Much Ado about Nothing? Tracing the Progress of Innovations Borne on Enterprise Social Network Sites

Malsbender Andrea, Recker Jan, Kohlborn Thomas, Beverungen Daniel, Tanwer Satya

Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

Enterprise social networks are organizationally bounded online platforms for users to interact with another and maintain interpersonal relationships. The allure of these technologies is often seen in intra-organizational communication, collaboration and innovation. How these technologies actually support organizational innovation efforts remains unclear. A specific challenge is whether digital content on these platforms converts to actual innovation development efforts. In this study we set out to examine innovation-centric content flows on enterprise social networking platforms, and advance a conceptual model that seeks to explain which innovation conveyed in the digital content will traverse from the digital platform into regular processes. We describe important constructs of our model and offer strategies for the operationalization of the constructs. We conclude with an outlook to our ongoing empirical study that will explore and validate the key propositions of our model, and we sketch some potential implications for industry and academia.

Details about the publication

StatusPublished
Release year2013
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
Conference34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milan, Italy
Link to the full texthttp://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2013/proceedings/ResearchInProgress/66/
KeywordsEnterprise 2.0; Enterprise software/systems; Innovation

Authors from the University of Münster

Beverungen, Daniel
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Dauterstedt, Andrea
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Projects the publication originates from

Duration: 01/07/2010 - 31/12/2014
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project

Promotionen, aus denen die Publikation resultiert

Utilizing Enterprise Social Networks for Service Innovation - Theoretical Foundations and Recommendations for Action
Candidate: Malsbender, Andrea | Supervisors: Becker, Joerg; Rosemann, Michael
Period of time: 01/10/2009 - 09/07/2014
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster