41 research outputs found
Cold, Northern Winters: The Importance of Temperature to Overwinter Mortality of Age-0 White Crappies
Conditioning-specific reflex modification of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) nictitating membrane response is sensitive to context
The Role of Stem Cell Strategies in Coping with Environmental Stress and Choosing Between Alternative Reproductive Modes: Turbellaria Rely on a Single Cell Type to Maintain -Individual Life and Propagate Species
Phylogenetic aspects on the neuroendocrine system: A minireview with particular reference to cells storing neurohormonal peptides in some primitive protostomian invertebrates (flatworms, annelids)
Systems of innovation, multidisciplinarity and methodological pluralism:a realist approach to guide the future of information systems research and practice
Information systems (IS) are complex phenomena. For instance, the diffusion of IS in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) depends on various levels of networked, localized, and changing determinants, such as the ones related to the adopter organizations, decision makers, technologies, complementary innovations, business partners, professional groups, universities, and government policies. This complex view of IS implies the use of different disciplines and methodologies to study the diffusion process. The objective of this empirical research is to demon strate how the systems of innovation approach (SIA), for addressing the institutional and evolutionary determinants of diffusion, and the philosophical stance of critical realism (CR), for guiding the research process, are compatible and meet the multidisciplinarity and methodological pluralism required to move on the field of complex IS and recommend meaningful actions to practice. To exemplify our arguments, we focus the study on one relevant determinant that affects the diffusion of IS in SMEs, namely government programs