Compaq Computer: Information Technology in a Company in Transition

COMPAQ COMPUTER: COMPAQ COMPUTER: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS University of California, Irvine 3200 Berkeley Place Irvine, California 92697-4650 AUTHORS: Jason Dedrick Kenneth L. Kraemer Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations University of California, Irvine Copyright ©1999. J. Dedrick & K. Kraemer IN A COMPANY IN TRANSITION SEPTEMBER 1999 Acknowledgement: This research has been supported by grants from the CISE/IIS/CSS Division of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (CISE/EEC) to the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California, Irvine. Industry sponsors include: ATL Products, the Boeing Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Canon Information Systems, IBM, Nortel Networks, Rockwell International, Microsoft, Seagate Technology, Sun Microsystems, and Systems Management Specialists (SMS).