Information Technology & People: Volume 22 Issue 4

Institutionalising information asymmetry: governance structures for open innovation

Joseph Feller, Patrick Finnegan, Jeremy Hayes, Philip O'Reilly

This paper aims to explore the ways in which firms utilise hierarchical relationships and the market system to supply and acquire intellectual property (IP) and/or innovation…

Cooperative design efforts for the development of complex IT‐artefacts

Diego Ponte, Alessandro Rossi, Marco Zamarian

This paper contributes to the debate on the relationship between IT‐artefacts and organisational structuration by describing the dynamics surrounding the collaborative development…

Time for a “design turn” in IS innovation research? A practice report from the home front

David Wastell, Juergen Sauer, Claudia Schmeink

In contrast to the behavioural paradigm of IS research, design science seeks to develop a body of practically‐oriented knowledge which will directly aid the design…

Crossing the diffusion chasm: from invention to penetration of a telehealth innovation

Sunyoung Cho, Lars Mathiassen, Michael Gallivan

The purpose of this paper is to help explain the paradox between the high potential of telehealth innovations and their slow diffusion by investigating the challenges involved in…

Standardization as open innovation: two cases from the mobile industry

Endre Grøtnes

The purpose of the paper is to introduce standardization as a neutral arena for open innovation. The aim is to show that different policies towards open membership in…

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Guest editorial

Karlheinz Kautz