The control revolution: technological and economic origins of the information society
The control revolution: technological and economic origins of the information society
On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules
Communications of the ACM
Rise of the Network Society
Enterprise Integration: An Architecture for Enterprise Application and Systems Integration
Enterprise Integration: An Architecture for Enterprise Application and Systems Integration
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Planning and Implementation Guide for Business and Technology
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Planning and Implementation Guide for Business and Technology
Enterprise Service Bus
Guest editorial for the special section on "Technology acceptance, usage, and competitive advantage"
Information Systems Frontiers
The impact of information and communication technology on skilled labor and organization types
Information Systems Frontiers
A methodology for web services-based SOA realisation
International Journal of Business Information Systems
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In this paper we investigate the relationship between ICT infrastructure and innovation. In recent years the concept of the enterprise service bus has been introduced as an ICT architecture that supports strong integration of distributed components and services, but at the same time allows for adding or subtracting business partners at short notice. What are the organizational issues and challenges of this approach? Building on a case study from Norway we investigated this topic in the context of innovation of ICT based services. Our findings were analyzed at three levels; the bus as technical infrastructure, the bus as innovation infrastructure and the bus as organizational structure. We find that the bus as technical infrastructure supports innovation within a business unit, while the bus as innovation infrastructure facilitates the innovation of new business services. Further, we propose that a shared topology of these three levels is important to support the overall innovation process. As illustrated in our case, this also raises new challenges for the innovative corporation.