Teams, Markets and Systems: Business Innovation and Information Technology

by Claudio U. Ciborra

Overview

There is presently a gap between the pace of technological change and the progress of organizational transformation in business. This book provides a new set of concepts linking the latest technology with our understanding of economic organizations. The author uses the principles of institutional economics to show how information technology can be put to work to transform business organizations, improving their effectiveness and the quality of working life of their members, using examples from airlines, financial markets, and nonprofit organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521574655
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/28/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 1. Cognitive models of man, organization and information; 2. Teams; 3. Mediating technologies; 4. Team-support systems; Part II. Design: 6. Transaction-cost analysis information systems; 7. Analysis costs and benefits; 8. Systems development: a contractual view; 9. Tactical information systems; Part III. Applications: 10. Creating electronic markets: the case of fixed income bonds; 11. Groupware, teams and markets in an airline; 12. Networks and markets in public administration; Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"...the book offers a novel approach to system development for those interested in the organizational implications of information systems." Vijay R. Kannan Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

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