caa a22 4500 606228616 CHVBK 20210128101204.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10796-014-9510-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10796-014-9510-9 Technology assimilation through conjunctures - a look at IS use in retail [Elektronische Daten] [Ravi Rao, Rahul De'] We study the assimilation of information technology by an organization establishing itself in the emerging retail industry in India. We highlight the need for conducting a holistic analysis of the assimilation process that considers the role of various organizational actors, the socio-technical environment, the exogenous factors and the historical context under which the organization is operating. We adopt strong structuration theory, a refinement of Giddens' structuration theory, as the theoretical lens for studying the technology assimilation process. We combine this with actor network theory to incorporate the socio-technical perspectives. An organization in the Indian retail industry is selected as the empirical context. We analyzed the assimilation process as a series of conjunctures and illustrate how the socio-technical changes, the situated actions and the conjuncture's context influence the assimilation process. We also highlight the influence of historical context, and the role of organizational actors and actants in the technology assimilation process. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Strong structuration theory nationallicence Actor network theory nationallicence Technology assimilation nationallicence Retail information systems nationallicence Conjunctures nationallicence Rao Ravi Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, 560076, Bangalore, India aut De' Rahul Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, 560076, Bangalore, India aut Information Systems Frontiers Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 17/1(2015-02-01), 31-50 1387-3326 17:1<31 2015 17 10796 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-014-9510-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-014-9510-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rao Ravi Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, 560076, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De' Rahul Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road, 560076, Bangalore, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Information Systems Frontiers Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 17/1(2015-02-01), 31-50 1387-3326 17:1<31 2015 17 10796