An attempt to outline strategic frameworks facing digital innovation

In the paper “The new organizing logic of digital innovation: an agenda for information systems research” (2010), Yoo, Henfridsson and Lyytinen, pose a series of questions that characterize digital products. They can be represented by 1) the role of IT for creating a competitive advantage; 2) the role of digital components and their layered modular architecture into physical products; 3) the role of digital products as a platform. That is, how it can be attractive and what can be kept open or closed to other firms; 4) when is more appropriate to invest in digital product as such or on a digital product as a platform; 5) the role of technical boundaries resources and social boundary resources in order to attract heterogeneous business partners. The objective of this paper is to suggest two interpretative frameworks for formulating possible answer in this respect.