Understanding the influence of digital ecosystems on digital transformation: The OCO (orientation, cooperation, orchestration) theory

IF 6.5 2区管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Systems Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI:10.1111/isj.12539

Anna Maria Oberländer, Philip Karnebogen, Patrick Rövekamp, Maximilian Röglinger, Dorothy E. Leidner

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Digital transformation is a complex, multi-level phenomenon that still challenges research and practice. Recent research has highlighted the influence of digital ecosystems on digital transformation, but we lack knowledge about how this relationship unfolds across the organisational and the ecosystem levels. Following a phenomenon-based theorising approach and applying a digital resource-based view, we present the OCO (orientation, cooperation, orchestration) theory of digital transformation. The OCO theory explains the relationship between an organisation's digital transformation and its integration into a digital ecosystem. We uncover and explain three interdependent mechanisms, that is, orientation, cooperation, and orchestration, that are set in motion by cross-level interactions between the organisational and the ecosystem levels and that centre around digital resources. Our work advances the frontier of multi-level digital transformation research explaining the influence of a digital ecosystem on digital transformation. We conclude through six propositions that the deeper its digital ecosystem integration, the more likely an organisation's digital transformation is effective. Therewith, we aim at mobilising future digital transformation research to bridge the organisational and the ecosystem levels and provide four future research themes. Our work also encourages practitioners to acknowledge and manage the influence of digital ecosystems on digital transformation.

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了解数字生态系统对数字化转型的影响：OCO（定向、合作、协调）理论

数字化转型是一个复杂的、多层次的现象，对研究和实践仍是一个挑战。最近的研究强调了数字生态系统对数字化转型的影响，但我们对这种关系如何在组织和生态系统层面上展开还缺乏了解。我们采用基于现象的理论方法和基于数字资源的观点，提出了数字化转型的 OCO（定向、合作、协调）理论。OCO 理论解释了组织数字化转型与其融入数字化生态系统之间的关系。我们发现并解释了三种相互依存的机制，即定位、合作和协调，这些机制是由组织和生态系统之间的跨层次互动所启动的，并以数字资源为中心。我们的工作推进了多层次数字化转型研究的前沿，解释了数字化生态系统对数字化转型的影响。我们通过六个命题得出结论：数字生态系统整合程度越深，组织的数字化转型越有可能取得成效。因此，我们旨在动员未来的数字化转型研究在组织和生态系统层面架起桥梁，并提出了四个未来研究主题。我们的工作还鼓励从业人员承认并管理数字生态系统对数字化转型的影响。

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Information Systems Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： The Information Systems Journal (ISJ) is an international journal promoting the study of, and interest in, information systems. Articles are welcome on research, practice, experience, current issues and debates. The ISJ encourages submissions that reflect the wide and interdisciplinary nature of the subject and articles that integrate technological disciplines with social, contextual and management issues, based on research using appropriate research methods.The ISJ has particularly built its reputation by publishing qualitative research and it continues to welcome such papers. Quantitative research papers are also welcome but they need to emphasise the context of the research and the theoretical and practical implications of their findings.The ISJ does not publish purely technical papers.