Introduction information systems and the quest for meaning

an account of Claudio Ciborra's intellectual journey

1-27

The mind or the heart?

it depends on the (definition of) situation

31-52

Improvisation as mood

53-69

Imbrication of representations

risk and digital technologies

70-89

Interpreting e-government and development

efficiency, transparency or governance at a distance?

90-110

From tool to Gestell

agendas for managing the information infrastructure

111-133

The platform organization

recombining strategies, structures, and surprises

134-158

Formative contexts and information technology

understanding the dynamics of innovation in organizations

159-188

Organizational learning and core capabilities development

the role of it

189-205

From thinking to tinkering

the grassroots of strategic information systems

206-220

Reframing the role of computers in organizations

the transactions costs approach

221-240

Markets, bureaucracies and groups in the information society

an institutional appraisal of the impacts of information technology

241-257

Knowledge

climbing the learning ladder to a "phenomenological" view

Dallas Willard

261-275

Organizing technology

of hospitality

276-304

The hospitality metaphor as a theoretical lens for understanding the ICT adoption process

305-326

Rigid technology and improvised implementation

the case of ERP systems

327-347

Object lessons and invisible technologies

348-366

Control devolution as information infrastructure design strategy

a case study of a content service platform for mobile phones in norway

367-385

Transaction costs and information systems

does it add up?

386-400

Dispositioning it all

towards a theory for thriving without models

401-422