Information systems innovation among organizations
Management Science
LEO: the first business computer
LEO: the first business computer
User-driven innovation: the world's first business computer
User-driven innovation: the world's first business computer
L.E.O.: The Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer
L.E.O.: The Incredible Story of the World's First Business Computer
Behind the Curtain at LEO: A Personal Reminiscence
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Selecting and evoking innovators: combining democracy and creativity
Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles
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In 1949, the world's first business computer application was rolled out. The host for the application was a British catering and food-manufacturing company, which had developed and built its own computer, designed for business data processing. The author traces the endeavour's history and presents an analysis of how and why the company-J. Lyons & Co.-was in a natural position to take on the challenge, the precursor of the information revolution we see today