IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness

IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness addresses the topic of IT innovations that can further an organization's ability to adapt and be competitive. Thus we address the problem at an earlier starting point, that is, the emergence of something innovative in an organization, applied to that organization, and its process of being diffused and accepted internally. Topics covered in the book include: -The role of IT in organizational innovation, -Innovating systems development & process, -Assessing innovation drivers, -Innovation adoption, -New environments, new innovation practices.

This volume contains the edited proceedings of the Seventh Working Conference on IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 8.6 and held at Intel Corporation, Leixlip, Ireland in May-June 2004.

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Conference Chairs. Program Committee. Sponsors. Contributing Authors. Message from the Organizing Chair. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: The Role of IT in Organizational Innovation. Evolving Self-Organizing Activities; G. Alaa, G. Fitzgerald. Enriching Views of Information Systems within Organizations: A Field Theory; S. Miranda, R. Zmud. IT Innovation through a Work Systems Lens; S. Alter. Success and Failure Revisited in the Implementation of New Technology: Some Reflections on the Capella Project; T. McMaster, D. Wastell. IT Systems to Support Innovation; B. Donnellan. -Part II: Innovating Systems Development and Process. Assessing Improvements of Software Metrics Practices; H. Damborg Frederiksen, L. Mathiassen. Standardizing Software Processes-An Obstacle for Innovation? I. Aaen, J. Pries-Heje. Organisational Dynamics in the Software Process Improvement: The Agility Challenge; A. Börjesson, L. Mathiassen. Mapping the Information System Development Process; R. Vidgen, S. Madsen, K. Kautz. Taking Steps to Improve Working Practice: A Company Experience of Method Transfer; B. Lundell, B. Lings, A. Mattsson, U. Ärlig. -Part III: Assessing Innovation Drivers. Evaluating Innovative Prototypes; C.M. Olsson, N.L. Russo. Applying IT Innovation; K. Beggs. IT Business Value Index; M. Nisman. Using IT Concept Cars to Accelerate Innovation; C. Pickering. Software Patents: Innovation or Litigation? L. Levine, K.M. Saunders. Part IV: Innovation Adoption. Temporal Disclosedness of Innovations; E. Jacucci. How Is an IT Innovation Assimilated? E.B. Swanson. Groupware Integration in Virtual Learning Teams; P. Bjørn, A.Scupola. IOS Adoption in Denmark; H. Zinner Henriksen. Lifting the Barriers to Innovation; J. Brown. Diffusion of Application Service Provision among SMEs; B. Johansson. Part V: New Environments, New Innovation Practices. Digital Gaming: Organizing for Sustainable Innovation; J.P. Allen, J. Kim. Introducing Mobility: The mPolice Project; M. Ney, B. Schätz, J. Höck, C. Salzmann. Supporting the Re-emergence of Human Agency in the Workplace; T. Salvador, K.T. Anderson. Learning Management Systems: A New Opportunity; A. Dunne, T. Butler. Web-Based Information Systems-Innovation Or Re-Spun Emperor's Clothing? C. Barry. Part VI: Panels. ICT Innovation: From Control to Risk and Responsibility; P. Bassetti, C. Ciborra, E. Jacucci, J. Kallinikos. The Darker Side of Innovation; F. Land, H. Drummond, P. Vos Fellman (and R. Rodriguez), S. Furnell, P. Tsiavos. IT as a Platform for Competitive Agility; V. Sambamurthy. Innovation in Industry and Academia; E. Baldwin.