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The Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology for Organizational Resilience

IFIP TC8 WG 8.6 International Working Conference, June 7-10, 2006, Galway, Ireland

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Brian Donnellan

    1. National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

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  2. Tor J. Larsen

    1. Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway

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  3. Linda Levine

    1. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

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  4. Janice I. DeGross

    1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  • Presents the most current research in IT diffusion for organizational resilience
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 206)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. IT Adoption and Diffusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. The Role of Value Compatibility in Information Technology Adoption

      • Deborah Bunker, Karlheinz Kautz, Anne Luu Thanh Nguyen
      Pages 53-70

    3. The Politics of Information and Communication Technology Diffusion: A Case Study in a UK Primary Health Care Trust

      • David W. Wainwright, Teresa S. Waring
      Pages 71-90

  5. Strategic Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Ten Strategies for Successful Distributed Development

      • Brian Lings, Björn Lundell, Pär J. Ã…gerfalk, Brian Fitzgerald
      Pages 119-137

    3. Improvisation as Strategy: Building an Information Technology Capability

      • Thi Lien Pham, Ernest Jordan
      Pages 139-156

    4. The challenge of Managing Knowledge in Innovative Organizations: Internal Versus External Knowledge Acquisition

      • Andrea Deverell, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
      Pages 157-178

  6. Resilience and Competitive Advantage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Resilience as a Source of Competitive Advantage for Small Information Technology Companies

      • Brian Webb, Frank Schlemmer
      Pages 181-197

    3. Analysis of Outsourcing and the Impact on Business Resilience

      • Pati Milligan, Donna Hutcheson
      Pages 199-208

    4. The Wizard of Oz: Instilling a Resilient Heart into Self-Service Business Applications

      • Gabriel J. Costello
      Pages 209-216
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In a turbulent world where companies are trying to realign their resources faster than the competition, resilience is defined as the capability to absorb strain and recover from untoward events through continuous reconstruction. Resilience implies a capacity to be robust under conditions of stress and change (Coutu 2002). It can be achieved by creating and maintaining cognitive, emotional, relational, or structural capabilities sufficiently convertible and malleable to cope with a dynamic environment. In the com­ petitive marketplace, many countries are making the transition from technolo- importing, efficiency-based development to innovation-based development. Organiza­ tions located in so-called "first world" economies are increasingly concerned with making local enterprises more resilient in their current geographical location and firms in "third world" economies are keen to establish and retain knowledge-based economic activities. The focus of this conference is on how IT innovation can contribute to making organizations more resilient. Commercial organizations are trying to make sense of the competitive environment and quickly generate new strategic options. Public organi­ zations are struggling to meet societal needs for innovative information services. IT staff have spent much of their energy improving transactional efficiency. IT now needs to be seen as a positive force for making business innovation resilient. Issues such as IT organizational design, social networking, diversity, improvisation, and rich media are likely to advance our understanding of resilience in this context, and account for an organization's need to sustain innovation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Brian Donnellan

  • Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway

    Tor J. Larsen

  • Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Linda Levine

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Janice I. DeGross

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