Most studies on IS innovation have focused on explaining the adoption of IT by individuals or individual organizations. In contrast, only few studies have studied adoption of IS innovations by IS development (ISD) organizations. The current study extends the recent work of Lyytinen and Rose 2003 on the adoption of radical Internet innovations in system development organizations. In this paper w...

Initially hailed as a miracle crop for biofuel production, Jatropha has recently attracted criticism for competing with food production, causing adverse biodiversity impacts, and jeopardizing land access by rural populations in tropical countries. This paper analyzes the contested development of Jatropha biofuel sector in Tanzania by anchoring two new concepts of 'organizational models' and 'in...

Recent changes in the field of evaluation refer to new demands by politics, economies and society to extend the subject of evaluation processes to cross-sectoral research promotion programs and research institutions, and new developments within the research of evaluation itself. The paper presents an overview of these trends and consequences for the function and methods of evaluation of researc...