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An Innovation Activity Framework for Digital Innovation

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The digital transformation poses great challenges for companies on numerous levels. It changes existing processes and the activities associated with them. In this paper, we analyse which activities take place within innovation processes in enterprises, taking into account new approaches such as open, user and digital innovation in the context of digital transformation. In our study, we use a comprehensive literature review to identify all relevant activities along innovation processes. In total, 48 activities within seven phases can be identified on the basis of 16 considered references. We further identify eight specific practices of digital innovation and derive a dependency. Hereby, we contribute to a better understanding of the impact of digital transformation on innovation processes and provide a practice-oriented overview. Furthermore, the findings form a solid basis for further empirical studies.

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Index Terms

An Innovation Activity Framework for Digital Innovation
1. Information systems
  1. Data management systems
    1. Database design and models
      1. Entity relationship models
  2. Information systems applications

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Hermann AGollhardt TCordes Avon Lojewski LHartmann MBecker J(2024)Digital transformation in SMEsInternational Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.10271374:COnline publication date: 27-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102713
Hellwig LPawlowski JSchäfer M(2023)How to Design a Business-Oriented Digitalized Innovation Environment: A Multi-perspective ApproachKnowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management10.1007/978-3-031-35924-8_9(150-171)Online publication date: 8-Jul-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35924-8_9
Mittermeier FHund ABeimborn DWagner HLaumer SJoseph DBeimborn DPotter LQuesenberry J(2021)Towards a Conceptual Model of Digital Innovation SuccessProceedings of the 2021 Computers and People Research Conference10.1145/3458026.3462156(79-88)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3458026.3462156

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