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作者：Alavi, M; Leidner, DE
作者单位：Emory University; INSEAD Business School; Texas Christian University
摘要：Knowledge is abroad and abstract notion that has defined epistemological debate in western philosophy since the classical Greek era. In the past few years, however, there has been a growing interest in treating knowledge as a significant organizational resource. Consistent with the interest in organizational knowledge and knowledge management (KM), IS researchers have begun promoting a class of information systems, referred to as knowledge management systems (KMS). The objective of KMS is to s...
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作者：Malhotra, A; Majchrzak, A; Carman, R; Lott, V
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of Southern California; Boeing; RTX Corporation
摘要：This paper describes how a unique type of virtual team, deploying a computer-mediated collaborative technology, developed a radically new product The uniqueness of the team-what we call VC3 teams, for Virtual Cross-value-chain, Creative Collaborative Teams-stemmed from the fact that it was inter-organizational and virtual, and had to compete for the attention of team members who also belong to collocated teams within their own organizations. Existing research on virtual teams does not fully ad...
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作者：Orlikowski, WJ; Barley, SR
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Stanford University
摘要：We argue that because of important epistemological differences between the fields of information technology and organization studies, much can be gained from greater interaction between them. In particular, we argue that information technology research can benefit from incorporating institutional analysis from organization studies, while organization studies can benefit even more by following the lead of information technology research in taking the material properties of technologies into acc...
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作者：Venkatesh, V; Brown, SA
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business
摘要：While technology adoption in the workplace has been studied extensively, drivers of adoption in homes have been largely overlooked. This paper presents the results of a nation-wide, two-wave, longitudinal investigation of the factors driving personal computer (PC) adoption in American homes. The findings revealed that the decisions driving adoption and non-adoption were significantly different. Adopters were driven by utilitarian outcomes, hedonic outcomes (i.e., fun), and social outcomes (i.e...
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作者：Yoo, Y; Alavi, M
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; Emory University
摘要：Organizations deploy advanced communication media such as audio and videoconferencing to enhance and extend group communication interactions. However, established groups (i.e., groups with a history of working together) can view and use the same technology differently from groups without any past experiences of working together. This study examines the relative influences of media condition and group cohesion on social presence, task participation, and group consensus. Results from a controlle...
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作者：Barki, H; Hartwick, J
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; McGill University
摘要：Researchers from a wide range of management areas agree that conflicts are an important part of organizational life and that their study is important. Yet, interpersonal conflict is a neglected topic in information system development (ISD). Based on definitional properties of interpersonal conflict identified in the management and organizational behavior literatures, this paper tests a model of how individuals participating in ISD projects perceive interpersonal conflict and examines the relat...
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作者：Majchrzak, A; Rice, RE; Malhotra, A; King, N; Ba, SL
作者单位：University of Southern California; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of Southern California
摘要：The adaptation process for new technology is not yet well understood. This study analyzes how an inter-organizational virtual team, tasked with creating a highly innovative product over a 10 month period, adapted the use of a collaborative technology and successfully achieved its challenging objectives. The study of such a virtual team is especially useful for extending our understanding of the adaptation process as virtual teams have more malleable structures than typical organizational units...
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作者：Bharadwaj, AS
作者单位：Emory University
摘要：The resource-based view of the firm attributes superior financial performance to organizational resources and capabilities. This paper develops the concept of IT as an organizational capability and empirically examines the association between IT capability and firm performance, firm specific IT resources are classified as IT infrastructure, human IT resources, and IT-enabled intangibles. A matched-sample comparison group methodology and publicly available ratings are used to assess IT capabili...
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作者：Cooper, BL; Watson, HJ; Wixom, BH; Goodhue, DL
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Virginia
摘要：From 1990 through 1998, First American Corporation (FA C) changed its corporate strategy from a traditional banking approach to a customer relationship-oriented strategy that placed FAC's customers at the center of all aspects of the company's operations. The transformation made FAC an innovative leader in the financial services industry. This case study describes FAC's transformation and the way in which a data warehouse called VISION helped make it happen. FAC's experiences suggest lessons f...
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作者：Montealegre, R; Keil, M
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Project failure in the information technology area is a costly problem, and troubled projects are not uncommon. In many cases, these projects seem to take on a life of their own, continuing to absorb valuable resources, while failing to deliver any real business value. While prior research has shown that managers can easily become locked into a cycle of escalating commitment to a failing course of action, there has been comparatively little research on de-escalation, or the process of breaking...
