On the basis of the concept of compromise, this research in progress deals with the development of an Information System of competencies management. Based on the Actor Network Theory approach (Law, 1992; Callon, 2001; Akrich, Callon and Latour, 2002a,b; Latour, 2005), the concept of compromise helps us...

Information system project failure is described as a common phenomenon. Escalation occurs when there are continued commitments for a troubled project and has been observed as one pattern of failure. The main purpose of this research was to investigate whether software development risks were the...

The paper describes the results of an experimental test of a theoretical model which explains under what circumstances the interaction between MIS-users and EDP-specialists during the design of an information system will lead to success (i.e., efficient task-accomplishment). The research also...