Information Technology and Innovation: Identifying Critical Innovation Factors

Identifies critical innovation factors (CIF) linked to information technology (IT). First, identifies the various trends in research and how they relate to each other in terms of IT and organizational change processes. Then identifies and discusses five elements regarded as crucial for the relation between IT and innovation. These are: the change agent′s role, organizational culture, management style, the market, co‐ordination and service. For each of these elements CIF is identified in relation to IT. Concludes by systematizing the various CIF in relation to the five elements in a coherent framework.

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