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Prominent digital innovations such as Uber, Airbnb, and Spotify challenge the existence of dominant firms and cause severe systemic effects in industries and markets. Such radical digital innovation and its wider systemic effects – frequently referred to as digital disruption – are attracting substantial attention amongst both researchers and practitioners. In this paper, we propose a consolidated definition of digital disruption grounded in recent research in Information Systems (IS) and provide a conceptualization of how digital disruption may arise through embedding digital innovations that carry deviant value logics in digital ecosystems. Our aims are to stimulate further theorization of this process and support future research on the relationship between digital innovation and industry upheavals.

Tremendous scientific and technological achievements have been revolutionizing the current medical era, changing the way in which physicians practice their profession and deliver healthcare provisions. This is due to the convergence of various advancements related to digitalization and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)—ranging from the internet of things (IoT) and the internet of medical things (IoMT) to the fields of robotics, virtual and augmented reality, and massively parallel and cloud computing. Further progress has been made in the fields of addictive manufacturing and three-dimensional (3D) printing, sophisticated statistical tools such as big data visualization and analytics (BDVA) and artificial intelligence (AI), the use of mobile and smartphone applications (apps), remote monitoring and wearable sensors, and e-learning, among others. Within this new conceptual framework, big data represents a massive set of data characterized by different properties and features. These can be categorized both from a quantitative and qualitative standpoint, and include data generated from wet-lab and microarrays (molecular big data), databases and registries (clinical/computational big data), imaging techniques (such as radiomics, imaging big data) and web searches (the so-called infodemiology, digital big data). The present review aims to show how big and smart data can revolutionize gynecology by shedding light on female reproductive health, both in terms of physiology and pathophysiology. More specifically, they appear to have potential uses in the field of gynecology to increase its accuracy and precision, stratify patients, provide opportunities for personalized treatment options rather than delivering a package of “one-size-fits-it-all” healthcare management provisions, and enhance its effectiveness at each stage (health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics).

Today’s competitive global economy presents unprecedented challenges for firms to compete and grow. Entrepreneurial firms encounter heightened pressures from resource limitations and the imperative for agility in responding to ever-changing market conditions, which warrant the development of diverse capabilities for innovation and survival. This study examines how knowledge-based dynamic capabilities (KBDC) and green coopetition promote green disruptive innovation (GDI) and environmental performance. Using data from a survey of 356 entrepreneurial manufacturing businesses in Turkiye, we use structural equation modeling to analyze their complex intersection. The results show that organizations’ knowledge acquisition and generation capabilities significantly boost GDI performance, while knowledge combination represents an insignificant impact. Likewise, green coopetition boosts GDI and environmental performance. The findings suggest that entrepreneurial firms should employ flexibility, an innovation-oriented strategy, and collaborative networks to overcome resource constraints and foster sustainable innovation. The findings demonstrate that enterprises need to utilize their dynamic and collaborative skills to address ecological issues effectively. This study integrates KBDC and green coopetition within eco-innovation to provide practical ideas for entrepreneurial managers seeking sustainable competitive advantage through environmentally acceptable methods. Graphical abstract

This study investigated the influence mechanism of ambidextrous learning on disruptive innovation behavior and the mediating effects of error management climate and creative self-efficacy. I conducted both online and offline surveys with 452 employees in private enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and institutions. The results indicate that ambidextrous learning predicts employees' disruptive innovation behavior, and both error management climate and creative self-efficacy have significant partial mediating effects on the relationship between ambidextrous learning and disruptive innovation behavior. This study contributes to ambidextrous learning and disruptive innovation behavior research and advances scholarship into aspects of employees' disruptive innovation behavior in enterprises.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the Disruptive Innovation Theory and on the disruptive potential of real estate crowdfunding (RECF) in the real estate finance industry, assessing whether RECF constitutes a potentially disruptive innovation to the real estate finance industry. Based on a review and synthesis of the literature, the paper advances an initial conceptual framework of core characteristics of disruptive innovations. This framework is used to examine the disruptive potential of RECF in the real estate finance industry.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a systematic literature review that synthesizes and analyzes relevant extant research articles retrieved from online databases.FindingsFindings suggest that according to the theory of disruptive innovations, and the core characteristics of disruptive innovations, RECF is a potentially disruptive innovation to the real estate finance industry. RECF seems to generally align with the classic characteristics of disruptive innovations. A more comprehensive and systematic analysis, supported by empirical data, is necessary to evaluate whether and to what extent RECF constitutes a disruptive innovation to the real estate finance industry.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has only captured and reviewed articles published and available in database searches. RECF is a nascent field that has recently begun receiving academic attention.Practical implicationsReal estate plays an integral part in the economy, and the way it is financed has become an increasingly important issue following the Global Financial Crisis. This paper provides useful insights for assessing whether and to what extent RECF may be disruptive to the real estate finance industry.Social implicationsRECF may potentially improve accessibility and affordability of real estate finance, thereby helping to address the problem of shortage of real estate project finance.Originality/valueWhile RECF is portrayed in the academic and gray literature as a disruptive innovation, its disruptive potential is yet to be determined. This paper advances an initial conceptual framework of defining characteristics of disruptive innovations. This framework is used to evaluate RECF as a potentially disruptive innovation in the real estate project finance industry. This study forms a basis for future empirical examination of the disruptive potential of RECF in the real estate finance industry.

This study investigates, with a particular focus on understanding how digital change shapes firm performance in an emerging economy context, first, the impact of digital disruptive innovation, conceptualized as an external condition characterized by technological, market, and competitive turbulence on firm performance within tech-intensive service sector companies, and second, the mediating influence of management skills, proxied by dynamic core managerial competence, and the moderating influence of modern management practices, proxied by innovative work practices, on this relationship. It also examines the moderating effect of innovative work practices on the relationship between digital disruptive innovation and dynamic core management competence, and the impact of COVID-19 on the link between dynamic core management competence and firm performance. This study applies structural equation modelling (SEM) (AMOS 26.0 software) to explore several hypotheses testing for target relationships. The sample was collected via a Qualtrics online survey from 730 senior executives working in digital telecom and banking firms in Pakistan. The study findings show that digital disruptive innovation has a negative effect on service sector performance, and this negative impact is also mediated by dynamic core management competence, as heightened digital disruption tends to weaken managerial competence, which subsequently affects firm performance. While innovative work practices exhibit a positive association with performance, they also positively moderate the negative effect of digital disruptive innovation on performance and mitigate the negative impact of dynamic core management competence on performance. The analysis also reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic positively moderates the effect of dynamic core management competence on performance, indicating that managerial adaptability becomes particularly important when firms operate under crisis conditions. Overall, this study highlights the significance of these phenomena on firm performance in an emerging economy context and provides practical insights for managers and policymakers operating in digitally disrupted service sectors.

The disruptive innovation framework has become a topical issue in recent years. Despite its popularity, as well as the perceived strategic advantages it bestows on entrant firms, little is known about the disruptive innovation capability of new-technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the South African context. This article explores the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability in South Africa’s base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) environment and how, given the specifics of this operating environment, entrepreneurs strategize for disruptive innovation capability. Following the development of a conceptual framework, we used a grounded theory approach to conduct in-depth interviews with purposefully selected stakeholders in the NTBF incubation sector. Our findings show that South Africa has the catalytic socio-economic dynamics to encourage the development of disruptive innovations. However, despite having fairly robust institutions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, these fall short of enabling the innovation capability of NTBFs, owing to the poor-quality linkages between and among institutions within the ecosystem. On the strength of these findings, we synthesised a framework of disruptive innovation capability in BoP environments that highlights the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability. Specifically, we demonstrate how the quality of linkages in the entrepreneurial ecosystem influences the innovation outcomes for innovators.

This research highlights the critical role that entrepreneurial capital (EC) plays in organizational development and resilience by examining the connections between EC and the success of new joint ventures (NJVs) in developing nations. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming more popular in the early phases of a company’s growth because of its capacity to improve credibility and competitive differentiation. Traditionally associated with well-established corporations. This study uses a mediated-moderation model to explore theories on how EC affects the disruptive innovation, economic, social, legal, and environmental sustainability of NJVs. Using quantitative survey data from 270 NJVs, this paper highlights the strategic interdependencies influencing NJV trajectories, as well as the functions of disruptive innovation and CSR. The findings demonstrate that EC greatly enhances NJVs performance in every category, promoting CSR and innovative projects. NJVs benefit from early CSR participation because it reduces risks and boosts entrepreneurial vitality. Disruptive innovation transforms EC into measurable performance advantages. This study has important policy and management implications because it shows that NJVs can stay ahead of the competition and improve their performance by strategically using EC for CSR and innovation projects. Overall, this study emphasizes how crucial CSR is to the startup environment, supporting resilient and long-term growth in emerging economies.

One of the fundamental problems in the field of technological studies is to clarify the drivers and dynamics of technological evolution for sustaining industrial and economic change. This study confronts the problem by analyzing the converging technologies to explain effects on the evolutionary dynamics over time. This paper focuses on technological interaction between artificial intelligence and quantum technologies using a technometric model of technological evolution based on scientific and technological information (publications and patents). Findings show that quantum technology has a growth rate of 1.07, artificial intelligence technology has a rate of growth of 1.37, whereas the technological interaction of converging quantum and artificial intelligence technologies has an accelerated rate of growth of 1.58, higher than trends of these technologies taken individually. These findings suggest that technological interaction is one of the fundamental determinants in the rapid evolution of path-breaking technologies and disruptive innovations. The deductive implications of results about the effects of converging technologies are: (a) accelerated evolutionary growth; (b) a disproportionate (allometric) growth of patents driven by publications supporting a fast technological evolution. Our results support policy and managerial implications for the decision making of policymakers, technology analysts, and R&D managers that can direct R&D investments towards fruitful inter-relationships between radical technologies to foster scientific and technological change with positive societal and economic impcats.

Disruptive innovation (DI) poses a significant challenge for firms due to their uncertain nature and unique diffusion patterns before entering the market. A proactive strategy to address the issue of DI can turn a potential disruption into a business opportunity. To implement such an aggressive approach, firms should enhance their intrapreneurship capabilities through middle managers’ disruptive innovation activities (DIA). However, research on managing and promoting DI by middle managers is still at a nascent stage. Therefore, this study aims to fill this gap in the literature by examining the influence of a firm’s customer orientation (i.e., mainstream and emerging) and middle managers’ mastery achievement goals on their DIA. It analyses the direct and interaction effects of firms’ customer orientation and middle managers’ achievement goals on their DIA. The data from 337 middle managers are analyzed in structural equation modelling. The results indicate that managers’ perception regarding their firm as ‘emerging customer orientated’ positively influences their DIA. Perception regarding the firm as ‘mainstream customer orientated’ negatively influences. Mastery achievement goals of middle managers positively impact their DIA. The interaction of emerging customer orientation and mastery achievement goals significantly influence middle managers’ DIA. Later, interviews were conducted to elaborate on the survey data results, which complemented the findings and provided further insight into the identified effects. These results provide a comprehensive understanding of middle managers' strategic role in nurturing DI in an organizational setting and contributing to the theory and practice.