IT INNOVATION: CASE OF ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0

The paper is split into four sections. The first section, based mostly; on academic references, is used for clear and exact introduction into problem area of IT innovation. Innovation has been discussed in many disciplines with number of different classifications. Paper is oriented towards enterprise (organizational) innovation. IT innovation is defined as subset of innovation. Internet innovation (or Internet computing innovation) further narrows the scope of the paper. Disruptive innovation in context of Internet innovation is introduced. Second section, which is the core of the paper, introduces our concept of Enterprise Web 2.0, including analysis of benefits and their mapping into individual innovation classes. Finally third section presents, as practitioner's overview, results of two world-vide surveys of senior management on the topic of innovation including several "innovation views" e.g. innovation as corporate priority. Short conclusion is the final part of paper.