The changing roles of innovation actors and organizational antecedents in the digital age

Creators: Drechsler, Katharina and Reibenspiess, Victoria and Eckhardt, Andreas and Wagner, Heinz-Theo
Title: The changing roles of innovation actors and organizational antecedents in the digital age
Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
Event Title: (Proceedings of the) 14th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI)
Event Location: Siegen, Germany
Event Dates: Februar, 23-27, 2019
Projects: IDI
Page Range: pp. 802-816
Date: 2019
Divisions: Informationsmanagement
Abstract (ENG): Despite being acknowledged for playing a pivotal role in facilitating innovations in the digital age, there is a lack of research on the multifaceted role of digital innovation actors. This paper provides a systematic, multi-disciplinary literature review on innovation actors in a digital and non-digital context. Based on a search of 149 high-quality journals and conference proceedings, we identified 110 articles as relevant and categorized as well as synthesized the knowledge on innovation actors’ role and organizational antecedents in a digital and non-digital context. We find an increasing focus on innovation actors’ role in user communities in a digital context. Moreover, literature on organizational antecedents puts a stronger emphasis on allocating resources to innovation actors outside the organization. By analyzing extant research we provide a comprehensive summary on current knowledge and outline opportunities for future research on digital innovation actors.
Forthcoming: No
Language: English
Citation:

Drechsler, Katharina and Reibenspiess, Victoria and Eckhardt, Andreas and Wagner, Heinz-Theo (2019) The changing roles of innovation actors and organizational antecedents in the digital age. In: (Proceedings of the) 14th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Februar, 23-27, 2019, Siegen, Germany, pp. 802-816. ISBN 9783961820634

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