IT and Business Development

The research group on IT and business development focuses on how IT-based information systems may be used for improving business practice. This involves research topics such as business process modelling, e-business, IS evalution, knowledge management and communities of practice, e-collaboration, and adoption and diffusion of IT innovations. In particular, the group currently focuses on competence requirements for effective relationship management in IT-based inter-organizational networks.

Members

Bjørn Erik Munkvold, Tom Roar Eikebrokk (coordinator), Eli Hustad, Dag H. Olsen, Hans Olav Omland, Møyfrid Sannarnes.

Current projects

Examples of projects in which members of this research group are involved include:

e-Remote; analyzing distributed work environments in offshore and process industry to identify effective practices for remote operations and required competencies. Project owner: Sense Intellifield.
MOVE; developing mobile communication services for travellers on Norwegian tourist roads. Agder University College responsible for evaluation of services. Project owner: Telenor R&D.
NODE; analyzing competence requirements for managing interorganizational relations in networks of SMEs and larger companies. Project owner: NODE (Norwegian Offshore & Drilling Engineering).

Selected publications from the group members

Eikebrokk, T.R. and Olsen, D.H. "Co-opetition and e-Business Success in SMEs: An Empirical Investigation of European SMEs". Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, Jan. 3-6, 2005.

Eikebrokk, T.R., Iden, J., Olsen, D.J. and Opdahl, A. "Process Change Projects: A Study of Norwegian Practice". Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2006), Göteborg, Sweden, June 12-14, 2006.

Hustad, E. "Mediated Communication Behavior in Distributed Networks of Practice". Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Design of Cooperative Systems (COOP 2006), France, Provence 9-12 May 2006.

Hustad, E. and Munkvold, B.E. "IT-supported competence management: A case study at Ericsson". Information Systems Management, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2005, pp. 78-88.

Hustad, E. and Munkvold B.E. "Communities of Practice and other Organizational Groups." In E. Coakes & S. Clarke (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, PA, USA, 2005, pp. 60-62.

Leknes, J. and Munkvold, B.E. " The role of knowledge management in ERP implementation: a case study in Aker Kvaerner". Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2006), Göteborg, Sweden, June 12-14, 2006.

Munkvold, B.E., Eim, K. and Husby, Ø.S. "A case study of information systems decision-making: process characteristics and collaboration technology support". Forthcoming in International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Special Issue on " Groupware: Implementation, Design, and Use".

Munkvold, B.E. "Experiences from Global E-Collaboration: Contextual Influences on Technology Adoption and Use". IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Special Issue on Expanding the Boundaries of E-collaboration, Vol. 48, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 1-9.

Munkvold, B.E. and Zigurs, I. "Integration of E-Collaboration Technologies: Research Opportunities and Challenges". International Journal of e-Collaboration, Vol. 1, No. 2, April-June 2005, pp. 1-24.

Munkvold, B.E. "Implementing Collaboration Technologies in Industry: Case Examples and Lessons Learned." Springer-Verlag, London, 2003.

Olsen, D.H. and Eikebrokk, T.R. " Training for the e-business competition: an empirical investigation of the relationship between competence, training and performance in European SMEs". Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, Jan. 4-7, 2006.

Contact:

Bjørn Erik Munkvold, tel. +47 38 14 17 72

Publisert av Bente E. Holmen <bente.e.holmenSPAMFILTER@uia.no> 29.01.2010

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