Wicked yet Empowering: When IT Innovations are also Disruptive Innovations

Abayomi Baiyere; Hannu Salmela

Wicked yet Empowering: When IT Innovations are also Disruptive Innovations

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Abstract

What happens when an IT innovation is also a disruptive innovation? This study explores this question by examining sample cases of advances in IT that have also been categorized as disruptive innovations. The study leads to a conceptual thesis that such occurrences result in a contrasting duality dimension of wicked challenges and empowerment opportunities for different actors. We advance a model for positioning an IT innovation with disruptive tendencies in an impact quadrant to access its relative position to different actors. We observe that in an era characterized by continuous rapid advancement in IT, the tendency for the emergence of disruptive IT innovations increases. We therefore conclude by highlighting trends in this direction and advance future research agenda that should open up an opportunity for IS research that could be both theoretically insightful as well as practically relevant.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2015
Editors	Traci Carte, Armin Heinzl, Cathy Urquhart
Number of pages	15
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2015
ISBN (Electronic)	9780996683111
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	2015 International Conference on Information Systems: Exploring the Information Frontier, ICIS 2015: Exploring the Information Frontier - Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States Duration: 13 Dec 2015 → 16 Dec 2015 Conference number: 36 http://icis2015.aisnet.org/

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Conference	2015 International Conference on Information Systems: Exploring the Information Frontier, ICIS 2015
Number	36
Location	Fort Worth Convention Center
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Worth, Texas
Period	13/12/2015 → 16/12/2015
Internet address	http://icis2015.aisnet.org/

Keywords

Disruptive innovations/technologies
Economics and value of IS
Empowerment
IT innovations
Sustainability and societal impacts of IS
Value creation
Wicked problems

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Baiyere, A., & Salmela, H. (2015). Wicked yet Empowering: When IT Innovations are also Disruptive Innovations. In T. Carte, A. Heinzl, & C. Urquhart (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2015 Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1656&context=icis2015

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Baiyere, A & Salmela, H 2015, Wicked yet Empowering: When IT Innovations are also Disruptive Innovations. in T Carte, A Heinzl & C Urquhart (eds), Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2015. Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Atlanta, GA, 2015 International Conference on Information Systems: Exploring the Information Frontier, ICIS 2015, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 13/12/2015. <http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1656&context=icis2015>

Wicked yet Empowering: When IT Innovations are also Disruptive Innovations. / Baiyere, Abayomi; Salmela, Hannu.
Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth International Conference on Information Systems. ICIS 2015. ed. / Traci Carte; Armin Heinzl; Cathy Urquhart. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2015.

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