Gorecki, Johan and Berthon, Pierre and DesAutels, Philip and Donnellan, Brian and Teigland, Robin
(2008)
The Multinational's Nemesis: The Rise of ICT-Enabled Distributed Collective Intelligence?
In:
ICIS 2008 Proceedings.
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL).
Abstract
The Multinational Corporation bestrode the 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries like the Colossus of Rhodes.
Through their efficiency in organizing and effectiveness in achieving goals, multinationals have shaped the
world in which we live perhaps even to a greater extent than governments and the people they purport to
represent. Yet just as the Rhodes colossus was toppled from below, the rise of grass roots, virtual groups
represents a similar seismic nemesis to the modern multinational. In this panel we will debate whether ICTenabled
distributed collective intelligence organizations are truly a challenge to the multinational’s hegemony
in three areas: 1) are these new organizational forms as efficient and effective as traditional multinationals at
enabling coordinated action, 2) are these new organizational forms superior to multinationals in providing
social community, and 3) are these new organizational forms qualitatively more effective than multinationals as
drivers of social change. Is the hierarchical colossus about to meet its nemesis: the rhizomorphic virtual
collective?
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| Additional Information: |
Cite as: Gorecki, Johan; Berthon, Pierre; DesAutels, Philip; Donnellan, Brian; and Teigland, Robin, "The Multinational's Nemesis: The Rise of
ICT-Enabled Distributed Collective Intelligence?" (2008). ICIS 2008 Proceedings. 167.
http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2008/167 |
| Keywords: |
Multinational; collective intelligence; innovation; community; virtual organization; social responsibility; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
10816 |
| Depositing User: |
Prof. Brian Donnellan
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| Date Deposited: |
24 May 2019 14:49 |
| Publisher: |
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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