Abstract
This paper is motivated by the reported poor performance of IS implementations. In contrast to the dominant emphasis on formal approaches such as structured methods, this paper takes a position drawing upon research in management science, organizational science and psychology. It focuses on key personal and organizational capabilities in the IS implementation project, and in particular, entrepreneurial ability. Entrepreneurship is first presented as an important organizational capability of innovation in management science and related fields. As a specialization of entrepreneurship, internal entrepreneurship can be defined as both a personal attribute and firm behavior. Linking it with IS implementation, this paper proposes that this phenomenon of internal entrepreneurship can affect the entire process of IS implementation. Therefore, greater interaction between IS and entrepreneurial studies derived from management science and related fields is desirable.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006|Assoc. Inf. Sys. - Amer. Conf. Inf. Sys., AMCIS |
| Pages | 23-31 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2006 - Acapulco Duration: 1 Jul 2006 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2006 |
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| City | Acapulco |
| Period | 1/07/06 → … |
Keywords
- Internal entrepreneurship
- Is implementation
- It capability
- Measurement of it value
- Strategic information management