Overview

Software systems that used to be relatively autonomous entities such as e.g. accounting systems, order-entry systems etc. are now interlinked in large networks comprising extensive information infrastructures. What earlier used to be stand-alone proprietary systems are now for the most part replaced by more or less standardized interdependent systems that form large networks of production and use. Organizations have to make decisions about what office suite to purchase? The easiest option is to continuously upgrade the existing office suite to the latest version, but the battle between WordPerfect and Microsoft Word demonstrated that the choice is not obvious. What instant messenger network to join for global communication? Preferably the one most colleagues and friends use; AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Messenger, and ICQ represent three satisfactory, but disjunctive alternatives. Similarly organizations abandon their portfolio of homegrown IT systems and replace them with a single Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Several ERP alternatives exist on the market, but which is the right one for you? The argumentation and rationale behind these considerations are obviously

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Author:   Jan Damsgaard ,  Helle Zinner Henriksen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   138
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.110kg
ISBN:  

9781402078156

ISBN 10:   1402078153
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   31 March 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

The Socio-Political Construction of CareSys.- Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion in Industrial Districts.- Where is the Innovation?.- Co-Ordination of E-Government.- Translations in Network Configurations.- MIS and the Dynamics of Legitimacy in Health Care.- Role Model for the Organisational IT Diffusion Process.- Should Buyers Try to Shape IT-Markets Through Non-Market (Collective) Action?.- Exploring Application Service Provision.- A Framework for the Investigation of the Institutional Layer of IT Diffusion.- Taking Organizational Implementation Seriously: The Case of IOS Implementation.- Ten Years on: Reflections on the Past and Future of 8.6.- Networked Technologies — The Role of Networks in the Diffusion and Adoption of Software Process Improvement (SPI) Approaches.- Open Source Software: Placebo or Panacea?.- The Diffusion and Adoption of Mobile Computing.

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