Where academic tradition
meets the exciting future

You are here: TUCS > PUBLICATIONS > Publication Search > Towards Discovering the Role o...

Towards Discovering the Role of IS Capabilities in Disruptive Innovations.

Abayomi Baiyere, Towards Discovering the Role of IS Capabilities in Disruptive Innovations. . In: Information Systems in the Age of Big Data, 1, ACIS, 2015.

Abstract:

When Disruptive Innovations occur, they challenge the fabric, structure and capability that define any organization facing their threat. The ability of an organization to restructure and reconfigure its resources to face or leverage such turbulent situations is dependent on how it can orchestrate its resources and capabilities. One essential capability of today’s organisations is their IT/IS capability. This research is therefore set up to investigate the different roles an organisation's IT/IS capabilities play in disruptive innovation scenarios. The study explores the significance of IT as an enabler, a sustainer and even as a barrier in a disruptive innovation scenario.
By adopting a qualitative research design in four different case organisations, the study aims to provide an in-depth investigation of the different roles played by IT in the occurrence of a disruptive innovation phenomenon. Consequently, the research is positioned to contribute to our understanding of IT/IS capability and its relative positioning in either leveraging or surviving a disruptive innovation. Towards this end, the research is advancing a framework (MIND Capability Framework) which is currently being evaluated in the cases as a sense-making device for assessing the IT/IS capability of an organization.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpBaiyere_Abayomi15b,
  title = {Towards Discovering the Role of IS Capabilities in Disruptive Innovations.  },
  booktitle = {Information Systems in the Age of Big Data},
  author = {Baiyere, Abayomi},
  publisher = {ACIS},
  pages = {1},
  year = {2015},
  keywords = {Disruptive Innovations, IT Innovations, IT/IS Capabilities, Research in Progress},
}

Belongs to TUCS Research Unit(s): UTU Information Systems Science (ISS)

Publication Forum rating of this publication: level 1

Edit publication