Research for Impact in Digital Innovation

Topics like Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation are currently driving initiatives in industry; not only to introduce new technologies but also to gain significant business benefits. Hence, technology is not just seen as a means on its own but as one factor among others. Each digitally innovative project needs to incorporate the context of an organisation (market, customer segments) as well as its organisation and staff members. Challenges during such an endeavour are manifold. As a result, there is also an increased need in practice for more explicit guidance in terms of lessons learned, methods, approaches, principles, and design concepts.

Developing, such explicit guidance through conceptualizing and operationalizing entails a need for demand-driven research and education, requiring synergies between applied research and practice. It also sparks a need for research methods that strike an effective balance between real-world needs and contexts, with appropriate scientific rigour.

In line with this, the workshop aims to provide a platform for individuals contributing to the development of explicit guidance for digital innovation by using research methods. This specifically includes practitioners and researchers within the context of technical and applied sciences. The platform fosters exchange by discussing success stories and experiences from the field together with methodological approaches. It, furthermore, aims to provide a base to shape a research agenda, together with corresponding methods, to enable research in practice

Join us at the Bled eConference on Sunday, June 8th, at 10:00 AM.

We look forward to seeing you there!