Minitrack: IT-Enabled Agility and Firm Innovation

Savannah, Georgia

Prasanna Karhade, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Contemporary firms need to respond and adapt to the turbulent environment through various innovations, such as new products, new business processes, and new forms of organization. Agility has long been recognized as vital to creating these innovations. It is particularly important for firms operating in the industries with high clockspeed to cope with the environmental dynamism with these innovations. As today’s firms increasingly rely on information technology (IT) to develop agility and innovation, this minitrack explores the area on IT, agility, and firm innovation.

How does IT enable different dynamic capabilities and organizational agility in innovation activity? What innovation outcomes are derived from IT-enabled agility? How do firms benefit from these innovation outcomes? What are the costs or risks associated with IT-enabled agility building and innovation development? How does environmental characteristics influence the innovation performance of IT-enabled agility?

All studies including conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative research investigating IT, agility and innovation are welcome. Topics for this minitack include but are not limited to the following:

·         1. IT and dynamic capabilities

·         2. IT-enabled agility and new product development

·         3. IT and business process reengineering

·         4. IT, organizational flexibility and business model

·         5. Digital options and entrepreneurial actions

·         6. Virtual organization and open innovation

·         7. IT, boundary spanning and co-innovation with partners

·         8. Social media and crowdsourcing

·         9. Environmental impact on IT-enabled agility and innovation

All submissions are to be made via the AMCIS 2014 submission system at ScholarOne’s ManuscriptCentral. When submitting online, select 1. track "IT Enabled Organizational Agility" and then 2. minitrack "IT-Enabled Agility and Firm Innovation", as well as a paper type (completed research paper, research-in-progress paper, or panel proposal).

The submission deadline is March 1, 2014. No submissions will be accepted after midnight, Savannah (EST) time, March 1, 2014. Authors will be notified as to whether their submission was accepted, conditionally accepted, or rejected by April 4, 2014.