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Deciding on open innovation: an exploration of how firms create and capture value with open source software
(Springer Verlag, 2008-10)
Open innovation is a paradigm that proposes that firms can and should use external as well as internal innovations/ideas. A popular example of open innovation has been open source software (OSS). The key issues facing ...
Assessing the role of open source software in the european secondary software sector: a voice from industry
(2005-06-09)
This paper addresses the open source software (OSS) phenomenon from an industry perspective and reveals a number of complexities surrounding the role of OSS in the secondary software sector. It presents the research results ...
Investigating the rationale for adopting an internationally-recognised project management methodology in Ireland: The view of the project manager
(Elsevier, 2010-06-02)
As businesses become more dependent on technology, effective project management has been recognised as a necessity, in order to lead and deliver quality software applications on time and within budget. One possible option ...
Combining open innovation and agile approaches: implications for IS project managers
(2010-06)
This paper describes a research-in-progress that explores the applicability and implications of open
innovation in a multiple-project environment that employs agile approaches to information systems
development. In doing ...
Public sector IT outsourcing: a framework for evaluating risk
(IFIP, 2010-08-30)
A recent trend has seen the significant growth of governments outsourcing IT projects to private sector partners. However, despite the high risk of failure in public sector IT projects, the literature on outsourcing risks ...
The role of process evolution in achieving citizen centered e-government
(Association for Information Systems, 2003)
The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990¿s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ...
The role of the user story agile practice in innovation
(Springer, 2010-10)
The concept of an innovation space where different knowledge and perspectives can interact leading to innovation is central to lean thinking. The SECI framework of organizational knowledge creation identifies five enabling ...
Using focus groups in studies of ISD team behaviour
(Academic Conferences International, 2010-06-25)
This paper discusses an innovative focus group approach used to
study an Information Systems Development (ISD) environment. The research
had to cope with the application of a broad framework, untested in practice,
seeking ...
Empathy and teamwork: reflections on the legacy of Claudio Ciborra through the phenomenology of Edith Stein.
(European Conference on Information Systems, 2007-06)
Claudio Ciborra argued that the position of information and communications technology
(ICT) in organisations requires a shift from the present focus on the ¿scientific paradigm¿ to
an ¿alternative centre of gravity: human ...
How Perceptions of Open Source
(2007)
Much of the assessment of OSS benefits and drawbacks has been based on anecdotal evidence appearing in practitioner publications. Due to its focus on software development, such work neglects whether managerial ...