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technology drift: a standalone construct

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Information systems

the tendency of corporate information infrastructures to evolve away from planned designs through improvisation, side effects and unexpected uses.

In information systems, technology drift refers to the tendency of corporate information infrastructures to evolve away from planned designs through improvisation, side effects and unexpected uses. This meaning comes from Ciborra (2000) in From Control to Drift.[1]

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References

Ciborra, C. U., Braa, K., Cordella, A., Dahlbom, B., Failla, A., Hanseth, O., Hepso, V., Ljungberg, A., Monteiro, E., & Simon, k. A. (2000). From Control to Drift. Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198297345.001.0001

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