Empowering Organizations Enabling Platforms and Artefacts [Paperback]

This book presents a collection of original research papers focusing on the enabling aspects of Information and Communication Technologies. In particular, it focuses on the two topics of digital platforms and digital artefacts, and discusses their role in enabling organizations to achieve specific goals, to exploit innovative value propositions, or to leverage innovative coordination mechanisms. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective on a variety of information systems topics, the book offers interesting insights for IS managers, business managers, and policymakers alike. It is based on a selection of the best research papers - original double-blind peer-reviewed contributions - presented at the annual conference of the Italian chapter of the AIS, held in Genoa (Italy) in November 2014.?

Introduction.- Smart Mobility in Smart City.- Designing e-sustainable parliaments.- Investigating the Sailing Ship Effect as Newcomers Strategic Reaction to Technological Change.- Bridging the gap between theory and practice: Socio-Technical Toolbox.- The University in the Polis: an Emerging Role of Democratic Intermediary in e-Participation?.- Designing a new model of DMS for developing a resilient community.- Using collaboration platforms for management control processes: new opportunities for integration.- Innovating e-Recruitment Services: An Italian Case Study.- The Inextricable Intertwining of the Firm, the Platform and the Customer: the Case of a Social Media Platform for Innovation.- From e-marketplace to e-supply chain: re-conceptualizing the relationship between virtual and physical processes.- Comparing Classifieres for Web User Intent Understanding.- E.Y.E. C. U.: an Emotional eYe trackEr for Cultural heritage sUppor.- A Wizard based EUDWeb Development Process.- Practicing Mobile Interface Design Principles through the Use of HCI Design Patterns  a Training Strategy.- A Mobile Application for Supporting Archaeologists in the Classification and Recogl3,