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Ougaard, Morten (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Marx’s body of theory can be divided into four interconnected elements. One is the economic theory of capitalism, as presented in Das Kapital, a theory whose relevance keeps being re-affirmed, especially in times of crisis. This relevance is due, inter alia, to the theory’s account of recurrent crises and large scale unemployment, the constant drive to concentration and centralization of capital, the compulsory drive towards labour- and cost-cutting technological innovation, and the tendency towards growing inequality. The second element has become known as historical materialism, Marx’s outline of a program for research and theory-building on human society’s development and change. This program has been developed and adapted in various ways and has suffered a rather mixed fortune of marginalization and occasional fashionableness in academia, along with intense internal theoretical debates, but it remains productive within the social sciences and history. The third element is the idea that capitalism is a progressive mode of production that eventually will build the basis for a new and better society, which will be socialist and eventually communist in the sense of a society where ‘the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all’. And the fourth element is the idea that the transition to this new and better society will take place through a revolution led by the industrial working class. These elements combine outstanding and path-breaking social science scholarship with a strong political commitment and a vision for a dramatically better, more free and just and more humane society. Undoubtedly this combination is an important reason why Marx’s ideas have kept and keep renewing their power of attraction. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9546 Files in this item: 1
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Exploring Sources of Ineffectiveness in Multi-Level IT UseStein, Mari-Klara; Lim, Eric T. K.; Tan, Chee-Wee (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: There is a notable paucity of multi-level analyses of IT use in IS research. Often, analyses limited to a single level are problematic, as multi-level effects cannot be accounted for. For example, online communities, such as the one examined in this paper, build on network effects: they can provide more value to all members collectively whenever each individual member participates more actively. This example also highlights the importance of usage effectiveness – the rather commonsense, yet often explicitly unexamined, idea that IT systems are not used for their own sake, but to attain relevant goals. Given these challenges, we set out to explore what factors contribute to ineffectiveness in multi-level IT use in the context of an online community. Our initial analysis reveals two novel concepts – frictions and tensions – that could help researchers and practitioners in better understanding the obstacles to achieving effective multi-level IT use. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9027 Files in this item: 1
Stein Lim and Tan_ICIS2014.pdf (234.6Kb) -
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Abstract: La testualità, cioè tutte le caratteristiche e condizioni legate alla strutturazione, forma e interpretazione di un testo, inclusi fenomeni come la complessità e la densità informativa, dipende, come è noto, da una serie di fattori fra cui il tipo testuale, il genere e la lingua e la società nella quale il testo viene prodotto. In questo intervento focalizzerò il tipo testuale espositivo, più precisamente un corpus di testi tecnici che descrivono la produzione dello zucchero di barbabietola. I testi derivano dal progetto danese SugarTexts - Telling the SugarStory in diverse languages (Smith 2009, http://www.sugartexts.dk/), un progetto che al momento include sette lingue diverse. La mia base empirica consiste di 15 testi italiani e 15 danesi di varia origine: alcuni provengono da siti web di aziende produttrici di zucchero, altri sono testi enciclopedici, altri ancora libri per bambini, ecc. Questi testi saranno paragonati interlinguisticamente ed intralinguisticamente, tra di loro e con altri tipi testuali. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9649 Files in this item: 1
Korzen_Silfi2018.pdf (194.0Kb) -
Risberg, Annette; Remke, Robyn (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
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Adaptive Appropriation in Japanese Labor Law and the Roman Catholic Social QuestionTackney, Charles (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
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A Market-Based Alternative to Government?Hodge, Graeme; Greve, Carsten (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: One of the paradoxes of the past few decades has been the continuity and even growth of infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) despite the loud voices of critics and harsh judgments of some academics. Indeed, there is little doubt about the success of PPPs judging on the basis of increasing global interest, the frequency of use in countries such as the United Kingdom or Australia, or by the spectacular delivery of timely new infrastructure. There has been considerable work undertaken to date on the multiple meanings of PPP more generally, on the multiple disciplinary languages spoken by commentators and on the evaluation challenges faced by those interested in assessing PPPs as projects or activities. There has been less work undertaken, however, on the meanings given to how PPP has been judged as ‘successful’ by implementing governments. Indeed, the criteria on which governments might judge PPP as a success story seems to be inherently ambiguous and as politically oriented as it is oriented towards more traditional utilitarian policy goals concerned with project delivery or efficiency. In view of the continuity of PPPs post-GFC, the very nature of ‘PPP success’ needs serious rethinking. This paper explores the notion of ‘success’ for PPP and argues that short of embarrassing and large scale corruption or widespread incompetence, PPP and PPP projects are inevitably judged as ‘successful’ in government. This is not only because the PPP concept itself is so wonderfully amorphous and ambiguous, but because each strand of PPP has multiple goals. Infrastructure PPPs for example, have fifteen or so different goals. The criteria for success are therefore multi-faceted and themselves incorporate the very goals of government itself. It is inevitable that PPPs are seen by government to help create public value as well as private value. The paper uses theories of policy success and evaluation studies to assess how ‘success’ is interpreted. The paper concludes that many of the claims for PPP success and failure are therefore, to an extent, self defining exercises. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8573 Files in this item: 1
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Kairos, and the spatio-temporal “quality” of Strategic LeadershipAndersen, Torben; Gatti, Luca; Tompson, Tim (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper explores the qualitative, subjective and contingent values of the Ancient Greek concept of Kairos, and argues its utility in developing an adaptive, pragmatic, persuasive and creative model of Strategic Leadership. A kairotic model of Leadership, we argue, is more coherent with current and future approaches to Strategy and to its spatiotemporal qualities. In the following we first present the concept of Kairos and discuss its relevance to Strategic Leadership and its challenges, we then introduce current conceptualizations of Strategy and their implications for Strategic Leadership, and finally synthesize these insights and the literature to gauge implications. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9203 Files in this item: 1
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A model of individual decisions for digital product product acquisitionVeitch, Robert W. D.; Constantiou, Ioanna (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Ten years after the fall of Napster, digital piracy remains an issue for media and software companies. While scholars often treat digital piracy as a behaviour that needs to be prevented or punished, the user’s decision about how to acquire a digital product involves more than the piracy option. However, the decision between legal alternatives and piracy has received limited attention. Moreover, existing models used in piracy research emphasize some elements of the acquisition decision, but disregard other important influences. This has led to a body of literature that is fragmented and has decontextualised digital piracy by not examining how available legal alternatives are evaluated. This paper makes an attempt to address these issues and presents a model of the user’s digital product acquisition decision in the context of piracy, integrating elements of previous models to reflect the decision’s complexity. Specifically, we use a consumer decision-making perspective as a framework for integrating elements of previous models used in digital piracy research, including those from social psychology, business ethics, criminology, and consumer behaviour. In the model, we depict the acquisition decision as being influenced by the user’s product desire, price perceptions, perceived risks, internal regulators of behaviour, resources, and product availability. Theoretical and empirical evidence from the existing literature is drawn upon in order to provide support for the elements of the model. The paper concludes with an outline for future research and a brief discussion of its contribution. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8500 Files in this item: 1
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2012 Walmart Labor Organizing and a Theology of the American WorkplaceTackney, Charles T. (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper applies theology of the workplace and cultural cognition studies to support recent “open source” labor union action at Walmart in North Americ and redress the lack of clear 2012 teaching on the social question by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. In an era of diminished cultural awareness about the role and significance of labor unions, insight-based critical realism, as a component of workplace theology analysis, can complement cultural cognition legal research for more effective labor organizing as well as Roman Catholic engagement in the social question. Comparative employment ecology workplace models, focusing on the U.S., Germany, and Japan, help in the historical derivation of practical, normative benchmarks for organized labor and management in respect to enacting more authentic employment relations. The benchmarks are grounded in theology of the workplace guidelines drawn from Roman Catholic encyclical teaching. Two basic parameters are shown to be particularly salient for the U.S. case: just cause dismissal protection and employee participation in managerial prerogative. Specific legal enactments and a strategic organizing model are offered in the conclusion for both union strategizing and collaborative church support. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8845 Files in this item: 1
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Hansen, Michael Wendelboe (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Local content requirements - i.e. government backed requirements that extractive MNCs must procure inputs locally - are fast becoming a major issue in MNC-host country bargaining in Africa. Across Africa, governments are seeking to mobilize MNCs for sustainable development through increasingly stringent local content requirements. As a result, extractive MNCs are facing a rapidly evolving strategic field, the management of which may have immense implications for their investment decisions, profitability and efficiency. While a vibrant and dynamic literature on local content in Africa is emerging, this literature is predominantly informed by economic and political perspectives, and strategic management perspectives are virtually absent. This is problematic as one of the main reasons why local content interventions in Africa fail to produce the expected results is that they often are based on an inadequate understanding of MNC strategy and interests. Hence, the aim of this paper is to characterize and conceptually develop the strategic management perspective on local content. The paper outlines generic strategies that MNCs may adopt to balance the often conflicting pressures for local content and global efficiency. It is concluded that by better aligning local content intervention with MNC strategy and interests, the likelihood of positive development outcomes will be greatly enhanced. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9564 Files in this item: 1
Wendelboe Hansen_EIBA_2017.pdf (558.8Kb) -
Carton, Fergal; Hedman, Jonas; Damsgaard, jan; Tan, Kay-Ti; McCarthy, JB (Como, Ita., 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper derives a theoretical framework for consideration of both the technologically driven dimensions of mobile payment solutions, and the associated value proposition for customers. Banks promote traditional payment instruments whose value proposition is the management of risk for both consumers and merchants. These instruments are centralised, costly and lack decision support functionality. The ubiquity of the mobile phone has provided a decentralised platform for managing payment processes in a new way, but the value proposition for customers has yet to be elaborated clearly. This inertia has stalled the design of sustainable revenue models for a mobile payments ecosystem. Merchants and consumers in the meantime are being seduced by the convenience of online and mobile payment solutions. Adopting the purchase and payment process as the unit of analysis, the current mobile payment landscape is reviewed with respect to the creation and consumption of customer value. From this analysis, a framework is derived juxtaposing customer value, related to what is being paid for, with payment integration, related to how payments are being made. The framework provides a theoretical and practical basis for considering the contribution of mobile technologies to the payments industry. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8348 Files in this item: 1
Carton et al ECIME 20111.pdf (244.5Kb) -
Salling Pedersen, Allan; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: ITIL has been proposed and indeed adopted by many as a framework for solving the problem of IT Service Management. It has been available for organizations for more than 10 years and initial adoption has been high. However, consultancy surveys of ITIL adoption, implementation and institutionalization show that there are only few complete and institutionalized ITIL implementations. This paper presents work in progress on a comprehensive ITIL literature review, focussing on critical success factors and benefits documented in scientific literature about ITIL implementation. Based on this, the paper presents a draft framework aiming at assisting organizations during their decisions regarding ITIL adoption, implementation and institutionalization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8431 Files in this item: 1
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A Comparative Study of Centralized & Decentralized Digital Payment ProvidersKazan, Erol; Tan, Chee-Wee; Lim, Eric T. K. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Digital platforms are disruptive information technology (IT) artifacts that erode conventional business logic associated with traditional market structures. This paper presents a framework for examining the disruptive potential of digital platforms whereby we postulate that the strategic interplay of governance regimes and platform layers is deterministic of whether disruptive derivatives are permitted to flourish. This framework has been employed in a comparative case study between centralized (i.e., PayPal) and decentralized (i.e., Coinkite) digital payment platforms to illustrate its applicability and yield propositions on the nature and impact of digital platform disruptions. Preliminary findings indicate that centralized digital platforms attempt to create unique configurals to obtain monopolistic power by tightly coupling platform layers, which are difficult to replicate. Conversely, decentralized digital platforms purposely decouple platform layers, to foster open innovation and accelerate market disruption. This paper therefore represents a first concrete step aimed at unravelling the disruptive potential of digital platforms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9026 Files in this item: 1
Kazan Tan and Lim_ACIS2014.pdf (200.9Kb) -
Kazan, Erol; Tan, Chee-Wee; Lim, Eric T. K. (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Digital platforms are disruptive IT artifacts, because they facilitate the quick release of innovative platform derivatives from third parties (e.g., apps). This study endeavours to unravel the disruptive potential, caused by distinct designs and configurations of digital platforms on market environments. We postulate that the disruptive potential of digital platforms is determined by the degree of alignment among the business, technology and platform profiles. Furthermore, we argue that the design and configuration of the aforementioned three elements dictates the extent to which open innovation is permitted. To shed light on the disruptive potential of digital platforms, we opted for digital payment platforms as our unit of analysis. Through interviews with experts and payment providers, we seek to gain an in-depth appreciation of how contemporary digital payment platforms are designed and configured to foster open innovation. We envision that this study bridges existing knowledge gaps between digital platform and innovation literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9407 Files in this item: 1
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Kazan, Erol; Tan, Chee-Wee; Lim, Eric T. K. (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Digital platforms are disruptive IT artifacts, because they facilitate the quick release of innovative platform derivatives from third parties. This study endeavors to unravel the disruptive potential, caused by distinct designs and configurations of digital platforms on market environments. We postulate that the disruptive potential of digital platforms is determined by the degree of alignment among the business, technology and platform profiles. Furthermore, we argue that the design and configuration of the aforementioned three elements dictates the extent to which open innovation is permitted. To shed light on the disruptive potential of digital platforms, we opted for digital payment platforms as our unit of analysis. Through interviews with experts and payment providers, we seek to gain an in-depth appreciation of how contemporary digital payment platforms are designed and configured to foster open innovation. We envision that this study bridges existing knowledge gaps between digital platform and open innovation literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9271 Files in this item: 1
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Literature Review, Taxonomy, and Research AgendaKunst, Katrine; Vatrapu, Ravi (Atlanta, GA, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increased sharing of consumptive practices, experiences and evaluations on social media platforms. Such socially shared consumption can range from electronic word-of-mouth to formal online reviews as well as automated product mentions facilitated by social media applications Based on a review of extant emerging literature on this topic as well as of literature on relevant topics such as social influence, online reviews, theories of the extended self and conspicuous consumption, this paper proposes a new concept, “socially shared consumption” and a taxonomy for better understanding and analysing the growing phenomenon of consumers’ social sharing of consumption on social media platforms The taxonomy consists of five dimensions of socially shared consumption: Phase, Automation, Formality, Expressiveness, and Sentiment. The primary contributions of this research-in-progress paper are (a) description and definition of the new concept of socially shared consumption, (b) preliminary proposal of a taxonomy of socially shared consumption, and (c) outline of a research agenda to conduct theory-based empirical studies of socially shared consumption phenomena. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8971 Files in this item: 1
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The Role of Decision-Making and AccountabilityWang, Cancan; Medaglia, Rony; Zheng, Lei (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The increasing complexity of public issues and the rapid advancement of IT development and services (e.g., social media, big data) put high demands on government to develop internal capacity to evaluate, respond to, and implement new technologies and internal processes. Moreover, as governments in the last decades have increasingly transferred their capacities externally through outsourcing projects, following the tenets of New Public Management, they are often left with reduced skill sets and limited capacity. This has created challenges for governments to adapt within a short time to deal with potentially disruptive changes, especially in the implementation of new information technologies. Confronted with such challenges, governments have sought to deliver public services through new working relationships with private and non-government organizations. Such relationships are characterized by the voluntary combination of separate private and public organizations into a coherent service delivery system (Dawes and Eglene 2004), namely the public-private collaboration. In such new organizational set-ups, established mechanisms of governance that imply enhancing control and enforcing procedures are found no longer suitable for reacting and adapting quickly to changes in the environment (Gong and Janssen 2012). Governments are thus expected to adopt new organizational structures in order to accommodate the evolving and dynamic collaborative relationships around government. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9429 Files in this item: 1
2016E-Gov_Workshop_Cancan_Rony_Lei.pdf (162.9Kb) -
Holck, Lotte (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8988 Files in this item: 1
Lotte Holck Diversity Conference.pdf (465.7Kb) -
The Narrative Mediation Between Organizational and Individual ParadoxesMajgaard, Klaus (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to enhance the conceptual understanding of the mediatory relationship between paradoxes on an organizational and an individual level. It presents a concept of agency that comprises and mediates between a structural and individual pole. The constitution of this agency is achieved through narrative activity that oscillates between the poles and transforms paradoxes through the configuration of plots and metaphors. Empirical cases are introduced in order to illustrate the implications of this understanding. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9158 Files in this item: 1
Majgaard_EGOS2015.pdf (341.9Kb)