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- Asatiani, Aleksandre, 1987, et al.
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Security by envelopment – a novel approach to data-security-oriented configuration of lightweight-automation systems
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; , s. 1-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Organisations’ increasing adoption of lightweight automation, such as robotic process automation (RPA), raises concerns about the associated systems’ robustness and security, with data-security concerns becoming further accentuated when tools of this sort are deployed for handling of potentially sensitive data. However, literature on designing these tools in a manner mitigating risks related to organisational data security has remained scarce. This paper addresses this gap by presenting a study in which RPA was successfully designed for a process wherein the software robot handles sensitive personal data. Informed by work on the mindlessness of automation, sociotechnical envelopment, and security by design, this empirical study, employing action design research at Wärtsilä Corporation, pointed to three design principles, related to envelopment, access rights, and audit trails. By adhering to these, Wärtsilä created envelopes around the robot that afford the automation’s safe operation and processing of the sensitive data. This research advances the theory of sociotechnical envelopment’s design and deployment by introducing a novel approach in security by envelopment to elaborate on the security-oriented envelopment of mindless automation agents. The paper also discusses the practical utility of the artefact designed, in terms of both design and evaluation
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- Bidan, M., et al.
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An empirical study of IS architectures in French SMEs : Integration approaches
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 21:3, s. 287-302
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper, based on a cross-sectional empirical study of information system (IS) architectures within 143 small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in France, reports findings on how SMEs architect to achieve IS integration and interoperability. This research provides an empirically derived taxonomy of enterprise architectural variants of the types often described in the literature for large firms. This study finds indications that for SMEs the immediate goal of interoperability prevailed over fuller and more formal system integration. The most common means for approaching enterprise architecture and any form of integration is via the construction of software bridges and interfaces. Partially standardized architectures based on Enterprise Systems (ERP) are the next most common type. Hybrid architectures- mixed Enterprise Applications Integration and ERP- are the third most common. The contribution of this paper lies not in the identification of the three types but resides (1) in the description of their distribution in SMEs; (2) in the absence of other integration/interoperability types in this population; and (3) most importantly in the interpretation of the organizational and historical rationale explaining the emergence of these types in this organizational context. © 2012 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Cho, Sunyoung, et al.
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Contextual dynamics during health information systems implementation: an event-based actor-network approach
- 2008
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - 0960-085X. ; 17:6, s. 614-630
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite its information-intensive nature and considerable investments, healthcare continues to lag behind other industries in effectively exploiting information technology (IT). This paradox suggests that the healthcare industry presents particular challenges for successful implementation of information systems. As a result, there is an increasing interest in research into how information systems implementation efforts are shaped in interaction with the healthcare context. This paper contributes to this emerging body of knowledge by applying Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to explore the implementation of a radiology network system in a Swedish hospital. The analysis of the process reveals how complex contextual dynamics had disruptive effects. First, we identified important dynamics related to implementation content; these were mainly expressed as tensions between the radiology network system and medical work practices. Second, we found important dynamics related to implementation context; these were mainly expressed as tensions between shifting networks of actors within the implementation project and the broader institutional setting. Seeking to understand contextual dynamics during healthcare information systems implementation, we use events to focus, structure, and present the ANT analysis. This event-based approach furthers our understanding of how researchers can apply ANT to study IT-based change in general.
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- Curto-Millet, Daniel, 1985, et al.
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The sustainability of open source commons
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 32:5, s. 763-781
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The sustainability of commons has benefited from Elinor Ostrom´s analysis of shared resources. In her work, sustainability was described in a univocal manner–successful or not–depending on the common’s long-term capacity to survive within an uncertain environment. In recent years, this view of sustainability has been applied to the study of digital commons, including open source. Building on more recent work on sustainability, this paper challenges this univocal conception of sustainability in open source. Through a critical review of the literature, it unveils the coexistence of multiple notions of sustainability in open source and proposes a typology of sustainabilities (resource-based, infrastructural, and interactional). We propose that the degree and quality of the interrelationship between these different types of sustainability need to be explored, leading to the theorisation of three possible scenarios (trade-offs, synergy, and independence). We discuss and put forward a research agenda.
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- Eriksson, Owen, 1957-, et al.
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The case for classes and instances - a response to representing instances : the case for reengineering conceptual modelling grammars
- 2019
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 28:6, s. 681-693
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In “Representing instances: The case for reengineering conceptual modelling grammars”, Lukyanenko et al. (2019) argue that conceptual modelling has been biased towards a focus on knowledge about general phenomena (classes) rather than about specific instances. While we agree that more attention needs to be paid to instances, we critically reflect on their underlying assumptions about instances and classes. Lukyanenko et al. (2019) assume that instances are mainly material things, and also assume that class-based modelling typically requires that class definitions include comprehensive attribute structures that are expected to be stable over time. Based on these assumptions, they conclude that classes are not needed for modelling instances. As an alternative to these assumptions, we suggest that instances can be viewed as language constructs, i.e., as objects that may be anything that is uniquely referred to and identified in human communication. Based on this assumption, we introduce an identity-oriented view of classes, implying that classes are required for modelling objects (instances). We agree with Lukyanenko et al. (2019) that a reengineering of conceptual modelling grammars is required. This reengineering would benefit from approaches such as an identity-oriented view of classes and a class-instance modelling grammar.
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- Feller, J., et al.
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Open innovation and public administration : Transformational typologies and business model impacts
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 20:3, s. 358-374
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Extant research demonstrates that e-Government initiatives often fall short of achieving innovative forms of government and governance due to a techno-centric focus that limits such initiatives to minor improvements in service delivery. While it is evident that innovation is central to modernising and transforming governmental organisations, and that the co-creation of services by public authorities and community groups is an essential component of realising the benefits of investment in information and communication technology, there is little research focusing on the nature of innovation in transforming governmental organisations and services. Addressing this gap in the literature, this paper explores how open innovation strategies can transform public administration by examining how a network of municipalities in Sweden transforms value creation and service delivery by collaborating with each other and with external parties to accelerate the creation and exploitation of innovation. Using a case study with embedded units of analysis, four emerging typologies of governmental transformation based on open innovation are identified. The paper illustrates how these open innovation typologies (i) transform the organisation of the municipalities and (ii) help them deliver high quality co-created services to citizens. By examining the strategic and operational aspects that facilitate such activities, the analysis reveals the impact of open innovation on the business models of public authorities. The paper concludes that open innovation practices represent a more radical manifestation of transformational government than previously envisaged; signalling not only fundamental change in the nature of value creation and service delivery by public authorities, but potentially in the nature of their organisation. © 2011 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Frisk, Elisabeth, 1957, et al.
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Design matters for decision makers: Discovering IT investment alternatives
- 2014
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 23:4, s. 442-461
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The literature has traditionally focused on how decision makers choose among alternatives based on rational behaviors, organizational politics, and organized anarchies. However, there is little research on decision making as a creative process where managers discover and evaluate alternatives. We address this gap by proposing a design approach to transform decisions in organizations. The approach views decision making as a creative and adaptive process in which managers recursively collect and interpret heterogeneous evidence, explore and test different ideas, and discover and evaluate alternatives. While the approach is rooted in the know-how of the involved stakeholders, its underpinning design attitude invites managers to better understand possible alternatives based on analyses of structured as well as unstructured data. To assess its utility, we applied the approach to IT investment evaluations through a Collaborative Practice Research project involving Swedish public organizations. Building on the project findings, we discuss the proposed approach and spell out its implications for transforming decision making in organizations.
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- Goldkuhl, Göran
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Pragmatism vs interpretivism in qualitative information systems research
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Palgrave Macmillan. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 21:2, s. 135-146
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Qualitative research is often associated with interpretivism, but alternatives do exist. Besides critical research and sometimes positivism, qualitative research in information systems can be performed following a paradigm of pragmatism. This paradigm is associated with action, intervention and constructive knowledge. This paper has picked out interpretivism and pragmatism as two possible and important research paradigms for qualitative research in information systems. It clarifies each paradigm in an ideal-typical fashion and then conducts a comparison revealing commonalities and differences. It is stated that a qualitative researcher must either adopt an interpretive stance aiming towards an understanding that is appreciated for being interesting; or a pragmatist stance aiming for constructive knowledge that is appreciated for being useful in action. The possibilities of combining pragmatism and interpretivism in qualitative research in information systems are analysed. A research case (conducted through action research (AR) and design research (DR)) that combines interpretivism and pragmatism is used as an illustration. It is stated in the paper that pragmatism has influenced IS research to a fairly large extent, albeit in a rather implicit way. The paradigmatic foundations are seldom known and explicated. This paper contributes to a further clarification of pragmatism as an explicit research paradigm for qualitative research in information systems. Pragmatism is considered an appropriate paradigm for AR and DR.
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- Hedman, Jonas, et al.
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The business model concept: theoretical underpinnings and empirical illustrations
- 2003
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 12:1, s. 49-59
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The business model concept is becoming increasingly popular within IS, management and strategy literature. It is used within many fields of research, including both traditional strategy theory and in the emergent body of literature on e-business. However, the concept is often used independently from theory, meaning model components and their interrelations are relatively obscure. Nonetheless, we believe that the business model concept is useful in explaining the relation between IS and strategy. This paper offers an outline for a conceptual business model, and proposes that it should include customers and competitors, the offering, activities and organisation, resources and factor market interactions. The causal inter-relations and the longitudinal processes by which business models evolve should also be included. The model criticises yet draws on traditional strategy theory and on the literature that addresses business models directly. The business model is illustrated by an ERP implementation in a European multi-national company.
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