IT-enabled credit risk modernisation: a revolution under the cloak of normality

Power, Rationality, and the Art of Living through Socio-Technical Change

“…IS innovation entangled in contestations among alternative regimes of truth is a frequent finding in research in countries and sectors undergoing socio-economic and organizational transition (Bloomfield et al 1992;McGrath 2003;Walsham and Sahay 1999). Moreover, problematizations in which individuals confront the uncertainty of technology-driven change in their work place is manifest in several IS studies in well established business sectors, such as financial services (Barrett and Walsham 1999;Knights et al 1997;Scott 2000).…”

Manufacturing Accomplices: ICT Use in Securing the Safety State at Airports

“…These are all computer-based technologies. Current airport security screening is, therefore, a form of ICT-enabled risk management (Scott 2000). Screening as a risk management strategy is a good illustration of the shift from law to security.…”

Supporting Mobile Professionals in Global Banking: The Role of Global ICT-Support Call-Centres

“…Mobile users would ask the GHD to unlock their account and help them to overcome any technical problems they encountered. Over that last decade, some researchers in the IS fields have had social and business theories of risk in studying the ICTs role in managing risk in the financial industry, e.g., 34,35]; see also 5,16]. For certain users, such as some of the bank's dealers or the ICT professionals who supported the bank's criticalmission applications, the inability of accessing ICT services and applications could potentially result in large loses.…”