Effective ICT use for Digital Innovation: An Actualized Affordance Perspective through ICT enabled Design Thinking

Authors

  • Anuragini Shirish LITEM, Univ Evry, IMT-BS Université Paris-Saclay, 91025, Evry, France
  • Shirish C. Srivastava HEC Paris, France
  • Imed Boughzala LITEM, Univ Evry, IMT-BS Université Paris-Saclay, 91025, Evry, France

Keywords:

Design thinking, digital innovation, creative self-efficacy, affect towards ICT use, affordances, microfoundations

Abstract

Prior research recognizes the vital role of innovation agents in effectuating digital innovation, yet limited attention has been given to examining the role of innovation affordances. Drawing on the digital innovation literature, we conceptualize the influence of ‘innovation agent’ and ‘innovation affordance’ factors on the extent of digital innovation. The theorized model is tested via a quasi-experimental study, where the extent of digital innovation from a technology enabled design-thinking creative process is examined. Though the results from our study demonstrate the salience of both ‘innovation agent’ and ‘innovation affordance’ factors, the latter operationalized through technology enabled design-thinking process have a stronger relationship with digital innovation. Our research emphasizes the need for having a well-structured technology enabled creative process — such as technology enabled design-thinking, which can help actualize the innovation affordances. The findings have significant theoretical and practical implications.

Author Biographies

Anuragini Shirish, LITEM, Univ Evry, IMT-BS Université Paris-Saclay, 91025, Evry, France

Anuragini Shirish is an Associate Professor at Institute Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), France. Prior to joining IMT-BS, she was working in corporate and IT legal consulting. She is an elected member from her institution for the governance of the LITEM (Laboratoire Innovation Technologies Economie et Management) (EA 7363), a joint research laboratory under University of Paris-Saclay, France. She is also a certified design thinking expert. Her research interests include social, behavioral, cultural, and legal aspects related to information systems —specifically in the context of emerging and collaborative technologies. Her research has been published or accepted for publication in international refereed journals including European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Information Systems Journal (ISJ), Communications of the Association of the Information Systems (CAIS), International Journal of Information and Management (IJIM) and Human Systems Management (HSM). She has also presented her work in several premier IS and management conferences including International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Academy of Management (AOM), Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), and Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), among others. She has been honoured with several awards including the second prize at the Sphinx best thesis award.

Shirish C. Srivastava, HEC Paris, France

Shirish C. Srivastava is Professor and GS1 France Chair in “Digital Content for Omni Channel” at HEC Paris. Prior to joining HEC, he has lectured at the School of Business, National University of Singapore and holds a Ph.D. from the same university. He has also completed his habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) from Université de Lorraine, France. His research has been published in several top-tier journals such as MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Information Systems Journal (ISJ), Journal of Information Technology (JIT), and MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQE), among others. He has also won multiple awards, including awards for best papers at different forums such as Academy of Management, International Conference on Information Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, and Society for Information Management. He has thrice been awarded Prix Académique de la Recherche en Management, 2013, 2015 and 2016 at Paris, France. He currently serves as a Senior Editor at the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS). He also serves on the editorial board of several other prestigious international journals. His research interests include e-government, services sourcing, technology enabled innovation, artificial intelligence, opensource, and social media strategy.

Imed Boughzala, LITEM, Univ Evry, IMT-BS Université Paris-Saclay, 91025, Evry, France

Imed Boughzala is former Dean of the Faculty, presently Department Chair and Full Professor at IMT-BS. HDR accredited in both Computer Science and Management Science, he has a deep and rich international experience acquired through his research, lecturing and collaboration on major projects. His present research interests are related to Digital Intelligence. He is the founder of SMART² (Smart Business IS) Research group and IS Lab, which includes scholars and PhD students from different areas working on the future IS generation and emerging technologies. Imed has authored several scientific and professional articles (JMIS, JAIS, JDS, SIM) and books and he is a member of several editorial boards of scientific journals (I&M, JOUEC). As part of his research and consulting activities, he is working with several French and International organizations (eg. SNCF, Radio France, Volvo, Renault, Hydro Quebec, Canon and British Airways) and facilitated several brainstorming and creativity sessions (using Design thinking, Lego serious play, Triz, C/K theory). He is also a co-chair of the FNEGE observatory on digital transformation within business schools. Since Jan. 2019, he became a facilitator for the AACSB and more recently a mentor for other schools.

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Published

2021-04-01

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Shirish, A., Srivastava, S. C., & Boughzala, I. (2021). Effective ICT use for Digital Innovation: An Actualized Affordance Perspective through ICT enabled Design Thinking. Systèmes d’Information Et Management (French Journal of Management Information Systems), 26(2), 7–42. Retrieved from https://revuesim.org/index.php/sim/article/view/1041

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