Interactive Innovation of Technology for Mobile Work

European Journal of Information Systems, 17(3), 305-320, 2008

16 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2014

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Jan Kietzmann

Simon Fraser University - Segal Graduate School of Business

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

Despite the increasing popularity of mobile information systems, the actual processes leading to the innovation of mobile technologies remain largely unexplored. This study uses Action Research to examine the innovation of a mobile RFID technology. Working from Activity Theory, it departs from the prevalent product-oriented view of innovation and treats technology-in-the-making as a complex activity, made possible through the interaction of manufacturers, their organisational clients and their respective mobile workers. The lens of a normative Interactive Innovation Framework reveals distinctive interaction problems that bear on the innovation activity. In addition to difficulties emerging from dissimilar motivations for the innovation project, the mobile setting presents unique contradictions based on the geographical distribution of its participants, the diverse role of mobile technology, the complexity of interacting through representations and the importance of the discretion with which mobile work activities are carried out today.

Keywords: interactive innovation, mobility, technology for mobile work, mobile technology, action research, activity theory

Suggested Citation

Kietzmann, Jan, Interactive Innovation of Technology for Mobile Work (2008). European Journal of Information Systems, 17(3), 305-320, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2519396

Jan Kietzmann (Contact Author)

Simon Fraser University - Segal Graduate School of Business ( email )

Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
Canada

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