• The shape of eParticipation: Characterizing an emerging research area 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Rose, Jeremy; Flak, Leif Skiftenes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      The phenomenon of eParticipation is receiving increasing attention, demonstrated by recent technology implementations, experiments, government reports, and research programs. Understanding such an emerging field is a complex ...
    • The Genre System Lens on E-Democracy 

      Päivärinta, Tero; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      E-Democracy aims at enhancing citizen involvement in societal communication and decision making. However, the very ideals of democracy vary while reports of e-democracy in use have often left them undiscussed. Moreover, ...
    • Analyzing stakeholder diversity in G2G efforts: combining descriptive stakeholder theory and dialectic process theory 

      Flak, Leif Skiftenes; Nordheim, Stig; Munkvold, Bjørn Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)
      Previous research indicates that the benefits of e-government initiatives are slower to realize than initially expected. This has partly been ascribed to the particularly complex settings of e-government projects, consisting ...
    • Metacommunication patterns in online communities 

      Lanamäki, Arto; Päivärinta, Tero (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;5621, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      This paper discusses about contemporary literature on computer-mediated metacommunication and observes the phenomenon in two online communities. The results contribute by identifying six general-level patterns of how ...
    • The role of social networking services in eParticipation 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Rose, Jeremy; Nyvang, Tom (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;5694, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      A serious problem in eParticipation projects is citizen engagement – citizens do not necessarily become more willing to participate simply because net-services are provided for them. Most forms of eParticipation in democratic ...
    • Genres of participation in social networking systems: A study of the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;6229, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      In the Norwegian context, eParticipation in the form of online campaigning has been on the agenda since 2001. After Obama’s successful presidential campaign in 2008, expectations about the use of SNS in the Norwegian ...
    • eParticipation: Designing and Managing Political Discussion Forums 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Rose, Jeremy; Molka-Danielsen, Judith (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      eParticipation is the extension and transformation of participation in political deliberation and decision-making processes through information and communication technologies (ICTs). The most commonly found examples of ...
    • Elaborating the WARE method for eParticipation requirements 

      Sæbø, Øystein; Päivärinta, Tero; Austbø, Jan Helge; Scheie, Svein Sundfør (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      eParticipation systems are often directly targeted at citizens. However, as a group of potential users, citizens form a heterogeneous and unpredictable group, which makes requirements elicitation a challenging issue. Based ...
    • Exploring knowledge work practices and evolution in distributed networks of practice 

      Hustad, Eli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      This paper derives from a longitudinal study conducted in a multinational company. Through an interpretive case study approach, we have explored the phenomenon of knowledge networking in distributed work. More specifically, ...
    • Why benefits realization from ERP in SMEs doesn't seem to matter? 

      Haddara, Moutaz; Päivärinta, Tero (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences;44, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      It is often argued that IT investments require active management practices for benefits realization. This applies also to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. As well, benefits realization efforts are assumed to ...
    • E-government in marketing a country: A strategy for reducing transaction cost of doing business in Tanzania 

      Kachwamba, Muhajir; Sæbø, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      There are limited studies examining the role of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA’s) and their respective marketing techniques used in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Using an exploratory case study approach, ...
    • ERP systems in SMEs: A literature review 

      Haddara, Moutaz; Zach, Ondrej (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences;44, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This review summarizes research on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Due to the close-to-saturation of ERP adoptions in large enterprises (LEs), ERP vendors now focus ...
    • Back-propagation artificial neural network for ERP adoption cost estimation 

      Kotb, Mohamed T.; Haddara, Moutaz; Kotb, Yehia T. (Communications in Computer and Information Science;220, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are greatly affected by cost escalations and overruns Reliable cost factors estimation and management is a key for the success of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems adoptions ...
    • Demystifying the possibilities of ICT4D in the mountain regions of Nepal 

      Thapa, Devinder; Sæbø, Øystein (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences;44, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Despite the substantial investments in ICT4D projects in developing countries, the benefits are yet to be realised by the majority of remote communities. Inaccessibility to ICT has widened educational, healthcare, information, ...
    • The developmental contribution from mobile phones across the agricultural value chain in rural Africa 

      Furuholt, Bjørn; Matotay, Edmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The most widespread information and communication technology (ICT) in developing countries today is the mobile phone. The majority of people in the least developed countries still live in rural areas and their livelihood ...
    • Understanding TwitterTM use among Parliament representatives: A genre analysis 

      Sæbø, Øystein (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;6847, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This article examines parliament representatives’ Twitter- contributions (tweets). First, the genre of communication approach is introduced to identify common characteristics and communication patterns. Second, the findings ...
    • ERP lifecycle: When to retire your ERP system? 

      Haddara, Moutaz; Elragal, Ahmed (Communications in Computer and Information Science;219, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      A lot of research has been undertaken focusing on ERP systems lifecycles, but very little paid attention to retirement. ERP retirement means the replacement of an ERP with another. The aim of this research paper is to ...
    • Challenges in information systems procurement in the Norwegian public sector 

      Moe, Carl Erik; Païvärinta, Tero (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;6846, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Public procurement of information systems (IS) and IS services provides several challenges to the stakeholders involved in the procurement processes. This paper reports initial results from a Delphi study, which involved ...
    • The use of experts panels in ERP cost estimation research 

      Elragal, Ahmed; Haddara, Moutaz (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This paper is an effort towards illustrating the use of expert panel (EP) as a mean of eliciting knowledge from a group of enterprise resource planning (ERP) experts as an exploratory research. The development of a cost ...
    • Mutual informing between IS Academia and Practice: Insights from KIWISR-5 

      Lanamäki, Arto; Stendal, Karen; Thapa, Devinder (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The relationship between Information Systems (IS) scholars and IS practitioners has been debated since the birth of the IS discipline. How are academics interacting with practice, and how should we? In this article we ...