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The Dynamics of Innovation: Linking Corporate Entrepreneurship and IT-Enabled Value Co-creation

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Organizational Change and Information Systems

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We offer a theory of innovation that links corporate entrepreneurship and value-co-creation, theories usually separated in the management and organizational literature. We show how firms’ innovations are shaped by the relationship between organizations and customers and how information technology (IT) can enhance this process. We then introduce a new construct, corporate customership, to convey the joint process of innovation realized by the firm and the customer and enabled by IT.

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  1. University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Enrico Angioni & Francesca Cabiddu

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    Paolo Spagnoletti

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Angioni, E., Cabiddu, F. (2013). The Dynamics of Innovation: Linking Corporate Entrepreneurship and IT-Enabled Value Co-creation. In: Spagnoletti, P. (eds) Organizational Change and Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37228-5_29

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