Avgerou, Chrisanthi 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8814-453X
(2008)
Information systems in developing countries: a critical research review.
Journal of Information Technology, 23 (3).
pp. 133-146.
ISSN 0268-3962
Abstract
In this paper I review the Information Systems (IS) research on how developing countries have attempted to benefit from information and communication technologies (ICTs). First I identify three discourses on IS implementation and associated organizational and social change that coexist in information systems in developing countries (ISDC) research, namely as a process of technology and knowledge transfer and adaptation to local social conditions; as a process of socially embedded action; and as a process of transformative techno-organizational intervention associated with global politics and economics. I then point out the distinctive research agenda that has been formed in ISDC studies, both in the more familiar IS themes – failure, outsourcing, and strategic value of ICT – and also in studies of themes relevant specifically to the context of developing countries, such as the development of community ICT and information resources. Finally, I call the reader's attention to the potentially significant theoretical contributions of ISDC research for understanding IS innovation in relation to social context and in relation to socio-economic development theories and policies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Palgrave Macmillan |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| JEL classification: | O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2011 11:32 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2024 00:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/37026 |
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