Table of Contents

1 Building on a Decade of Research on IT and Organizations.- 1: Critical Reflections.- 2 Nations, Identities, and Global Technologies.- 3 Knowledge and Methods in IS Research: From Beginnings to the Future.- 4 The Tyranny of Space in Organizational Analysis.- 5 Distinctions Among Different Types of Generalizing in Information Systems Research.- 6 Research and Ethical Issues Arising from Ethnographic Interviews of Patients’ Reactions to an Intelligent Interactive Telephone Health Behavior Advisor.- 7 The Potential of the Language Action Perspective in Ethnographic Analysis.- 2: Field Studies.- 8 Identification of Necessary Factors for Successful Implementation of ERP Systems.- 9 Hunting for the Treasure at the End of the Rainbow: Standardizing Corporate IT Infrastructure.- 10 Reengineering the Supply Chain Using Collaborative Technology: Opportunities and Barriers to Change in the Building and Construction Industry.- 11 Organizational Disposition and Its Influence on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Systems.- 12 Key Role Players in the Initiation and Implementation of Intranet Technology.- 13 A Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Effect of Computerized BPR Tools on Redesign Effectiveness in Two Organizations.- 14 Understanding E-commerce Through Genre Theory: The Case of The Car-Buying Process.- 15 Balancing Flexibility and Coherence: Information Exchange in a Paper Machinery Project.- 16 The Role of Information Technology in the Learning of Knowledge Work.- 17 Incorporating Social Transformation into the Information Systems and Software Development Lifecycles.- 3: Panels.- 18 The Uses and Abuses of Evaluative Criteria for Qualitative Research Methods.- 19 Re-evaluating Power in Information Rich Organizations: New Theories and Approaches.- Index of Contributors.