Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B. (2011, January). Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work. Presented at European Conference on Information Systems, Helsinki, Finland

Embedded within discourses of the enactment of information and communications technologies (ICTs)
at work is often a tightly constrained range of legitimate application areas of study, a rather thin
concept of user-developer relations and a context... Read More about Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work.

Understanding SME e-business challenges: the case of dot.com in Ghana (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Effah, J., & Light, B. (2009, September). Understanding SME e-business challenges: the case of dot.com in Ghana. Presented at Annual Meeting of the British Academy of Management, Brighton

Beyond the traditional "SME challenges" discourse: a historical field study of a dot.com failure in Ghana (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Effah, J., & Light, B. (2009, January). Beyond the traditional "SME challenges" discourse: a historical field study of a dot.com failure in Ghana. Presented at UKAIS Conference, Oxford

Access all areas? The evolution of SingStar from the PS2 to PS3 platform (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Ferrneley, E., Fletcher, G., & Light, B. (2008, October). Access all areas? The evolution of SingStar from the PS2 to PS3 platform. Presented at Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

More than just friends? Facebook, disclosive ethics and the morality of technology (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B., McGrath, K., & Griffiths, M. (2008, January). More than just friends? Facebook, disclosive ethics and the morality of technology. Presented at International Conference on Information Systems

Social networking sites have become increasingly popular destinations for people wishing to chat,
play games, make new friends or simply stay in touch. Furthermore, many organizations have
been quick to grasp the potential they offer for marketing,... Read More about More than just friends? Facebook, disclosive ethics and the morality of technology.

Risky business: when a CRM vendor masqueraded as an ERP specialist (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Light, B. (2007, June). Risky business: when a CRM vendor masqueraded as an ERP specialist. Presented at European Conference on Information Systems, St Gallen, Switzerland

Taking a social shaping perspective we unpack the development trajectory of a packaged software
product to show, that contrary to mainstream accounts, design is not completely specified a-priori and
that the process continues throughout implementat... Read More about Risky business: when a CRM vendor masqueraded as an ERP specialist.

User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Light, B. (2006, June). User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success. Presented at 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gotenberg, Sweden

There is a growing body of research on resistance in IS projects, a good deal of which focuses on strategies for overcoming resistance. However, within this strand of research, it appears that there is a ‘blanket prescription’ approach that does not... Read More about User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success.

Professionals as users: autonomy considerations for the deployment of information systems (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Burns, B., & Light, B. (2005, December). Professionals as users: autonomy considerations for the deployment of information systems. Presented at IFIP 8.2 Oasis Workshop, Las Vegas, USA

Reasons behind ERP package adoption: a diffusion of innovations perspective (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B., & Papazafeiropoulou, A. (2004, June). Reasons behind ERP package adoption: a diffusion of innovations perspective. Presented at 12th European Conference on Information Systems, Turku, Finland

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages have been widely adopted and it is becoming clear that
this is driven by multiple rationales that may be simultaneously at odds and complimentary. In this
paper, we aim to develop a greater understanding... Read More about Reasons behind ERP package adoption: a diffusion of innovations perspective.

Selling packaged software: an ethical analysis (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Adam, A., & Light, B. (2004, June). Selling packaged software: an ethical analysis. Presented at 12th European Conference on Information Systems, Turku, Finland

Within the IS literature there is little discussion on selling software products in general and especially
from the ethical point of view. Similarly, within computer ethics, although there is much interest in
professionalism and professional codes,... Read More about Selling packaged software: an ethical analysis.

An alternative theory of legacy information systems in Ciborra C, Mercurio R, De Marco M, Martinez M and Carignani A (Eds) (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B. (2003, January). An alternative theory of legacy information systems in Ciborra C, Mercurio R, De Marco M, Martinez M and Carignani A (Eds). Presented at 11th European Conference on Information Systems, Naples, Italy

A Study of User Involvement in Packaged Software Selection in Applegate L, Galliers R D and De Gross J J (Eds) (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Howcroft, D., & Light, B. (2002, January). A Study of User Involvement in Packaged Software Selection in Applegate L, Galliers R D and De Gross J J (Eds). Presented at 23rd International Conference on Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain

A review of the issues associated with customer relationship management systems in Smithson S, Cricar J, Podlogar M and Avgerinou S (Eds) (2001)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B. (2001, January). A review of the issues associated with customer relationship management systems in Smithson S, Cricar J, Podlogar M and Avgerinou S (Eds). Presented at 9th European Conference on Information Systems, Bled, Slovenia

Best of breed IT strategy: an alternative to enterprise resource planning systems in Robert Hansen H, Bichler M and Mahrer H (Eds) (2000)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B., Holland, C., & Wills, K. (2000, July). Best of breed IT strategy: an alternative to enterprise resource planning systems in Robert Hansen H, Bichler M and Mahrer H (Eds). Presented at 8th European Conference on Information Systems, Vienna, Austria

A critical success factors model for enterprise resource planning implementation (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Holland, C., Light, B., & Gibson, N. (1999, March). A critical success factors model for enterprise resource planning implementation. Presented at 7th European Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark

Beyond enterprise resource planning projects: innovative strategies for competitive advantage (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Holland, C., Light, B., & Kawalek, P. (1999, March). Beyond enterprise resource planning projects: innovative strategies for competitive advantage. Presented at Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark