Digital Innovation Units as a Vehicle for Innovating Incumbent Firms: A Nexus for Digital Innovation Management

Abstract

Digital Innovation Units (DIUs) are dedicated organizational units that represent a potential vehicle or nexus for the ideation, development, and integration of digital innovation in organizations. However, despite the increasing popularity of establishing DIUs in practice, research and especially formalized guidance on their design are scarce. Thus, this dissertation devotes itself to gain a deeper understanding of designing and positioning DIUs in the main organization to foster (digital) innovations.