valuable insights into crucial prerequisites for a strong information security culture

Organizational Adoption of Green Artificial Intelligence: An Institutional Perspective

Organizations are under increasing external pressure to demonstrate environmental responsibility. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has great potential to address environmental challenges by improving the efficiency of business processes. Similar to Green Information Systems (IS), Green AI can enable organizations to create sustainable business practices and improve corporate environmental sustainability. Despite the significant opportunities to environmentally transform organizations using Green AI, research focusing on how external pressures affect the adoption of Green AI is scarce. This research examines the drivers of organizational adoption of Green AI with a particular focus on the institutional perspective. Based on a quantitative study (N=453), we developed and validated a context-specific research model. Our key findings revealed that coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures influence Green AI adoption, and top management support mediates the effect of these pressures on Green AI adoption. In addition, environmental consciousness positively affects Green AI adoption