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The effect of digital options on market performance: the role of organizational dynamism
NEOMA Business School, France.
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Informatics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0602-5404
2025 (English)In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561, Vol. 2025, no 1Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Digital options theory explains how investments in digital technology enable competitive responses. While prior research on digital options focuses on exogenous changes, such as environmental dynamism, it largely neglects endogenous changes within organizations. This study introduces organizational dynamism as a concept to capture endogenous change, distinguishing it from environmental dynamism and examining its impact on the relationship between digital options and market performance. Using a 15-year panel dataset from 103 geographically dispersed organizations, we find that organizational and environmental dynamism act as critical boundary conditions for digital options' performance implications. Specifically, organizational dynamism generally diminishes the performance benefits of digital options, though this negative impact is reduced for digital reach options under high environmental dynamism. These findings highlight the complex interplay between endogenous and exogenous change in shaping digital options' outcomes. We make three contributions. First, we expand digital options theory by introducing organizational dynamism as a lens to differentiate endogenous and exogenous change. Second, we explain how organizational dynamism influences digital options through mechanisms of digital debt and attrition. Third, we reconcile conflicting findings by demonstrating the combined effects of organizational and environmental dynamism on digital options' performance implications. These insights offer valuable guidance for managing digital investments in dynamic environments.

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Academy of Management , 2025. Vol. 2025, no 1
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Information Systems, Social aspects
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computer and systems sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-242421OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-242421DiVA, id: diva2:1986043
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The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2025), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 25-29, 2025
Available from: 2025-07-29 Created: 2025-07-29 Last updated: 2025-07-30Bibliographically approved

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