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Zusatztext Review from previous edition Refreshing new scholarly ideas connected to everyday practice. A gold mine of theory and practice. Informationen zum Autor Claudio U. Ciborra is Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics. He is a leading researcher in the areas of information systems, management, and strategy. Affiliated to many leading European universities and research centres, he has conducted several international projects studying the impacts of IT on organizations. Author of many books on this topic, he is also widely published in the related fields of institutional economics, strategy, and organization theory. Klappentext This book presents six in-depth case studies of large corporations which offer a rich picture of the main issues involved in information infrastructure implementation and management. It provides interpretations and theories that are relevant both for researchers and practitioners. Zusammenfassung An insight into the issues surrounding information infrastructure implementation in global corporations. The author suggests that the economics of standards and increasing returns be joined with the perspectives from the social studies of science and technology to provide a fresh view of the management of IT in global corporations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth: Introduction Part I: Theory 3.: Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa: Globalization and 'Risk Society' 4.: Ole Hanseth: The Economics of Standards 5.: Eric Monteiro: Actor-Network Theory Part II: Cases 7.: Claudio U. Ciborra and Angelo Failla: Infrastructure as a Process: The Case of CRM in IBM 8.: Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa: Who's in Control: Designers, Managers -- or Technology? Infrastructures at Norsk Hydro 9.: Eric Monteiro and Vidar Hepsø: Infrastructure Strategy Formation: Seize the Day at Statoil 10.: Antonio Cordella and Kai A. Simon: Global and Local Dynamics in Infrastructure Deployment: The Astra Hässle Experience 11.: Claudio U. Ciborra: From Alignment to Loose Coupling: From MedNet to www.roche.com 12.: Bo Dahlbom: Postface: From Infrastructure to Networking ...
