[HTML][HTML] Information systems use as strategy practice: A multi-dimensional view of strategic information system implementation and use

V Arvidsson, J Holmström, K Lyytinen - The Journal of Strategic Information …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Information systems (IS) are strategic in so far as they are used to realize strategic
intent. Yet, while much has been said about aligning IS functionality with the strategic intent …

The hegemonic ambiguity of big concepts in organization studies

M Alvesson, M Blom - Human Relations, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of concepts is a vital part of the research process. Many researchers overexploit
popular concepts by adding more and more vague and poorly defined meanings to them …

Strategy as practice and the narrative turn

C Fenton, A Langley - Organization studies, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper argues that organizational communication research, and in particular a
perspective that focuses on narrative, can contribute in important ways to understanding the …

Towards a practice theory of entrepreneuring

B Johannisson - Small business economics, 2011 - Springer
Adopting a process perspective on entrepreneurship, captured by the notion of
“entrepreneuring,” the emerging practice-theory approach in the social sciences is proposed …

Strategy-as-practice meets neo-institutional theory

R Suddaby, D Seidl, JK Lê - Strategic organization, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Strategy-as-practice and neo-institutionalism offer alternative approaches to studying
organizations. In this essay, we examine the foundational assumptions and methods of …

Blind dates and arranged marriages: Longitudinal processes of network orchestration

RL Paquin, J Howard-Grenville - Organization Studies, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Using longitudinal qualitative and network data capturing five years of evolution of an
interorganizational network, this paper explores network orchestration–the process of …

Practices, projects and portfolios: Current research trends and new directions

S Clegg, CP Killen, C Biesenthal, S Sankaran - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Project portfolio management (PPM) bridges strategy and project management. Traditional
research in PPM has primarily investigated the rational, top-down and structural aspects of …

What are the key success factors for strategy formulation and implementation? Perspectives of managers in the hotel industry

MA Köseoglu, M Altin, E Chan, OF Aladag - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates how hotel managers describe strategy and identify key success
factors for its formulation and implementation. The study analyzes qualitative data collected …

Understanding compassion capability

JM Lilius, MC Worline, JE Dutton, JM Kanov… - Human …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
We elaborate a theory of the foundations of a collective capability for compassion through a
detailed analysis of everyday practices in an organizational unit. Our induced theory of …

Rational Decision Making as Performative Praxis: Explaining Rationality's Éternel Retour

L Cabantous, JP Gond - Organization science, 2011 - pubsonline.informs.org
Organizational theorists built their knowledge of decision making through a progressive
critique of rational choice theory. Their positioning towards rationality, however, is at odds …