Knowledge networking in a public service agency: contextual challenges and infrastructure issues.
Book
Davenport, E., & Rasmussen, L. (2007)
Knowledge networking in a public service agency: contextual challenges and infrastructure issues. In T. K. Srikantaiah, & M. Koenig (Eds.), Knowledge Management in Practice: Connections and Context, 445-462. Information Today, Inc
The chapter presents a study of knowledge networking in a public sector agency (PuSA) in the UK, where a number of knowledge management initiatives have been introduced since ...
Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years
Journal Article
Cronin, B., Davenport, E., & Martinson, A. (1997)
Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years. Journal of Documentation, 53(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007196
Women‘s studies has emerged as a recognised academic specialty in recent years. We explored the social structure of the field by analysing bibliometrically all scholarly artic...
Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas
Journal Article
Wood‐Harper, T., Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005)
Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology and People, 18(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840510584621
Purpose – To provide a view of Rob Kling’s contribution to socio-technical studies of work.
Design/methodology/approach – The five “big ideas” discussed are signature themes i...
Localisation, globalisation, and SMEs in European tourism: the ‘virtual enterprise model of intervention’.
Conference Proceeding
Davenport, E. (1999)
Localisation, globalisation, and SMEs in European tourism: the ‘virtual enterprise model of intervention’. In Proceedings of ASIS 2000, Technical Papers Volume, 309-319
Discussion of the effect of globalization on SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Europe focuses on a case study of a current European Commission (EC) project, Net Quality, ...
Organizational knowledge and communities of practice
Journal Article
Davenport, E., & Hall, H. (2002)
Organizational knowledge and communities of practice. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 36(1), 170-227. https://doi.org/10.1002/aris.1440360105
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The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry.
Conference Proceeding
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006)
The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37876-3_19
The authors discuss eGovernment as a computerization movement, and present a case study of a small project that was part of a modernising government initiative in a UK municip...
Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry.
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Higgins, M., & Somerville, I. (2000)
Narratives of new media in Scottish households: the evolution of a framework of enquiry. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 51, 900-912. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4571%282000%2951%3A103.0.CO%3B2-U
The authors describe a study of the social dynamics of new media in Scottish households. The evolving project drew on dialogues with multiple household members elicited in gro...
E-Rogenous Zones: Positioning Pornography in the Digital Economy
Journal Article
Davenport, B. C. E., Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2000)
E-Rogenous Zones: Positioning Pornography in the Digital Economy. Information Society, 17(1), 33-48. doi:10.1080/019722401750067414
Electronic commerce offers immense opportunities to the producers of pornographic products and services. Although this sector generates significant revenues, it is almost invi...
What does it really cost? allocating indirect costs.
Journal Article
Snyder, H., & Davenport, E. (1997)
What does it really cost? allocating indirect costs. Bottom Line, 10(4), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880459710183035
Better managerial control in terms of decision making and understanding the total costs of a system or service result from allocating indirect costs. Allocation requires a thr...
Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science
Journal Article
Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2009)
Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science. Libri, 46, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.1996.46.1.1
Library and information science (LIS) faculty, like their peers in other professional schools, are subject to the demands of at times conflicting jurisdictions: research produ...