Paving the way to digital innovation: megaprojects, institutions and agency

Abstract

As a social construct, innovation is influenced by and influences its context. This
ongoing study includes a proposed approach and indicative findings to increase our
understanding of digital innovation in the context of construction. Megaprojects, due
to their embeddedness, longevity and pervasiveness offer a rich research setting to
understand the interplay of institutions, agency and digital innovations. Data are
collected using systematic literature review and analysed using synthetic strategies.
Emergent findings reveal the importance of social actors moving across megaprojects
and institutions and influencing digital innovation. Institutional push for digital
innovation is detached from relevant technological emergence. Megaprojects are ideal
vessels to capture and understand the generation of digital innovation.