Grafting: Balancing control and cultivation in information infrastructure innovation

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 220-243

  Sanner, Terje Aksel ^a   Manda, Tiwonge Davis ^a   Nielsen, Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Grafting; Health information system; Information infrastructure; Innovation; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); INFORMATION USE; MHEALTH;

BALANCING CONTROLS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INNOVATION PROCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84899414654     PISSN: 15369323     EISSN: 15583457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00356     Document Type: Article

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