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dc.contributor.authorEngelseth, Per
dc.contributor.authorSadowski, Adam
dc.contributor.authorJanusz, Artur
dc.contributor.authorAwaleh, Fahad
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-18T09:22:37Z
dc.date.available2021-08-18T09:22:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-23
dc.description.abstractThis study grounds empirically the purchasing and further integration of an implemented information system set in the frenzied context of a corporate merger. A single longitudinal case study from the Norwegian pelagic seafood industry provides a detailed long-term account of developing the information system prior to, during and after a merger in the seafood industry that relies on wild catch. It is characterised by high dependence on features of nature and society to secure sustainable production. Contingency theory together with a process view of production reveals how interactions unfold over time to develop the new unified information system. Features of integration, interaction and interdependency represent different facets of information system purchase and development. The merger process represents an abnormality for the organisation as a continuous entity. Information system development in the case, therefore, takes place in a weakly integrated network of merging firms with severe time constraints. Given high uncertainty, solutions emerge through interaction. Deterministic optimisation is, in this context, a fluffy managerial dream. Normally, information system purchase and information system development involve reciprocal interdependencies involving mutual adjustments through intensive technologies and tight interaction among all parties involved. The coercive behaviour of management seeking efficiencies overrules these planning ideals. This indicates that purchasing, in a corporate merger context, is complex and approached as a complex system in a network. Solutions used in this approach originate because of emergent-networked interaction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEngelseth, Sadowski, Janusz, Awaleh. Information system purchase and integration contingencies when companies merge. Sustainability. 2021;13(15)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1926338
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su13158223
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/22114
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalSustainability
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.titleInformation system purchase and integration contingencies when companies mergeen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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