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Drechsler, Katharina ORCID: 0000-0003-3089-0748, Grisold, Thomas and Seidel, Stefan (2022). Cascading Digital Options and the Evolution of Digital Infrastructures: The Case of IIoT. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, AIS Association for Information Systems.

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Abstract

CIS 2022 Proceedings. 5, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 9-14. Digital infrastructures provide a space where possibilities for innovation continuously emerge. They are not stable entities but are evolving. Their boundaries are subject to constant negotiation among multiple organizational actors as well as changing connections of digital technologies, operations, and users. In this paper, we explore the evolution of an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructure in a leading manufacturing company. We find that the IIoT infrastructure provided actionable spaces upon which organizational actors discovered opportunities for improving process performance which, in turn, led to investment decisions. We explain this process through the lens of digital options theory and highlight how IIoT infrastructure provides the material foundation for the identification of digital options, how the realization of digital options leads to the emergence of more digital options, and how these “cascading” digital options are implicated in the evolution of IIoT infrastructure. We discuss theoretical and practical implications.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Drechsler, Katharina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-0748 UNSPECIFIED Grisold, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Seidel, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-650234
Title of Book:	Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems
Date:	2022
Publisher:	AIS Association for Information Systems
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development
Subjects:	Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65023