An examination of the disruptive innovation paradox: the application of the innovators dilemma to SME’s

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dc.contributor.authorNagle, Tadhg
dc.contributor.authorGolden, William
dc.contributor.editorDhillon, G.
dc.contributor.editorStahl, B. C.
dc.contributor.editorBaskerville, R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T15:14:26Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T15:14:26Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2019-02-28T12:56:52Z
dc.description.abstractManaging strategic contradiction and paradoxical situations has been gaining importance in technological, innovation and management domains. As a result, more and more paradoxical instances and types have been documented in literature. The innovators dilemma is such an instance that gives a detailed description of how disruptive innovations affect firms. However, the innovators dilemma has only been applied to large organisations and more specifically industry incumbents. Through a multiple case study of six eLearning SME’s, this paper investigates the applicability of the innovators dilemma as well as the disruptive effects of Web 2.0 on the organisations. Analysing the data collected over 18 months, it was found that the innovators dilemma did indeed apply to SME’s. However, inline with the original thesis the dilemma only applied to the SME’s established (pre-2002) before the development of Web 2.0 technologies began. Furthermore, the study highlights that the post-2002 firms were also partly vulnerable to the dilemma but were able to avoid any negative effects though technological visionary leadership. In contrast, the pre-2002 firms were lacking this visionary ability and were also constrained by low risk profiles.en
dc.description.abstractIFIP WG 8.2 International Conference, CreativeSME 2009, Guimarães, Portugal, June 21-24en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationNagle T., Golden W. (2009) An Examination of the Disruptive Innovation Paradox: The Application of the Innovators Dilemma to SME’s. In: Dhillon G., Stahl B.C., Baskerville R. (eds) Information Systems – Creativity and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 301. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp.60-72. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_5en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_5
dc.identifier.endpage72en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-642-02388-0
dc.identifier.journaltitleIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technologyen
dc.identifier.startpage60en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7556
dc.identifier.volume301en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_5
dc.rights© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2009. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02388-0_5en
dc.subjectVenture capitalen
dc.subjectStrategic management journalen
dc.subjectMultiple case studyen
dc.subjectDisruptive innovationen
dc.subjectDisruptive technologyen
dc.subjectBusiness information systemsen
dc.titleAn examination of the disruptive innovation paradox: the application of the innovators dilemma to SME’sen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.typeConference itemen
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