Abstract
Nearly thirty years ago Buss (1982) first observed that international information systems are different from domestic ones. Further research has addressed numerous aspects of global applications of information technology – but the question of why these systems are different and how they could be dealt with more successfully had not yet been answered. This research has contributed to bringing clarity into this field. It has resulted in a theory about international information systems that explains their specific nature and architecture, what affects the way in which they are built; and why their users will accept or reject them.
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The definition of ‘Technology’ in the I˜A˜T context is restricted to hardware and middleware (e.g. operating and communications software) so as to distinguish it from Application software.
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That is occurring in any type of information system, whether international or domestic.
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Conflict is possible between Central Users and Central IS people as well as Local IS people; Local Users face the same adversaries.
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Winston Churchill, in a BBC Radiobroadcast, November 10, 1942.
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Lehmann, H. (2010). Conclusion. In: The Dynamics of International Information Systems. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5750-4_11
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