Information Technology & People: Volume 11 Issue 3

Implementation of a knowledge‐based agricultural geographic decision‐support system in the Dominican Republic: a case study

Severin V. Grabski, David Mendez

Effective land use management in lesser developed countries is problematic due to a variety of factors including inexperience and turnover of decision makers, lack of…

Diffusion of information technologies and changes in the telecommunications sector: The case of Brazilian small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises

Renata Lèbre La Rovere

Brazil’s telecommunications sector has been going through a process of privatization that will change conditions for information technologies (IT) diffusion among Brazilian…

The impact of privatization on organizational information needs: Lessons from the Brazilian Telecommunications Holding Company

J. Roberto Evaristo

Government‐owned monopolies are disappearing all over the world. These monopolies have been shielded from external competitors since their creation, and their liberalization and…

The nostalgia of virtual community: A study of computer‐mediated communications use in Colombian non‐governmental organizations

Ricardo Gómez

This paper presents a study on the uses of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) among non‐government organizations (NGOs) in Colombia. Using an interpretivist framework, a case…

Waves of change in adopting the Internet: Lessons from four Latin American countries

Ramiro Montealegre

The popularity and explosive growth of the Internet during the past few years have convinced many countries to take a closer look at its potential for aiding economic…

Remote Co‐operation. CSCW Issues for Mobile and Teleworkers

Fredrik Ljungberg

Information Systems: : An Emerging Discipline?

Philip Powell