My current research concentrates on a number of themes, each with a particular focus and network of collaborators:

1. Software Practice Improvement

2. Business Process Innovation

3. Health Informatics

1. Software Practice Improvement

Research Question: How can we improve software practices to increase the capability to deliver high quality results as well as the readiness to adapt to changing environments?

Description: The research is driven by specific problems and experiences within the participating organizations. Responses are developed by combining approaches, concepts, and models from software process improvement with insights from organization theory. Particular emphasis has been put on exploring insights from knowledge management, diffusion of technology innovations, organizational learning, and management of change in the particular context of software organizations.

Researchers: Ivan Aaen, Anna Börjesson, Helle D. Fredriksen, Lars Mathiassen, Peter Axel Nielsen, Nanette Napier, Roy Johnson, Tuure Tuunanen.

Partners: Aalborg University, Auckland University, AstraZeneca, Komunedata, IT-University in Gothenburg, Ericsson, Byers Engineering.

Funding: Jointly funded by partners.

2. Business Process Innovation

Research Question: How can we innovate processes enabled by information technology to enhance business agility?

Description: The research applies theories of agility, service provisioning, and innovation to study business process innovation. Key parts of the research is based on close collaboration with partnering firms and other parts focus on development of new theories to help understand emerging business process innovation issues.

Researchers: Lars Mathiassen, Carsten Sørensen, Marianne Vainio, Arun Rai, Detmar Straub, Richard Welke, Roy Johnston, Brett Young, Mark Lewes, Betrice Scott.

Partners: London School of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics, Cbeyond Communications, UPS, Intel, Open Systems.

Funding: Jointly funded by partners.

3. Health Informatics

Research Question: How can we understand and support the adoption of IT-based services into healthcare organizations?

Description: The healthcare industry is information-intensive and under constant pressure to enhance services and reduce cost. However, the industry lags behind other industries in adoption of IT-services and development of IT-infrastructure. This research stream investigates this situation and develops responses.

Researchers: Lars Mathiassen, Nikil Jayant, Max Stachura, Sunyoung Cho, Elena V. Khasanshina, Rajendra Singh, Karen Minyard, Agneta Nilsson.

Partners: Georgia Institute of Technology, Medical College of Georgia, HealthStation Inc, ReachMD Consult, Georgia health Policy Center, East Georgia Health Cooperative.

Funding: Jointly funded by partners.

 

Last Updated 02/11/08