Identifying the organizational in NEBIC theory´s choosing capability

Author

Williams, Michael L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Accounting & Inf. Syst., Indiana Univ., USA

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Jan. 2003

Abstract

The net-enabled business innovation cycle (NEBIC) was offered by Wheeler (2002) as a subjective understanding of how firms can gain competitive advantage through enabling and emerging technologies (ET). NEBIC consists of four capabilities that lead a firm from choosing ET, to matching ET with business opportunities, executing for growth, and assessing customer value. The first capability of NEBIC is the choosing capability. Using institutional theory and diffusion of innovation theory, the current study offers a theoretically-based conceptualization of the choosing construct. By utilizing a strong theoretical foundation, this conceptualization offers sample hypotheses and empirical indicators for future measurement and instrument development around this important construct.

Keywords

information technology; innovation management; organisational aspects; NEBIC theory; business opportunity; choosing capability; choosing construct; customer value assessment; innovation theory diffusion; institutional theory; net-enabled business innovation cycle; Acceleration; Bismuth; Business communication; Filtering theory; History; Information systems; Innovation management; Instruments; Lead; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1874-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174567

Filename

1174567