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Enabling agile adoption practices through network organizations

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  • Dirk S Hovorka
  • Kai R Larsen

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As distributed organizations increasingly rely on technological innovations to enhance organizational efficiency and competitiveness, interest in agile practices that enable adoption of information technology (IT) based innovations has grown. This study examines the influence of a network organization environment on the ability to develop agile adoption practices. An exploratory case study design was used to investigate the interactions between network structure, social information processing, organizational similarity (homophily), and absorptive capacity during the adoption of a large-scale IT system in two network organization environments within New York State. The data suggest that network organization characteristics and communication processes that reinforced social influence and supported knowledge transfer positively influenced adoption agility. We propose a model of agile adoption practices and discuss implications for the development of theory about network organization characteristics and capabilities to adopt IT-based innovations.

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  • Dirk S Hovorka & Kai R Larsen, 2006. "Enabling agile adoption practices through network organizations," European Journal of Information Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 159-168, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjisxx:v:15:y:2006:i:2:p:159-168
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000606
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