Ola's Publications

Submitted Manuscripts

Henfridsson, O., Mathiassen, L., Svahn, F. Architectural Frames in Digital Innovation: Appreciating the Role of Generative Capability (Submitted to an international journal; 3rd round)

Henfridsson, O., Yoo, Y., Svahn, F. The Creation of Digital Opportunities in Incumbent Firms (Submitted to an international journal: 2nd round)

Selander, L., Henfridsson, O. Cynical User Resistance in IT-Implementation (Submitted to an international journal: 3rd round)

Selander, L., Henfridsson, O., Svahn, F. Transforming Ecosystem Relationships in Digital Innovation (Submitted to an international journal)

Ghazawneh, A., Henfridsson, O. Platform Boundary Resources in Third-Party Development: Balancing Platform Control and External Contribution (Submitted to an international journal)

Andreasson, L., Henfridsson, O., Selander, L. Design-Task Linkages in Digital Innovation (Submitted to an international journal)

Journal Publications

Sein, M., Henfridsson, O., Purao, S., Rossi, M., Lindgren, R. "Action Design Research", MIS Quarterly, (35:1), 2011, pp. 37-56.

Yoo, Y., Henfridsson, O., Lyytinen, K. "The New Organizing Logic of Digital Innovation: An Agenda for Information Systems Research" Information Systems Research, (21:4), 2010, pp. 724-735.

Henfridsson, O., Lindgren, R. "User Involvement in Developing Mobile and Temporarily Interconnected Systems", Information Systems Journal (20:2), 2010, pp. 119-135.

Svahn, F., Henfridsson, O. "Situated Knowledge in Context-Aware Computing: A Sequential Multimethod Study of In-Car Navigation", International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (1:3), 2009, pp. 23-41.

Lindgren, R., Andersson, M., Henfridsson, O. "Multi-Contextuality in Boundary Spanning Practices", Information Systems Journal (18:5), 2008, pp. 641-661.

Andersson, M., Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O. "Architectural Knowledge in Inter-Organizational IT Innovation", Journal of Strategic Information Systems (17:1), 2008, pp. 19-38.

Henfridsson, O., Olsson, C. M. "Context-Aware Application Design at Saab Automobile: An Interpretational Perspective", Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (9:1), 2007, pp. 25-42.

Holmström, H., Henfridsson, O. "Improving Packaged Software through Community Knowledge" Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (18:1), 2006, pp. 3-36.

Henfridsson, O., Lindgren, R. "Multi-Contextuality in Ubiquitous Computing: Investigating the Car Case through Action Research," Information & Organization (15:2), 2005, pp. 95-124.

Ihlström, C., Henfridsson, O. "Online Newspapers in Scandinavia: A Longitudinal Study of Genre Change and Interdependency", Information Technology & People (18:2), 2005, pp. 172-192.

Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O., Schultze, U. "Design Principles for Competence Management Systems: A Synthesis of an Action Research Study", MIS Quarterly (28:3), 2004, pp. 435-472.

Henfridsson, O., Holmström, H. "Developing E-commerce in Internetworked Organizations: A case of customer involvement throughout the computer gaming value chain", DATA BASE (33:4), 2002, pp. 38-50.

Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O. "Using Competence Systems: Adoption Barriers and Design Suggestions", Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (1:1), 2002, pp. 65-77.

Henfridsson, O. "Ambiguity in IT-Adaptation: Making Sense of First Class in a Social Work Setting", Information Systems Journal (10:2), 2000, pp. 85-104.

Henfridsson, O., Söderholm, A. "Barriers to Learning - On Organizational Defenses and Vicious Circles in Technological Adaptation", Accounting, Management, and Information Technologies (10:1), 2000, pp. 33-51.

Henfridsson, O., Holmström, J., Söderholm, A. "Why are organizational theories so rarely used in Scandinavian IS research?," Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (9:2), 1997, pp. 53-56.

Henfridsson, O., Holmström, J., Söderholm, A. "Beyond the Common Sense of Practice - A Case for Organizational Informatics", Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (9:1), pp. 47-56.

Book chapters and reports

Henfridsson, O., Action Research in Information Systems (Book chapter for a MIS reader published by Tsinghui University Press, China)

Henfridsson, O., Lindgren, R. Action Research in New Product Development. In Information Systems Action Research: Bridging the Industry-University Technology Gap (Ed. Ned Kock), New York: Springer, 2007, pp. 193-216.

Henfridsson, O., Wiberg, M., Lindgren, R., Ljungberg, F. SeamlessTalk: User-Controlled Session Management for Sustained Car Conversations. In The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories, and Supportive Technologies (Ed. Mikael Wiberg), IDEA group, 2005, pp. 304-318.

Henfridsson, O., Holmström, H., Lindgren, R., Olsson, C. M., Svahn, F. Framtidens fordon - mötet mellan två mobila världar. TELDOK Rapport 150/VINNOVA-rapport VR 2003:03, 2003.

Reviewed International Conference Papers

Selander, L., Henfridsson, O., Svahn, F. Transforming Ecosystem Relationships in Digital Innovation. In: Proceedings of ICIS 2010 (Winner of Best Conference Theme Paper Award).

Ghazawneh, A., Henfridsson, O. Governing Third-Party Development through Platform Boundary Resources. In: Proceedings of ICIS 2010.

Svahn, F., Henfridsson, O., Yoo, Y. A Threesome Dance of Agency: Mangling the Sociomateriality of Technological Regimes in Digital Innovation. In Proceedings of ICIS 2009.

Andreasson, L., Henfridsson, O. Digital Differentiation, Software Product Lines, and the Challenge of Isomorphism in Innovation: A Case Study. In Proceedings of ECIS2009

Olsson, C., Henfridsson, O. Designing Context-Aware Interaction: An Action Research Study. In Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2 2005: Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges (Eds.: Sørensen, C., Yoo, Y., Lyytinen, K., DeGross, J. I.), Cleveland, OH, USA, Springer, 2005, pp. 233-247.

Andersson, M., Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O. Assessing the Mobile-Stationary Divide in Ubiquitous Transport Systems In Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2 2005: Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges (Eds.: Sørensen, C., Yoo, Y., Lyytinen, K., DeGross, J. I.), Cleveland, OH, USA, Springer, 2005, pp. 123-137.

Rose, J., Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O. Socio-Technical Structure: An Experiment in Integrative Theory Building. In Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2 2004, B. Kaplan, D. P. Truex III, D. Wastell, A. T. Wood-Harper, J. I. DeGross, Manchester, UK: Kluwer, 2004, pp. 411-432.

Henfridsson, O., Lindgren, R. Facilitating In-Car Use of Multi-Context Mobile Services: The Case of Mobile Telephone Conversations. Proceedings of AMCIS2003, 2003, pp. 1975-1980.

Lindgren, R., Henfridsson,O. Local Road Hauling in a Global Context: An Action Research Study of Fleet and Vehicle Management Technology. Proceedings of AMCIS2003, 2003, pp. 733-736.

Holmström, H., Henfridsson, O. Customer Role Ambiguity in Community Management. In the Proceedings of HICCS35, 2002.

Nyberg, A., Henfridsson, O. Learning about the online customer - an interpretive case study of building digital customer relations in online entertainment. In the Proceedings of "I3E - The first IFIP conference on E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Government, B. Schmid, K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, V. Tschammer (eds.), Zurich, Switzerland, 2001, pp. 247-259.

Henfridsson, O., H. Holmström, O. Hanseth. "Better safe than sorry? In Search of an Internet Business Model in Online Entertainment," in the Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2: Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development: The Social and Organizational Perspective. N. L. Russo, B. Fitzgerald and J. I. DeGross (eds.). Boston, Kluwer, 2001, pp. 183-201.

Nyberg, A. and O. Henfridsson (2001). Going for the Online Customer - An Interpretive Case Study of Internetworked Customer Reach in Online Entertainment. In the Proceedings of ECIS2001: Global Cooperation in the New Millenium. S. Smithson, J. Gricar, M. Podlogar and S. Avgerinou(eds.). Kranj, Slovenia, Moderna organizacija: 330-338.

Henfridsson, O. (1999). In Touch with Technology: On 'Ad-Hoc Learning' in Technological Adaptation. In J. Pries-Heje, C. Ciborra, K. Kautz, J. Valor, E. Christiaansen, D. Avison, & C. Heje (Eds.), Proceedings of the ECIS'99: (Vol. 1, pp. 246-256). Copenhagen, Denmark: Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School.

Henfridsson, O. (1998). Beyond the Container-View of Context. Proceedings of ECIS'98, 6th European Conference on Information Systems, 2, 673-683.

Forsgren, O., & Henfridsson, O. (1996). Shouldn't We just Mind our own Business? In R. Trappl (Ed.), Cybernetics and Systems '96, (Vol. 2, pp. 676-681). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies.

Reviewed Scandinavian Conference Papers

Henfridsson, O., Lindgren, R. (2004). Prototypes in Information Systems Action Research. Proceedings of IRIS27.

Lindgren, R., Henfridsson, O. (2003). Lock-in effects in road hauling: The case of fleet management systems. Proceedings of IRIS26.

Holmström, H., Henfridsson, O. (2003). Towards a Community-Based Approach to User Participation in Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software Development. Proceedings of IRIS26.

Asplund, M. and O. Henfridsson (2001). Internet business models go wild: domestication and inscription in the everyday context of computer gaming. Proceedings of IRIS24. S. Bjørnestad, R. E. Moe, A. I. Mørch and A. L. Opdahl. Bergen, Norway, Department of Information Science, University of Bergen. 1: 275-290.

Andersson, A. and O. Henfridsson (2001). RoadCompanion: Mobile support for the Driving-Holiday Tourist. Proceedings of IRIS24. S. Bjørnestad, R. E. Moe, A. I. Mørch and A. L. Opdahl. Bergen, Norway, Department of Information Science, Bergen University. 3: 201-214.

Henfridsson, O. (2000). Leading Practice - A Preferred Context for Researching Virtual Commerce. In Proceedings of IRIS23: Doing IT together. L. Svensson, U. Snis, C. Sørensen et al (eds.). Uddevalla, University of Trollhättan Uddevalla: 989-995.

Henfridsson, O., & Lundström, G. (1999). The Emergence of a Software Support System: Making Sense of an 'Ad Hoc' Approach to IT-Adaptation. In T. K. Käkölä (Ed.), Proceedings of IRIS'22: Enterprise Architectures for Virtual Organizations (Vol. 2, pp. 51-65). Jyväskylä, Finland: Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä.

Henfridsson, O. (1999). Making Sense of Ambiguity in IT-Adaptation: An Interpretive Case Study of First Class in Social Services. In T. K. Käkölä (Ed.), Proceedings of IRIS'22: Enterprise Architectures for Virtual Organizations (Vol. 2, pp. 37-49). Jyväskylä: Department of Computer Science and Information Systems.

Henfridsson, O., & Söderholm, A. (1998). Closure of 'Windows of Opportunity' - On Obstacles for Learning around Technology. In N. J. Buch, Damsgaard, J., Eriksen, L. B., Iversen, J. H., Nielsen, P. A. (Ed.), Proceedings of IRIS21: Information Systems Research in Collaboration with Industry, (Vol. 1, pp. 365-378). Sëby Søbad, Denmark: Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University.

Henfridsson, O., Holmström, J., & Söderholm, A. (1997). Organizational Informatics - On the Notion of Organization in Scandinavian Information Systems Research. In K. Braa & E. Monteiro (Eds.), Proceedings of IRIS20: Social Informatics. Oslo: Department of informatics, University of Oslo.

Henfridsson, O., & Ivanov, K. (1996). Decision Support or Decision Justification - On the Strategic Use of Computer-Based Decision Support. In B. Dahlbom, F. Ljungberg, U. Nuldén, K. Simon, C. Sørensen, & J. Stage (Eds.), Proceedings of IRIS 19: The Future, (pp. 585-596). Lökeberg, Sweden: Department of Informatics, Göteborg University.

Henfridsson, O. (1995). The Implementation of IT in Developing Countries. In B. Dahlbom, F. Kämmerer, F. Ljungberg, J. Stage, & C. Sørensen (Eds.), Proceedings of IRIS 18: Design in Context, (pp. 233-240). Gjern, Danmark.

Panels

Henfridsson, O., King, J., Mercer, G., Pavlich, D., and Scacchi, W. Socio-Technical Research Challenges in Ubiquitous Computing: The Case of Telematics. In Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2 2005: Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges (Eds.: Sørensen, C., Yoo, Y., Lyytinen, K., DeGross, J. I.), Cleveland, OH, USA, Springer, 2005, pp. 359-362.

International workshops

Andersson, M., Lindgren, R. and Henfridsson, O. (2004) “Ubiquitous Transport Systems: Assessing the Mobile-Stationary Divide”. In Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) Workshop in Washington, D.C., USA

Henfridsson, O. and Lindgren, R. (2003) “Using Prototypes in Information Systems Action Research". In the Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) Workshop in Seattle, USA.

Lindgren, R. and Henfridsson, O. (2001) “Facilitating Competence Systems Adoption: Applying Adaptive Structuration Theory in Action Research”. In the Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) Workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 11-12.

Doctoral thesis

Henfridsson, O. (1999). IT-adaptation as Sensemaking: Inventing New Meaning for Technology in Organizations. Umeå: Department of Informatics, Umeå University.

Working papers

Henfridsson, O., Mathiassen, L., and Svahn, F. "Reconfiguring Modularity: Closing Capability Gaps in Digital Innovation," Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems http://sprouts.aisnet.org/9-22 (9:22) 2009.

Henfridsson, O., Yoo, Y., Svahn, F. (2009). "Path Creation in Digital Innovation: A Multi-Layered Dialectics Perspective," Viktoria Institute, Sweden. Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems 9(20). http://sprouts.aisnet.org/9-20/

Henfridsson, O., Fällman, D., & Holmström, H. (1999). Flygunderhåll under förändring - Två förslag till studier av IT-stöd för flygtekniker. Working Paper 99.02. Umeå: Institutionen för informatik, Umeå Universitet.

Henfridsson, O., & Lundström, G. (1999). An Interpretive Case Study of Management of Knowledge Inequalities. Working Paper 99.01. Institutionen för informatik, Umeå Universitet.

Henfridsson, O. (1998). Institutional Power and Organizational Learning - On Appropriation of Public Computer Systems in Governmental Organisations: Working Paper 98.01. Institutionen för informatik, Umeå Universitet.

Henfridsson, O. (1997). IT and Structuration - On Orlikowski's 'reconceptualisation' of IT in Organisations : Working Paper 97.03. Institutionen för informatik, Umeå Universitet.