In a joint Simon task, a pair of co-acting individuals divide labors of performing a choice-reaction task in such a way that each actor responds to one type of stimuli and ignores the other type that is assigned to the co-actor. It has been suggested that the actors share the mental representation of the joint task and perform the co-actor's trials as if they were their own. However, it remains...

This article critically explores how the relations between information technologies and space and place are being conceptualized in a broad swathe of recent writings and discourses on the geographies of `cyberspace' and information technologies. After analysing the powerful role of spatial and territorial metaphors in anchoring current discourses about information technologies and society, the ...

The paper presents a case study of the configuration and use of a standard e-procurement packaged software. It focuses on reviewing the new business processes that the system introduces. It, then, applies the Actor Network Theory’s (ANT) notions of associations and power in order to illustrate that the new business processes introduce a new power circuit effect. In so doing, it aims to provide ...

Rational actor game theoretic models have had a longstanding challenge trying to explain voter turnout in the mass electorate. We analyze how partial turnout can be addressed and predicted by mechanisms in evolutionary game theory. We present two models at opposite ends of the spectrum of possible evolutionary models and show realistic partial voter turnout can be generated by either. The first...

The article represents a contribution to discussions about the basis, motives, and goals of European integration stimulated by the recent “normative turn” in EU studies. My aim is threefold: By addressing the issue of internal legitimacy in EU decision-making, I wish to show that the European Union is in need of a public “story” of European integration; however, a closer analysis suggests that ...

This paper contributes to an emerging literature focused on cities and regions as strategic sites for systemic sustainability transformation processes. We analyse how aspiration and ambition for transformation of the energy system in the Paris Ile-de-France region of France translates more vividly into the transversal strategic spatial planning policy arena than in the energy policy sector. The...

This proposal details a doctoral study analyzing one of the first ERP projects within a prestigious US university, an initiative that opened organizational ‘doors’ to multiple actor–networks whose narratives challenged system localization efforts. University administrators find themselves within an increasingly complex and competitive environment and have turned to ICT’s for support. Through an...

This article examines how the European Union (EU) Strategy for security and development in the Sahel has been used as a ‘laboratory of experimentation’ for the implementation of the Comprehensive Approach. In this context, it looks at how power struggles at the discursive and praxis levels are performing the international agency of the EU. These struggles are played out by EU officials based in...

Despite the rampant growth in technology-based service delivery options, the implementation of these contemporary forms of service channels continues to be risky and problematic for organisations. Current conceptualisations of IS implementation is rather narrow and highlights only particular aspects of this phenomenon. This paper adopts a socio-technical lens to enhance our understanding of the...

EN] Introduction. This article analyses the main features and degree of adaptation of the editorials of five newspapers from different European countries to the online environment. Methods. The study is based on the content analysis of the editorials published in the online editions of El País, The Times, Le Monde, Diario de Noticias and Corriere della Sera. Results. In the sample of online new...