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The role of history in shaping technological futures: A longitudinal analysis of reports by consultancy firms as promissory organisations (2015-2022)
[De l'utilité de l'histoire dans la fabrique des futurs technologiques : Une analyse longitudinale de rapports de cabinets de conseil comme organisations promissoires (2015-2022)]

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  • Lise Arena

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • Antoine Fabre

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pierre Labardin

    (ULR - La Rochelle Université)

Abstract

This work focuses on how promissory organisations (Pollock and Williams, 2018) participate in the shaping of technological futures for organisations and markets. Based on existing contributions in the field of MIS that borrow analytical frameworks from ‘future studies', we question the vehicles of technological promise regimes in the healthcare sector, which is particularly impacted by the current digital transformation phenomenon. The aim of this retrospective analysis is twofold. First, it provides a better understanding of the use of a historical processual approach to understanding the forms of promise. Then, on the basis of an empirical analysis of a corpus of reports from consultancy firms over 8 years, it shows how these discourses project technological promises into the healthcare sector.

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  • Lise Arena & Antoine Fabre & Pierre Labardin, 2024. "The role of history in shaping technological futures: A longitudinal analysis of reports by consultancy firms as promissory organisations (2015-2022) [De l'utilité de l'histoire dans la fabrique de," Post-Print hal-04593539, HAL.
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