Digitalization Across Organizational Levels

This book covers a broad range of topics related to digitalization. Specifically, it views digitalization across different organizational levels, such as the level of individuals, teams, processes, firms, and ecosystems. It includes a collection of recent research and reflections on the topic that helps to understand the technological foundations of digitalization and its impacts. It also reflects on the process of digitalization and how it changes established ways of working, collaborating, and coordinating.With this book, the editors and authors honor Professor Dr. Armin Heinzl for his enormous and ongoing contributions to information systems research, education, and practice.

This book covers a broad range of topics related to digitalization. Specifically, it views digitalization across different organizational levels, such as the level of individuals, teams, processes, firms, and ecosystems.
It includes a collection of recent research and reflections on the topic that helps to understand the technological foundations of digitalization and its impacts. It also reflects on the process of digitalization and how it changes established ways of working, collaborating, and coordinating.

Part 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Studying Digitalization Across Levels: An Overview and Introduction.- Part 2. Outsourcing and Multi-party Projects: Reflections and Experiences.- Chapter 2. The Early History of It Outsourcing – a Personal Reflection.- Chapter 3. How to Ensure Collective Action in Multinational Projects - Insights from the EurHisFirm Project.- Part 3. Culture and Gender: Recognition of Promotion.- Chapter 4. A Theory of Organizational Information Culture.- Chapter 5. It or Not It? A Female View on Inhibiting and Promoting Factors in Young Women’s Decisions for a Career in It.- Part 4. Digital Platforms and Ecosystems: Outcomes and Implications.- Chapter 6. How Access to Resources Affects Complementor Innovation in Platform Ecosystems.- Chapter 7. The Economic and Social Consequences of Digital Platforms: A Systematic and Interdisciplinary Literature Review.- Part 5. Emerging Technologies: Affordances and Opportunities.- Chapter 8. The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains.- Chapter 9. Process Mining for Carbon Accounting: An Analysis of Requirements and Potentials.- Part 6. Recommendation Networks and Industry Structure: Sales and Market Analysis.- Chapter 10. The Impact of Product Recommendation Networks on Sales: The Moderating Influence of Product Age.- Chapter 11. Airline Market Concentration in Europe.