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Formulating an organizational knowledge strategy : the influence of existing IT infrastructure Venkitachalam, Krishna and Scheepers, Rens 2004, Formulating an organizational knowledge strategy : the influence of existing IT infrastructure, in ECIS 2004 : Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS, [Turku, Finland]. Title Formulating an organizational knowledge strategy : the influence of existing IT infrastructure Author(s) Venkitachalam, Krishna Scheepers, Rens Conference name European Conference on Information Systems (12th : 2004 : Turku, Finland) Conference location Turku, Finland Conference dates 14-16 Jun. 2004 Title of proceedings ECIS 2004 : Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Information Systems Editor(s) Leino, Timo Saarinen, Timo Klein, Stefan Publication date 2004 Conference series European Conference on Information Systems Total pages 12 Publisher ECIS Place of publication [Turku, Finland] Keyword(s) knowledge strategy IT infrastructure IT investment knowledge reinvention codification personalization Summary This paper questions the influence of a pre-existing information technology (IT) infrastructure on the formulation of an organizational knowledge strategy. We draw on a classification of four different strategic views of IT infrastructure and explore how the historic investment in IT infrastructure enables and constrains the formulation of knowledge strategy in four case organizations. The four case organizations are representative of different scenarios of historic investments in IT infrastructure and knowledge strategy formulation. Our findings indicate that an IT infrastructure that is minimal or fragmented constrains the formulation of an explicit knowledge strategy. We further find that an extensive existing IT infrastructure enables the pursuit of an explicit knowledge strategy, but that even an elaborate IT infrastructure can introduce some constraints on IT facilitated knowledge processes in the organization. Language eng Field of Research 089999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2004, ECIS Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036290 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Information and Business Analytics Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 11 Aug 2011, 10:24:08 EST Wed, 25 Jul 2012, 15:49:37 EST Wed, 25 Jul 2012, 15:54:01 EST Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 12:28:46 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 19 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 11 Aug 2011, 10:24:08 EST

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