The new organizing logic of digital innovation: an agenda for information systems research

In this essay, we argue that pervasive digitization gives birth to a new type of product architecture: the layered modular architecture. The layered modular architecture extends the modular architecture of physical products by incorporating four loosely coupled layers of devices, networks, services,...

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Published in:Information systems research 2010-12, Vol.21 (4), p.724
Main Authors: Yoo, Youngjin, Henfridsson, Ola, Lyytinen, Kalle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Computer architecture
Digital innovation
Digital technology
Digitization
Distribution costs
Doubly distributed networks
E-books
Electronic book readers
Homogenization
Information systems
Information technology
Layered modular architecture
Organizing logic
Product architecture
Publishing
Studies
Technological change
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Summary:In this essay, we argue that pervasive digitization gives birth to a new type of product architecture: the layered modular architecture. The layered modular architecture extends the modular architecture of physical products by incorporating four loosely coupled layers of devices, networks, services, and contents created by digital technology. We posit that this new architecture instigates profound changes in the ways that firms organize for innovation in the future. We develop (1) a conceptual framework to describe the emerging organizing logic of digital innovation and (2) an information systems research agenda for digital strategy and the creation and management of corporate information technology infrastructures. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1047-7047
1526-5536
1526-5536
DOI:10.1287/isre.1100.0322