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The IFIP TC 8 WG 8.6 focuses on the transfer and diffusion of information technology. Since the working group was established in 1993 there have been a number of events where members of the group have produced contributions analyzing transfer and diffusion of IT in different settings and from different perspectives. In this paper we report the result of an analysis of the theoretical perspectives the contributors have applied in the studies. Our analysis suggests that even though there is an even distribution of factor and process oriented studies reported in proceedings the theoretical denominator for the long standing members of WG 8.6 is the process oriented approach to the study of transfer and diffusion of IT.
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- Organizational Innovation
- Critical Change
- Soft System Methodology
- Electronic Data Interchange
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Henriksen, H.Z., Kautz, K. (2006). An Analysis of IFIP TC 8 WG 8.6. In: Avison, D., Elliot, S., Krogstie, J., Pries-Heje, J. (eds) The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976–2006 and Beyond. IFIP WCC TC8 2006. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 214. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_14
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