Centralized versus decentralized computing: organizational considerations and management options
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Examining the computing and centralization debate
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer graphics: state of the arts
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age
Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age
Managing in an Information Age: Transforming the Organization for the 1990s
Proceedings of the IFIP WG8.2 Working Conference on Information Technology and New Emergent Forms of Organizations: Transforming Organizations with Information Technology
Introductory Essay: Improvisation As a Mindset for Organizational Analysis
Organization Science
Organizational Routines as a Source of Continuous Change
Organization Science
On Organizational Becoming: Rethinking Organizational Change
Organization Science
The Importance of Organizational Structure for the Adoption of Innovations
Management Science
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Organizational structure has been a perennial problem for organizations and its relationship with information technology is a recognized area in information systems research. The arrival of e-business technology and practices serves as a problem and opportunity for academics and practitioners. The aim of this paper is to examine the interaction of existing institutional properties with the introduction and implementation of e-business. It reports on the experiences of two large blue-chip companies, focusing particularly on their structuring of e-business through new organizational structures to accommodate the new e-business ideas and practices. In order to capture the richness of the interaction, the analysis makes use of Orlikowski's structurational model of technology. Despite very different trajectories, each case shows the emergence of organizational structures through the duality of human agency and institutional properties, the latter demonstrating a relatively high level of resilience.