Jonny Holmström

Jonny Holmström is a professor of Informatics at Umeå University, Sweden. Professor Holmström’s larger research program has examined how organizations innovate with IT, in particular how they adapt to using technological innovations such as decision support systems, knowledge management tools, and groupware applications. He is currently investigating how organizations in the process industry sector can develop sustainable competitive advantages through mindful use of IT. He has published his research in journals such as Information and Organization, Information Systems Journal, Information Resources Management Journal, Information Technology and People, Journal of the AIS, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Information Technology Management, and Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems.

Publications

Desituating Context in Ubiquitous Computing: Exploring Strategies for the Use of Remote Diagnostic Systems for Maintenance Work
Desituating Context in Ubiquitous Computing: Exploring Strategies for the Use of Remote Diagnostic Systems for Maintenance Work
Katrin Jonsson, Jonny Holmström, Kalle Lyytinen, Agneta Nilsson. © 2012. 17 pages.
Context awareness forms a core concern in ubiquitous computing and goes hand in hand with today’s extensive use of sensor technologies. This paper focuses on the use of sensors...
Understanding Information Technology Implementation Failure: An Interpretive Case Study of Information Technology Adoption in a Loosely Coupled Organization
Understanding Information Technology Implementation Failure: An Interpretive Case Study of Information Technology Adoption in a Loosely Coupled Organization
Marie-Claude Boudreau, Jonny Holmström. © 2011. 17 pages.
This chapter uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information technology aimed at improving collaboration across one organization’s internal...
Green IS
Green IS
Jonny Holmström, Lars Mathiassen, Johan Sandberg, Henrik Wimelius. © 2011. 9 pages.
In this chapter, the authors investigate the role of ICT in dealing with environmental challenges facing contemporary industrial organizations. Green IS research can essentially...
Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services
Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services
Jonny Holmström, Mikael Wiberg, Andreas Lund. © 2010. 238 pages.
Industrial informatics as a field is currently expanding beyond improving the manufacture of goods to facilitating every aspect of the process, from after-market sales, to...
Industrial Informatics: What We Know and What We Don’t Know
Industrial Informatics: What We Know and What We Don’t Know
Jonny Holmström, Mikael Wiberg, Andreas Lund. © 2010. 4 pages.
This book investigates information technology in the context of the process industry. When this context is examined, the implications of information technology go far beyond the...
Living on the Edge: Balancing Rigor and Relevance Within an Action Research Context
Living on the Edge: Balancing Rigor and Relevance Within an Action Research Context
Nils-Petter Augustsson, Jonny Holmström. © 2010. 8 pages.
This chapter describes the efforts in ensuring research relevance by means of an industrial PhD project. The project is aiming at strengthening the relevance of research and...
Organizational Effects of Information Technology: Investigating Information Technology Use in the Context of Lean Manufacturing
Organizational Effects of Information Technology: Investigating Information Technology Use in the Context of Lean Manufacturing
Johan Tetzlaff, Jonny Holmström. © 2010. 17 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to better understand the enabling and inhibiting impacts IT has on lean manufacturing. This chapter provides a rich picture of a paper mill producing...
Green IS: Steps Towards a Research Agenda
Green IS: Steps Towards a Research Agenda
Jonny Holmström, Lars Mathiassen, Johan Sandberg, Henrik Wimelius. © 2010. 9 pages.
In this chapter, the authors investigate the role of ICT in dealing with environmental challenges facing contemporary industrial organizations. Green IS research can essentially...
Desituating Context in Ubiquitous Computing: Exploring Strategies for the Use of Remote Diagnostic Systems for Maintenance Work
Desituating Context in Ubiquitous Computing: Exploring Strategies for the Use of Remote Diagnostic Systems for Maintenance Work
Katrin Jonsson, Jonny Holmström, Kalle Lyytinen, Agneta Nilsson. © 2010. 16 pages.
Context awareness forms a core concern in ubiquitous computing and goes hand in hand with today’s extensive use of sensor technologies. This paper focuses on the use of sensors...
Understanding Information Technology Implementation Failure: An Interpretive Case Study of Information Technology Adoption in a Loosely Coupled Organization
Understanding Information Technology Implementation Failure: An Interpretive Case Study of Information Technology Adoption in a Loosely Coupled Organization
Marie-Claude Boudreau, Jonny Holmström. © 2008. 17 pages.
This chapter uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information technology aimed at improving collaboration across one organization’s internal...