Zhang Ke, Feng Lijie, Wang Jinfeng, Qin Guo, Li Huailiang
School of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 21;13:925277. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.925277. eCollection 2022.
The emergence and infusion of digital technologies bring greater chances for start-ups to conduct disruptive innovation through digital entrepreneurship. Despite the existed business practices, the happening mechanism of start-up's disruptive innovation in the digital economy context remains unclear. This study aims to understand the evolutionary mechanism and fulfillment path start-ups' disruptive innovation in the digital era. The longitudinal case study is conducted for a Chinese Internet start-up that successfully launched disruptive innovation under the digital economy background. Adopting a process perspective, this study analyzes the evolutionary phases of digital disruptive innovation. Moreover, this study identifies the digital technologies adoption, dynamic capabilities deployment, and business model innovation as the key pillars, and their interactions. Finally, this study induces and proposes its evolution mechanism and fulfillment path models. This study enriches the research scope of disruptive innovation and digital entrepreneurship. This study can offer theoretical guidance for the start-ups' disruptive innovation in the digital era, and practical implications for implementing a digital catching-up strategy.
数字技术的出现和融入为初创企业通过数字创业进行颠覆性创新带来了更多机会。尽管存在现有的商业实践，但在数字经济背景下，初创企业颠覆性创新的发生机制仍不明确。本研究旨在了解数字时代初创企业颠覆性创新的演化机制和实现路径。对一家在中国数字经济背景下成功推出颠覆性创新的互联网初创企业进行了纵向案例研究。本研究采用过程视角，分析数字颠覆性创新的演化阶段。此外，本研究确定了数字技术采用、动态能力部署和商业模式创新为关键支柱及其相互作用。最后，本研究归纳并提出了其演化机制和实现路径模型。本研究丰富了颠覆性创新和数字创业的研究范围。本研究可为数字时代初创企业的颠覆性创新提供理论指导，并为实施数字追赶战略提供实践启示。
