Ole Hanseth, publications

Books

Ole Hanseth and Claudio U. Ciborra: Complexity, Risk and ICT. . Edward Elgar. Order now! .
Claudio U. Ciborra and Kristin Braa, Antonio Cordella, Bo Dahlbom, Angelo Failla, Ole Hanseth, Vidar Hepsø, Jan Ljungberg, Eric Monteiro, Kai. A. Simon. From Control to Drift. The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro: Understanding Information Infrastructure. (html,, ps)
Chapter 1: Introduction. (new version, (html,, ps))
Chapter 11: Changing Networks: Strategies and Tool. (new version (html,ps))

Work in progress

Petter Nielsen and Ole Hanseth. Fluid standards. A case study of a Norwegian standard for mobile content services. In review.
Ole Hanseth and Petter Nielsen. Infrastructural Innovation. Flexibility, Generativity and the Mobile Internet .
Ole Hanseth and Kalle Lyytinen. Theorizing about the design of Information Infrastructures: design kernel theories and principles . In review.

Articles 2007

Bjørn Erik Mørk, Margunn Aanestad, Ole Hanseth and Miria Grisot. Conflicting epistemic cultures and obstacles for learning across communities of practice . Knowledge and Process Management.
Jørn Braa, Ole Hanseth, Woinshet Mohammed, Arthur Heywood, Vincent Shaw. DEVELOPING HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. The Flexible Standards Strategy . MISQ Vol. 31, No. 2, July 2007, (pp. 381-402).
Jennifer Blechar and Ole Hanseth. From Risk Management to “Organized Irresposibility”? Risks and Risk Management in the Mobile Telcom Sector. In Ole Hanseth and Claudio U. Ciborra (eds.). Complexity, Integration and Risk. Elgar Publishing.

Articles 2006

Ole Hanseth, Edorado Jacucci, Miria Grison and Margunn Aanestad . REFLEXIVE STANDARDIZATION. SIDE-EFFECTS AND COMPLEXITY IN STANDARD-MAKING. MISQ Vol. 30, Special Issue on Stadnardization Aug. 2006, pp. 563-581.

Articles 2005

Ingjerd Skogseid and Ole Hanseth. LOCAL ACTORS BUILD BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. In ECIS Proceedingas 2005.
Kristoffersen, S., Nilsen, P., Hanseth, O. and Bleechar, J. Ordinary innovation in Nomadic and Ubiquitous Computing: the need for alternative theories in an emergent industry. Paper presented at IFIP 8.2 WC in August. Cleveland, Ohio, 2005

Articles 2004

Ole Hanseth. KNOWLEDGE AS INFRASTRUCTURE. In C. Avgerou, C. Ciborra and F. Land (eds) The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology: Innovation, Actors and Contexts, Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2004.

Articles 2002

Ole Hanseth. From systems and tools to networks and infrastructures - from design to cultivation. Towards a theory of ICT solutions and its design methodology implications. Submitted.
Ole Hanseth. Gateways - just as important as standards. How the Internet won the “religious war” about standards in Scandinavia. Accepted for publication in Knowledge, Technology and Policy. (in html format)
Margunn Aanestad and Ole Hanseth. Growing Networks: Detours, Stunts and Spillovers. Accepted for publication at COOP 2002, Fifth International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, St. Raphael, France, 4.-6th June 2002.
Ole Hanseth and Margunn Aanestad. Design as Bootstrapping. On the Evolution of ICT Networks in Health Care. Methods of Information in Medicine. 2003, Vol. 42, pages 385-91.

Articles 2001

Henfridsson, O., H. Holmström, O. Hanseth. Better safe than sorry? In Search of an Internet Business Model in Online Entertainment. In the Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2: Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development: The Social and Organizational Perspective. N. L. Russo, B. Fitzgerald and J. I. DeGross (eds.). Boston, Kluwer: 183-201.
Ole Hanseth, Claudio Ciborra, and Kristin Braa. The Control Devolution. ERP and the Side Effects of Globalization. The Data base for advances in information systems. Special issue: Critical Analysis of ERP systems: The Macro Level. Vol. 32, No. 4, Fall 2001, pp. 34-46.
Ole Hanseth and Nina Lundberg. Information Infrastructure in Use - An empirical study at a radiology department. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The Journal of Collaborative Computing. Vol. 10 Nos. 3-4, 2001, pp. 347-372.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. Hunting for the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Standardizing corporate IT infrastructure.Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The Journal of Collaborative Computing. Vol. 10 Nos. 3-4, 2001, pp. 261-292.
Nina Lundberg and Ole Hanseth. Standardization strategies in practice. Examples from health care. In Robert Stegwee and Ton Spil (eds.) Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems. Idea Group Publishing, 2001.
Margunn Aanestad and Ole Hanseth. Growing Networks: Detours, Stunts and Spillovers. In Proceedings from 24th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia.

Articles 2000

Margunn Aanstad and Ole Hanseth. Implementing open network technologies in complex work practices. A case from telemedicine. In Proceedings from IFIP WG 8.2 International Conference. The Social and Organizational Perspective on Research and Practice in Information Technology, June 10-12, 2000, Aalborg, Denmark
Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth. Introduction. In (Ciborra et al 2000), pages 1-14.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. Globalization and "Risk Society". In (Ciborra et al 2000), pages 41-55.
Ole Hanseth. The Economics of Standards. In (Ciborra et al 2000), pages 56-70.
Bo Dahlbom, Ole Hanseth and Jan Ljungberg. Conservative Success: Organization and Infrastructure Evolution at SKF. In (Ciborra et al 2000), pages 87-104.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. Who's in Control: Designers, Mangers - or Technology? Infrastructures at Norsk Hydro. In (Ciborra et al 2000), pages 125-147.
Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth. Towards a contingency view of infrastructure and knowledge: An exploratory study. In Ray Hackney and Dennis Dunn (eds.). Business Information Technology Management: Alternative and Adaptive Futures. Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, 2000.
Ole Hanseth. Infrastructures: From Systems to Infrastructures. In K. Braa, C. Sørensen, B. Dahlbom (eds.). Planet Internet. Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, 2000, pages 193 - 212.
Torbjørn Nordström, Michael Söderström, Ole Hanseth. Business Development in IT-dependent organizations. In Proceedings from 23th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia.
Ulrika Josefson and Ole Hanseth. Patients’ Use of Medical Information on the Intenret: Opportunities and Challenges. Some preliminary findings. In Proceedings from 23th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia

Articles 1999

Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. SAP as Emergent Infrastructure in a Global Organization. Systéms d'Information et Management, No. 4, Vol. 4, 1999, pages 1 - 18.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. Hunting for the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Standardizing corporate IT infrastructure. In O. Ngwenyama, L. Introna, M. Myers, and J. DeGross (eds). New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes. Field Studies and Theoretical Reflections on the Future of Work. Proceedings from IFIP 8.2 Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Aug. 1999.Kluwer Academic Publishers, pages 121-140. (html,pdf).
Eric Monteiro and Ole Hanseth. Developing corporate infrastructure: implications for international standardization. In: Kai Jakobs and Robin Williams (eds.). Proc. from Standardisation and innovation in information technology (SIIT '99), IEEE, ISBN 0 7803 9935 8, pp. 75 - 79.
Nina Lundberg and Ole Hanseth. Standardization in Practice. Examples from Health Care. In Jean-Paul Barthes (ed.). Proceedings from Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design 99 (CSCWD '99), September 29 - October 1, 1999, Compiégne, France
Ole Hanseth and Nina Lundberg. Information Infrastructure in Use - An empirical study at a radiology department. In Timo K. Käkölä (ed.). Proceedings from the 22nd Information Systems Research in Scandinavia (IRIS 22): "Enterprise Architectures for Virtual Organizations", Jyäskylä, Finland, August 7-10 1999. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, 1999, pages 407 - 424.
Margunn Johansen, Ole Hanseth, Trond Buanes, Jan Sigurd Røtnes: Supporting Computer-Supported Cooperative Work In Timo K. Käkölä (ed.). Proceedings from the 22nd Information Systems Research in Scandinavia (IRIS 22): "Enterprise Architectures for Virtual Organizations", Jyväskylä, Finland, August 7-10 1999. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, 1999, pages 163-176.

Articles 1998

Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth (1998): TOWARDS A CONTINGENCY VIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE & KNOWLEDGE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY. (html,pdf). In Hirscheim, R. Newman, M., and DeGross, J. I. (eds.) Proceedings from 19th Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Helsinki, Finland, December 13-16, 1998, p.263 - 272.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa (1998): Technology as Traitor. SAP infrastructures in Global Organizations. (html,pdf). In Hirscheim, R. Newman, M., and DeGross, J. I. (eds.) Proceedings from 19th Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Helsinki, Finland, December 13-16, 1998, p. 188 - 196.
Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth (1998): From Tools to Gestell. Agendas for Managing Information Infrastructures, Information Technology & People. Special Issue on Heidegger and infroamtion technology. Vol. 11, No. 4, 1998 . pp 305 - 327.
Bo Dahlbom, Ole Hanseth, and Jan Ljungberg. Un successo conservatore. Organizzazione ed evoluzione infrastrutturale alla SKF. (Conservative Success. Infrastructure and orgnaizational evolution in SKF). In Claudio U. Ciborra (ed.). Infraglobe. Infrsatrutture e gestione della conoscenza nelle imprese globali. (The Dynamics of Complex Infrastructures in Global Organizations.) EtasLibri, Milano, 1998, p. 29 - 58.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. La tecnologia traditrice. L'emergere di una infrastruttura SAP in un'organizzazione globale.(Technology as traitor. SAP infrastructures in Global Organizations.) In Claudio U. Ciborra (ed.). Infraglobe. Infrsatrutture e gestione della conoscenza nelle imprese globali. (The Dynamics of Complex Infrastructures in Global Organizations.) EtasLibri, Milano, 1998, p.95 - 122.
Ole Hanseth and Kristin Braa. Hunting for the treasure under the rainbow. Standardizing corporate infrastructure. In Buch, Niels Jacob, Jan Damsgaard, Lars Bo Eriksen, Jakob H. Iversen, and Peter Axel Nielsen. (eds.) Proceedings from 21th IRIS, p. 307 - 322.
Claudio U. Ciborra and Ole Hanseth (1998): From Tools to Gestell. Agendas for Managing Information Infrastructures, In Buch, Niels Jacob, Jan Damsgaard, Lars Bo Eriksen, Jakob H. Iversen, and Peter Axel Nielsen. (eds.) Proceedings from 21th IRIS, p. 121 - 138.
Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro. Participatory standardization of information infrastricture. In Savvas Katsikides and Graham Orange (eds.) International Perspectives on Information Systems. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom 1998.
Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro (1998): Changing irreversible networks. In Proceedings from ECIS '98, Aix-en-Provence, 4.-6. June, 1998.

Articles 1997

Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro (1998). Changing irreversible networks: Institutionalization and infrastructure. In Kristin Braa and eric Monteiro. Proceedings from 20th IRIS. p. 21 - 40
Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro. Inscribing behavior in information infrastructure standards. Accounting, Management & Information Technology. Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 183-211.

Articles 1996

Ole Hanseth, Eric Monteiro and Morten Hatling. Developing information infrastructure: The tension between standardization and flexibility.Science, Technology and Human Values. Vol. 21 No. 4, Fall 1996, 407-426.

Articles 1995

Eric Monteiro and Ole Hanseth. Social shaping of information infrastructure: on being specific about the technology. In Orlikowski, Wanda J., Geoff Walsham, Matthew R. Jones and Janice I DeGross. Information Technology and Changes in Organizational Work. Chapman & Hall, 1995, p.325 - 343.