Micro-foundations of digital innovation capability – A mixed method approach to develop and validate a multi-dimensional measurement instrument

Bibliographic Data

ID21403382
AuthorsJulia Kroh (0000-0002-9868-6076, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, corresponding author), Dietfried Globocnik (0000-0001-9934-7933, University of Klagenfurt), Carsten Schultz (0000-0002-5824-2171, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Frederike Holdhof (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Søren Salomo (0000-0002-2578-3262, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology)
Year2024
Volume198
Pages122942
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTechnological Forecasting and Social Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-1625 • E-ISSN: 1873-5509
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122942
OpenAlexW4388318344
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited75

Digital innovation refers to the creation or adoption value-adding novelty through the incorporation of digital technology. Digital innovation challenges established product-centric companies whose innovation management capabilities are insufficient to manage the reconfiguration and transformation necessary for digital innovation and technology. Recent research has introduced different concepts of for example, digital readiness, digitalization capabilities, and digital innovation readiness. However, these concepts have two shortcomings for use in practice and empirical research: most concepts are theoretical in nature, with limited empirically validated measures. As such, this study takes a dynamic capability view to synthesize prior literature on the organizational antecedents of digital innovation and develops a framework for the micro-foundations of digital innovation capability. By applying a mixed-method approach, existing concepts are extended through qualitative research and then translated into a multi-dimensional measurement instrument. This multi-item operationalization is then subjected to scale validation using quantitative research methods. The results show that a company's digital innovation capability is founded upon seven micro-foundations – digital focus, digital innovation process, digital mindset, digital innovation network, digital technology capability, data management, and overcoming digital innovation resistance – that facilitate established companies in sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring digital innovation

Data science · Digital transformation · Innovation Management · Knowledge management · Mindset · Novelty · Operationalization · Process (computing) · Process management · Product innovation · World Wide Web · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Digital Transformation in Industry · Engineering · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting

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