While an increasing number of crowdfunding platforms, growing interest by the media, and government actions fuel the crowdfunding momentum worldwide, it remains unclear whether this new, technologically-enabled, funding model will become fully embraced by entrepreneurs as a viable alternative to...

Social media - computer-mediated tools of the web 2.0 generation that make it possible for anyone to create, circulate, share and exchange information in a variety of formats and with multiple communities - have become increasingly widespread in today's organizations. Social media have started...

Successful fundraising is one of the main challenges for charities and non-profit organizations. At the same time, the widespread adoption and proliferation of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) and crowdfunding platforms (such as GoFundMe and Indiegogo) put forward novel...

This paper examines how Information Technology (IT) transforms relations across fields of practice within organizations. Drawing on Bourdieu’s practice theory, we argue that the production of any practice involves varying degrees of embodiment (i.e., relying on personal relationships) and...

This paper investigates how an organizational competence in boundary spanning emerges in practice by drawing on the concepts of boundary spanner and boundary object. Using data from two qualitative field studies, we argue that in order for boundary spanning to emerge a new joint field of...

Organizational spaces project claims of organizational legitimacy while also constituting physical environments where work happens. This research questions how organizational space and legitimacy are mutually constituted over time as organizations experience shifts in work and institutional...

Crowdfunding has been embraced by entrepreneurs across the globe as an alternative to traditional sources of funding. However, it is not clear that Swedish ICT entrepreneurs have embraced it as warmly, despite the potential benefits it offers. The paper explores this empirical puzzle in light of...

Abstract: The concept of performativity holds that discourses are more than mere representations of external realities. Instead, discourses constitute reality; even a simple speech act is constitutive of "something". Under certain conditions ("felicity conditions"), the enunciation of a simple...

Les intranets sont aujourd'hui à la fois incontournables et peu connus. Cette communication, qui s'inscrit dans la perspective non déterministe, processuelle et multiniveau de la conception de l'émergence des relations entre TIC et organisations, présente les premiers résultats de 12...