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Nourishing the Social Innovation Debate with the “Social Technology” South American Research Tradition
Inspired by the South American research tradition known as “social technology,” this article proposes an operational framework to advance the understanding of mechanisms that help to promote social transformat...
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Chapter
From Community Bank to Solidarity Fintech: The Case of Palmas e-Dinheiro in Brazil
This chapter aims to present a case study on an innovative experience involving a solidarity fintech called Palmas e-Dinheiro, and its role in promoting both financial inclusion and local development in poor t...
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Tecnologia Social: A South American View of the Regulatory Relationship between Technology and Society
The purpose of this chapter is to revisit the concept of tecnologia social, social technology in English, from a sociomaterial perspective. In my investigation of South American writings on social innovation, I f...
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The dynamics of client–consultant relationships: exploring the interplay of power and knowledge
In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of client–consultant relationships and analyze how power and knowledge are shared and negotiated between consultants and clients during the implementation of configur...
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Open AccessUnderstanding managerial behaviour during initial steps of a clinical information system adoption
While the study of the information technology (IT) implementation process and its outcomes has received considerable attention, the examination of pre-adoption and pre-implementation stages of configurable IT ...
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Open AccessThe implementation evaluation of primary care groups of practice: a focus on organizational identity
Since 2002 the Health Ministry of Québec (Canada) has been implementing a primary care organizational innovation called 'family medicine groups'. This is occurring in a political context in which the reorganiz...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Managing Sustainability with the Support of Business Intelligence Methods and Tools
In this paper we explore the role of business intelligence (BI) in hel** to support the management of sustainability in contemporary firms. The concepts of sustainability and corporate social responsibility ...
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Local adaptations of generic application systems: the case of Veiling Holambra in Brazil
This paper focuses on local adaptations, referring to the significant or subtle changes local firms make in their local business processes and rules in order to fit with a generic application system, and to th...
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Conducting and Evaluating Critical Interpretive Research: Examining Criteria as a Key Component in Building a Research Tradition
The collection, analysis, and interpretation of empirical materials are always conducted within some broader understanding of what constitutes legitimate inquiry and valid knowledge. In the Information Systems...
