Architectural knowledge in inter-organizational IT innovation

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-38

  Andersson, Magnus ^a   Lindgren, Rikard ^a,b   Henfridsson, Ola ^a,c  

^a VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Architectural knowledge; Heterogeneity; Inter organizational innovation; IT innovation; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; BOUNDARY SPANNING COMPETENCE; BUSINESS MODEL; HETEROGENEITY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 42649116086     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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