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UNINA9910449661503321 |
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Actor-network theory and information systems [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Ole Hanseth, Margunn Aanestad and Marc Berg |
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[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-51568-6 |
9786610515684 |
1-84544-741-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Information technology & people ; ; v. 17, no. 2, 2004 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HansethOle |
AanestadMargunn |
BergMarc |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge management |
Information technology |
Business networks |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editors' introduction Actor-network theory and information systems. What's so special?; Tracing the trajectories of issues, and their democratic deficits, on the Web; The nature of the Net: constructing reliability of health information on the Web; Redefining the network: enrollment strategies in the PDA industry; Contested artifact: technology sensemaking, actor networks, and the shaping of the Web browser; Trojan actor-networks and swift translation; Book review |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this editorial introduction Allen Lee's definition of the information systems (IS) field is taken as the starting point: "Research in the information systems field examines more than just the technological system, or just the social system, or even the two systems side by side; in addition, it investigates the phenomena that emerge when the two interact" (Lee, A. "Editorial", MISQ, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001, p. iii). By |
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emphasizing the last part of this, it is argued that actor-network theory (ANT) can provide IS research with unique and very powerful tools to help us overcome the current poor u |
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