Vidar Hepsø
About
Most of my professional work and publications and research interests have directly or indirectly been on processes of objectification, measurement, and standardization (socio-material practices) since I have worked with new ways of working enabled by new information and communication technologies. I have been particularly interested in how the processes and products of objectification, measurement, and standardization travel through translation, scale up and become semi-stable socio-technical infrastructures (go from the local to the global).
Thematically, my research has been closely aligned with the expertise developed by IDI research groups, dealing with information infrastructure development in the oil and gas industry. Forwards, given the ongoing energy transition, electrification of the Norwegian continental shelf, and the development of offshore wind and carbon capture and storage (CCS), the field of information infrastructure research is naturally crucial. This domain is also an important research and education area for IDI. I have been instrumental in developing the EVU-course IT6207 Remote Operations together with Elena Parmiggiani
Currently, I work at Equinor, in the interface between digitalization and the energy transition, focusing on scaling control room solutions and remote operations for offshore wind in Norway, the UK, the US, and Poland (regional control rooms). In these projects I am Human Factor Integration Lead and responsible for the human factor processes related to the development of the HMI, the systems, outfitting of the control rooms, work processes and training control room crews. I am also strongly involved in the electrification of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and I am a key professional in the development of the work practices, standardization of new IT systems and information infrastructures in this domain.
Research
I am currently involved in the following initiatives at NTNU
Publications
2026
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Bjørneseth, Frøy Birte;
Johnsen, Stig Ole;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Sætren, Gunhild Birgitte.
(2026)
Safety by Design: Human-Centered Approaches to AI, Automation, and Remote Operations.
CRC Press
Anthology
2024
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Moradi, Mahdis;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2024)
Unlocking the Potential of Big Data: Establishing System Trust Through Open Innovation Ecosystems.
R&D Management
Academic article
-
Moradi, Mahdis;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Schiefloe, Per Morten.
(2024)
Institutional complexity and governance in open-source ecosystems: A case study of the oil and gas industry.
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK)
Academic article
2023
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Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2023)
A Novel Warning Identification Framework for Risk-Informed Anomaly Detection.
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
Academic article
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2023)
Context-based and image-based subsea pipeline degradation monitoring.
Discover Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Poolla, Kameshwar;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2023)
Image-based and risk-informed detection of Subsea Pipeline damage.
Discover Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
2022
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Hepsø, Vidar.
(2022)
Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data. Challenges for Fishing and Oil Interests.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Parmiggiani, Elena.
(2022)
Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Parmiggiani, Elena.
(2022)
From Integrated to Remote Operations: Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry as Infrastructuring.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2022)
Enhancing Autonomous Systems’ Awareness: Conceptual Categorization of Anomalies by Temporal Change During Real-Time Operations.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2022)
Using Risk Analysis for Anomaly Detection for Enhanced Reliability of Unmanned Autonomous Systems.
Academic chapter
2021
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Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric.
(2021)
From Integrated Operations to Remote Operations: Socio-technical Challenge for the Oil and Gas Business.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2021)
Reliable Unmanned Autonomous Systems: Conceptual Framework for Warning Identification during Remote Operations.
Academic chapter
2015
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Parmiggiani, Elena;
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2015)
The Digital Coral: Infrastructuring Environmental Monitoring.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
2014
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Mikalsen, Marius;
Parmiggiani, Elena;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Sociomaterial capabilities in integrated oil and gas operations - Implications for design.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Coordinating the Repair and Modification of Offshore Production Systems: The Role of the Project Manager.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Mediating Business Process Models with an Anthropological Voice: ‘Double-level Language’ in the Norwegian Oil Industry.
Academic chapter
2013
-
Parmiggiani, Elena;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Pragmatic Information Management For Environmental Monitoring In Oil And Gas.
Academic chapter
-
Rosendahl, Tom;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Preface.
Academic chapter
-
Filstad, Cathrine;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Skarholt, Kari.
(2013)
Connecting Worlds through Self-Synchronization and Boundary Spanning: Crossing Boundaries in Virtual Teams.
Academic chapter
-
Henderson, John;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Øyvind, Mydland.
(2013)
What is a Capability Platform Approach to Integrated Operations?: An Introduction to Key Concepts.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Irene;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry: Sustainability and Capability Development.
IGI Global
Anthology
2012
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Østerlie, Thomas;
Almklov, Petter Grytten;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production.
Information and organization
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Irene Lorentzen;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Creation of Indicators Determining the Work of Hightech business Practitioners: Validity, Reliability, and Negotiation Revisited.
Academic chapter
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Jarulaitis, Gasparas;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
The family resemblance of technologically mediated work practices.
Information and organization
Academic article
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Almklov, Petter;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Living in a sociomaterial world.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Doing Corporate Ethnography as an Insider (Employee).
Academic chapter
-
Iversen, Fionn;
Gressgaard, Leif Jarle;
Thorogood, John Laurence;
Balov, Mohsen Karimi;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Drilling Automation: Potential for Human Error.
Academic chapter
2011
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Almklov, Petter Grytten;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2011)
Between and Beyond Data. how Analogue Field Experience Informs the Interpretation of Remote Data Sources in Petroleum Reservoir Geology.
Social Studies of Science
Academic article
2009
-
Næsje, Pål;
Skarholt, Kari;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Bye, Arne.
(2009)
Empowering Operation and Maintenance: Safe Operations with the "One Directed Team" Organization Model at the Kristin Asset.
Academic chapter
-
Skarholt, Kari;
Næsje, Pål;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Bye, Arne.
(2009)
Integrated Operations and Leadership: How Virtual Cooperation influences Leadership Practice.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2009)
Leading Research in Technoscience: Insider social science in socio-technological change.
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG
Academic monograph
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut.
(2009)
Ecologies of e-Infrastructures.
Journal of the AIS
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs.
(2009)
Ecologies of e-Infrastructures.
Journal of the AIS
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2009)
"Common" information spaces in knowledge-intensive work : representation and negotiation of meaning in computer-supported collaboration rooms.
Academic chapter
2008
-
Ulven, Mette;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2008)
Kunnskapsnettverk på tvers: sårbar eller selvforsterkende ressurs?.
Academic chapter
2007
-
Hepsø, Irene Lorentzen;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2007)
Conceptions of Us-and-Them in Organizational Reification, Translation and Legitimation Processes -Two Best practice- and business process initiatives in Statoil oil and gas operations.
Systems, Signs & Actions
Academic article
2006
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Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric.
(2006)
Conceptualizing common information spaces across heterogeneous contexts: mutable mobiles and side-effects of integration.
Academic chapter
2002
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Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2002)
Purity and danger in information infrastructures.
Systemic Practice and Action Research
Academic article
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Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2002)
Purity and danger of information infrastructure.
Systemic Practice and Action Research
Academic article
2000
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Ciborra, Claudio;
Braa, Kristin;
Cordella, Antonio;
Failla, Angelo;
Hanseth, Ole;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Ljungberg, Jan;
Monteiro, Eric;
Simon, Kai.
(2000)
From Control to Drift. The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
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Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2000)
Infrastructure strategy formation in Statoil: seize the day.
Academic chapter
1998
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Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(1998)
Seize the day: infrastructure strategy formation.
Academic chapter
1990
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Hepsø, Vidar.
(1990)
Individet, bedriften og fellesskapet : et sosialantropologisk eksempel på bedriftskultur fra Linjegods.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Academic monograph
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(1990)
Individet, bedriften og fellesskapet : et sosialantropologisk eksempel på bedriftskultur fra Linjegods.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Academic monograph
Journal publications
-
Østerlie, Thomas;
Almklov, Petter Grytten;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production.
Information and organization
Academic article
-
Moradi, Mahdis;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2024)
Unlocking the Potential of Big Data: Establishing System Trust Through Open Innovation Ecosystems.
R&D Management
Academic article
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2002)
Purity and danger in information infrastructures.
Systemic Practice and Action Research
Academic article
-
Almklov, Petter Grytten;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2011)
Between and Beyond Data. how Analogue Field Experience Informs the Interpretation of Remote Data Sources in Petroleum Reservoir Geology.
Social Studies of Science
Academic article
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2023)
A Novel Warning Identification Framework for Risk-Informed Anomaly Detection.
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
Academic article
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2023)
Context-based and image-based subsea pipeline degradation monitoring.
Discover Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Poolla, Kameshwar;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2023)
Image-based and risk-informed detection of Subsea Pipeline damage.
Discover Artificial Intelligence
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Irene Lorentzen;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2007)
Conceptions of Us-and-Them in Organizational Reification, Translation and Legitimation Processes -Two Best practice- and business process initiatives in Statoil oil and gas operations.
Systems, Signs & Actions
Academic article
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2002)
Purity and danger of information infrastructure.
Systemic Practice and Action Research
Academic article
-
Moradi, Mahdis;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Schiefloe, Per Morten.
(2024)
Institutional complexity and governance in open-source ecosystems: A case study of the oil and gas industry.
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK)
Academic article
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Jarulaitis, Gasparas;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
The family resemblance of technologically mediated work practices.
Information and organization
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut.
(2009)
Ecologies of e-Infrastructures.
Journal of the AIS
Academic article
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs.
(2009)
Ecologies of e-Infrastructures.
Journal of the AIS
Academic article
-
Parmiggiani, Elena;
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2015)
The Digital Coral: Infrastructuring Environmental Monitoring.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
Books
-
Bjørneseth, Frøy Birte;
Johnsen, Stig Ole;
Alsos, Ole Andreas;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Sætren, Gunhild Birgitte.
(2026)
Safety by Design: Human-Centered Approaches to AI, Automation, and Remote Operations.
CRC Press
Anthology
-
Ciborra, Claudio;
Braa, Kristin;
Cordella, Antonio;
Failla, Angelo;
Hanseth, Ole;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Ljungberg, Jan;
Monteiro, Eric;
Simon, Kai.
(2000)
From Control to Drift. The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(1990)
Individet, bedriften og fellesskapet : et sosialantropologisk eksempel på bedriftskultur fra Linjegods.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Academic monograph
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(1990)
Individet, bedriften og fellesskapet : et sosialantropologisk eksempel på bedriftskultur fra Linjegods.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Academic monograph
-
Hepsø, Irene;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry: Sustainability and Capability Development.
IGI Global
Anthology
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2009)
Leading Research in Technoscience: Insider social science in socio-technological change.
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2022)
Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data. Challenges for Fishing and Oil Interests.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric.
(2021)
From Integrated Operations to Remote Operations: Socio-technical Challenge for the Oil and Gas Business.
Academic chapter
-
Mikalsen, Marius;
Parmiggiani, Elena;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Sociomaterial capabilities in integrated oil and gas operations - Implications for design.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Parmiggiani, Elena.
(2022)
Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar;
Parmiggiani, Elena.
(2022)
From Integrated to Remote Operations: Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry as Infrastructuring.
Academic chapter
-
Parmiggiani, Elena;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Pragmatic Information Management For Environmental Monitoring In Oil And Gas.
Academic chapter
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2000)
Infrastructure strategy formation in Statoil: seize the day.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2022)
Enhancing Autonomous Systems’ Awareness: Conceptual Categorization of Anomalies by Temporal Change During Real-Time Operations.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2022)
Using Risk Analysis for Anomaly Detection for Enhanced Reliability of Unmanned Autonomous Systems.
Academic chapter
-
Spahic, Rialda;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Lundteigen, Mary Ann.
(2021)
Reliable Unmanned Autonomous Systems: Conceptual Framework for Warning Identification during Remote Operations.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Irene Lorentzen;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Creation of Indicators Determining the Work of Hightech business Practitioners: Validity, Reliability, and Negotiation Revisited.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Coordinating the Repair and Modification of Offshore Production Systems: The Role of the Project Manager.
Academic chapter
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Almklov, Petter;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Living in a sociomaterial world.
Academic chapter
-
Monteiro, Eric;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(1998)
Seize the day: infrastructure strategy formation.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2014)
Mediating Business Process Models with an Anthropological Voice: ‘Double-level Language’ in the Norwegian Oil Industry.
Academic chapter
-
Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Monteiro, Eric.
(2006)
Conceptualizing common information spaces across heterogeneous contexts: mutable mobiles and side-effects of integration.
Academic chapter
-
Næsje, Pål;
Skarholt, Kari;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Bye, Arne.
(2009)
Empowering Operation and Maintenance: Safe Operations with the "One Directed Team" Organization Model at the Kristin Asset.
Academic chapter
-
Skarholt, Kari;
Næsje, Pål;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Bye, Arne.
(2009)
Integrated Operations and Leadership: How Virtual Cooperation influences Leadership Practice.
Academic chapter
-
Rosendahl, Tom;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2013)
Preface.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Doing Corporate Ethnography as an Insider (Employee).
Academic chapter
-
Filstad, Cathrine;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Skarholt, Kari.
(2013)
Connecting Worlds through Self-Synchronization and Boundary Spanning: Crossing Boundaries in Virtual Teams.
Academic chapter
-
Henderson, John;
Hepsø, Vidar;
Øyvind, Mydland.
(2013)
What is a Capability Platform Approach to Integrated Operations?: An Introduction to Key Concepts.
Academic chapter
-
Iversen, Fionn;
Gressgaard, Leif Jarle;
Thorogood, John Laurence;
Balov, Mohsen Karimi;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2012)
Drilling Automation: Potential for Human Error.
Academic chapter
-
Ulven, Mette;
Monteiro, Eric;
Rolland, Knut Helge Ronæs;
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2008)
Kunnskapsnettverk på tvers: sårbar eller selvforsterkende ressurs?.
Academic chapter
-
Hepsø, Vidar.
(2009)
"Common" information spaces in knowledge-intensive work : representation and negotiation of meaning in computer-supported collaboration rooms.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
Running the EVU-course IT6207 Remote Operations together with Elena Parmiggiani
Outreach
2016
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Conference lectureHepsø, Vidar; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2016) Beyond mainstream frameworks of Technology qualification: TRL revisited. 4S EASST Conference
2014
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Conference lectureUlfsnes, Amund; Møskeland, Thomas; Frost, Tone Karin; Hepsø, Vidar; Gramvik, Geir; Brönner, Ute. (2014) Towards Integrated Environmental Monitoring. SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment, 17-19 March, Long Beach, California, USA
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Conference posterRyghaug, Marianne; Hepsø, Vidar. (2014) Understanding technology qualification and development as a game of “Snakes and ladders”?. Social construction of technology coming of age: new challenges and opportunities ahead
2013
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Conference lectureParmiggiani, Elena; Hepsø, Vidar. (2013) Mobilizing Heterogeneous forces in the modeling of data: from perplexity to institutionalism. The First Nordic STS Conference
2011
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Conference lectureHepsø, Vidar; Østerlie, Thomas. (2011) Technology and Organization Readiness. Presented at EAGE (European Association of GeoscientiWorkshop on Permanent Reservoir Monitoring
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Conference lectureHepsø, Vidar; Thomas, Østerlie. (2011) Open innovation of new sub-surface software; an opportunity for open source development. at SPE ATW (Advanced Technology Workshop) Use Of 4D Seismic and Production Data For History Matching and Optimisation-Application to Norne.
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Conference lectureHepsø, Vidar. (2011) Open innovation of subsurface software systems. Transatlantic science week 2011
2010
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Conference lectureØlmheim, Jørn; Landre, Einar; Hepsø, Vidar. (2010) Decision Support and Monitoring Using Autonomous Systems (SPE 128202). Intelligent Energy 2010
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Conference lectureHepsø, Vidar; Olsen, Hans Hysing; Brych, Felicia; Joanette, Francois. (2010) Next steps to a framework for global collaboration to drive business performance SPE 126207. SPE Intelligent Energy 2010
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Conference lectureHepsø, Irene Lorentzen; Hepsø, Vidar. (2010) Coordinating work in the repair and modification of offshore production systems -The role of the project manager. European Group Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
2008
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Conference lectureHepsø, Irene Lorentzen; Hepsø, Vidar. (2008) Creation of work practices through the interaction of BPR, TQM and HES. 24th European Group of Organisational Studies Colloquium
1998
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Conference lectureMonteiro, Eric; Hepsø, Vidar. (1998) Seize the day: infrastructure strategy formation. Information Systems Research in Scandinavia (IRIS 21)
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Conference lectureMonteiro, Eric; Hepsø, Vidar. (1998) Diffusion of Infrastructure: mobilization and improvization. IFIP WG 8.2 & 8.6