This study examines learning effects (i.e., the effects of prior experience) in outsourced information systems development (ISD). Outsourced ISD is characterized by disparate tasks, teams, customers, and levels of project complexity across projects. These features challenge the understanding of...

Digital information systems (DIS) are electronic systems that integrate software and hardware to enable communication and collaborative work (Chandler and Cortada, 2000). These systems are not developed in a vacuum. They are a response to transformations in economic institutions and structures...

The aim of this study is to explore the diffusion of information systems (IS) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a multifaceted and open social phenomenon, by considering the role and effects of complementary adoptions -in terms of other innovations and their adopters- on the adoption of...

"This book focuses on information systems discipline and working towards the delivery of the main implications that the Semantic Web brings to information systems and the information/knowledge society. It discusses the technology of the semantic Web in the context of information systems. It...