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Researching the Future in Information Systems 2011: Turku, Finland

Researching the Future in Information Systems - IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, Turku, Finland, June 6-8, 2011. Proceedings

Mike Chiasson, Ola Henfridsson, Helena Karsten, Janice I. DeGross

Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 356, ISBN: 978-3-642-21363-2



Contents

Researching the Future: The Information Systems Discipline's Futures Infrastructure.

Mike Chiasson, Ola Henfridsson

 1-7

Toward an Approach to Generate Forward-Looking Theories Using Systems Concepts.

Kosheek Sewchurran, Irwin Brown

 11-26

Information Systems Innovation Research: Between Novel Futures and Durable Presents.

Margunn Aanestad

 27-41

The Present as Future: The Problem of Translation in Corporate Science Projects.

Eleanor Wynn

 43-56

What Does the Future Hold? A Critical View of Emerging Information and Communication Technologies and Their Social Consequences.

Bernd Carsten Stahl

 59-76

Rationality and Foolishness: Alternative Forecasting Systems in a Manufacturing Firm.

Charlotte Brown

 77-92

What Future? Which Technology? On the Problem of Describing Relevant Futures.

Bernd Carsten Stahl

 95-108

Conceptualizing Consumer Perceptions of Making M-Payments Using Smart Phones in Ireland.

Pavel Andreev, Aidan Duane, Philip O'Reilly

 109-129

The Impact of Instant Messaging Tools on Knowledge Management and Team Performance.

Carol Xiaojuan Ou, Darren W. L. Leung, Robert M. Davison

 131-148

Journey to DOR: A Retro Science-Fiction Story on Researching ePrescribing.

Valentina Lichtner, Will Venters

 151-161

The Standardized Nurse: Mission Impossible?

Rune Pedersen, Gunnar Ellingsen, Eric Monteiro

 163-178

The Role of Technology in Shaping the Professional Future of Community Pharmacists: The Case of the Electronic Prescription Service in the English National Health Service.

Dimitra I. Petrakaki, Tony Cornford, Ralph Hibberd, Valentina Lichtner, Nick Barber

 179-195

From Forestry Machines to Sociotechnical Hybrids: Investigating the Use of Digitally Enabled Forestry Machines.

Daniel Nylén, Jonny Holmström

 199-214

Lessons from Volunteering and Free/Libre Open Source Software Development for the Future of Work.

Kevin Crowston

 215-229

Investigating Open Innovation and Interorganizational Networks in the IT Industry: The Case of Standard Software Customization.

Karlheinz Kautz, Deborah Bunker, Sameen M. Rab, Michael Sinnet

 231-246

Systems of Innovation, Multidisciplinarity, and Methodological Pluralism: A Realist Approach to Guide the Future of Information Systems Research and Practice.

Arturo Vega, David Brown

 249-268

Critical Realist Information Systems Research in Action.

Sven A. Carlsson

 269-284

The Social Design of Information Systems.

Steve Sawyer, Murali Venkatesh, Juhani Iivari, Cathy Urquhart, Ben Light

 287-290

Teaching Foresight and the Future.

Erran Carmel, Michel Avital, Paul Gray, Jannis Kallinikos, John Leslie King

 291-293

Will Current Trends in Information Systems Development Lead to More Visible Usage of Socio-technical Approaches?

Steven Alter, Mikko Korpela, Doncho Petkov, Nancy L. Russo

 295-297

Methods for Studying the Information Systems Future.

Paul Gray, Anat Hovav

 299-316