Information Systems: Crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineering

This book examines a wide range of issues that characterize the current IT based innovation trends in organizations. It contains a collection of research papers focusing on themes of growing interest in the field of Information Systems, Organization Studi

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Information Systems: Crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineering ItAIS: The Italian Association for Information Systems

Editors Marco De Marco Universita` degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche ed Aziendali Roma Italy

Dov Te’eni Tel Aviv University Faculty of Management Tel Aviv Israel

Valentina Albano Stefano Za LUISS Guido Carli Research Centre on Information Systems - CeRSI Roma Italy

ISBN 978-3-7908-2788-0 ISBN 978-3-7908-2789-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7908-2789-7 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012938109 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Physica is a brand of Springer Springer is part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media (www.springer.com)

Introduction

Information Systems is a relatively new discipline, albeit prefaced by a fascinating history. Like all new disciplines, it took a huge effort before it finally earned recognition as a discipline in its own right, and not as a subset of other already entrenched disciplines. After taking a few years to debate whether IS could rightfully be called a discipline, most would agree that indeed it was a discipline and, moreover, that it could be consid