作者:Balakrishnan, Anantaram; Whinston, Andrew B.
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要:This paper explores the tradeoffs and information issues in model specification, i.e., choosing the appropriate level of detail and precision of decision support models. For many real-time and distributed decision problems, decision -makers face a wide spectrum of information gathering choices that vary in the amount and quality of information as well as their associated costs and delays. Modeling these problems raises several operational and strategic questions including: how much and what ty...
作者:Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Robey, Daniel
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要:Recent work in social theory departs from prior traditions in proposing that social phenomena can be understood as comprising both subjective and objective elements. We apply this premise of duality to understanding the relationship between information technology and organizations. We construct a theoretical framework in which the development and deployment of information technology in organizations is a social phenomenon, and in which the organizational consequences of technology are products...