Digital bricolage: creating a digital transformation from nothing
Digital bricolage: creating a digital transformation from nothing
Current research offers limited knowledge on digital transformation of micro-enterprises, and even less so, micro-enterprises suffering systemic resource constraints. Addressing this gap, we examine how micro-enterprises use digital technologies to change and improve their businesses in the context of multiple resource constraints. Based on a large-scale qualitative study of micro-enterprises in Ghana and data from government and technology firms, we examine the question: how do micro-enterprises undergo a process of digital transformation by engaging in bricolage with digital technology? The preliminary findings show that digital transformation of micro-enterprises in resource-constrained environments emerges across three paths: (1) resource mobilization through the constitution of digital resources over time, (2) resource combination through digital / non- digital configurations, and (3) resource deployment through a specific way of using these resources. Based on the findings, we develop an initial process model of digital bricolage that advances understanding of digital transformation of micro-enterprises
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Karanasios, Stan
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Karanasios, Stan, Senyo, PK, Effah, John and Zorina, Aljona
(2022)
Digital bricolage: creating a digital transformation from nothing.
In Forty-Third International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, 2022.
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Current research offers limited knowledge on digital transformation of micro-enterprises, and even less so, micro-enterprises suffering systemic resource constraints. Addressing this gap, we examine how micro-enterprises use digital technologies to change and improve their businesses in the context of multiple resource constraints. Based on a large-scale qualitative study of micro-enterprises in Ghana and data from government and technology firms, we examine the question: how do micro-enterprises undergo a process of digital transformation by engaging in bricolage with digital technology? The preliminary findings show that digital transformation of micro-enterprises in resource-constrained environments emerges across three paths: (1) resource mobilization through the constitution of digital resources over time, (2) resource combination through digital / non- digital configurations, and (3) resource deployment through a specific way of using these resources. Based on the findings, we develop an initial process model of digital bricolage that advances understanding of digital transformation of micro-enterprises
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 September 2022
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The International Conference on Information Systems, Venue Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022-12-09 - 2022-12-11
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