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Health Information Systems Affordances: How The Materiality Of Information Technology Enables And Constrains The Work Practices Of Clinicians, Chad Anderson
Computer Information Systems Dissertations
The IT artifact is at the core of the information systems (IS) discipline and yet most IS research does not directly theorize the IT artifact or its nomological network (Benbasat and Zmud 2003; Orlikowski and Iacono 2001). This research seeks to answer a repeated call for more direct engagement with the IT artifact and its nomological net with affordance theory adopted as the basis for this theoretical work. An exploratory case study was conducted to answer the research question, how do the material properties of health information systems enable and constrain the work practices of clinicians? The study was …
Digital Integration: Understanding The Concept And Its Environmental Predictors, Ricardo M. Checchi
Digital Integration: Understanding The Concept And Its Environmental Predictors, Ricardo M. Checchi
Computer Information Systems Dissertations
This study investigates the impact of environmental factors on the decision to electronically integrate operations with international customers and/or suppliers. The following research question motivates the study: How does the environmental context affect the level of electronic integration of an organization with its international partners? This study elaborates on the concept of electronic integration. Studies on integration in general and electronic integration in particular adopt a loose definition of integration: they all agree in that integration is the opposite of markets, but they define this opposite in different terms: relationship contracting, long-term contracting, coordination, etc. Finally, the study also responds …