C++ programming, 241
Capital. See also Investments
exclusive sourcing and, 34-35
IT investment and, 71-99 (see also Information technology (IT))
stocks and bonds, 365
Capital One, 196-197
Carrier, 399-400
Carroll, John S., 325-332, 417
Carstedt, Goran, 323-324, 389-412, 417
Carter administration, 348
Caruso, Denise, 78
Center for Coordination Science (CCS), 10, 251
Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), 10
Centralization
commanders and, 55
cowboys and, 54-57
factors affecting, 57-62
IT and, 50-57, 62-63, 310
unions and, 342
Chandler, Alfred, 142-144
Change, 3-4
anticipated, 267
e-lancing and, 103-114
emergent, 267
empowerment and, 49-69
firm boundaries and, 25-48
groupware and, 265-281
IT and, 71-99, 297-298 (see also Information technology (IT))
mechanisms of, 20-21
reasons for, 17-20
scenario study and, 115-132
Chase Manhattan, 51
Chat rooms, 401
Chemical Bank, 51
Chief networks officer (CNO), 308
Chrysler, 216
CIOs. See Information technology (IT) Cisco, 181-182, 353
Citibank, 136-137, 298-299
Client/server systems, 306
Clockspeed drivers, 217
outsourcing and, 210-211
PC development and, 205-209
three-dimensional engineering and, 212-216
Cluetrain Manifesto, 401
Coase, Ronald, 25
COBOL, 301, 308
Collective bargaining, 6, 338, 340-341, 343
Columbia, 107
Commons, John R., 346
Communications, 4, 7, 72, 200
cost of, 49-50
e-lancing and, 103-114
employee's personal lives and, 375-388
empowerment and, 49-69
feedback and, 196-197
ITSS and, 269-277
metrics and, 198
outsourcing and, 211
Schneider National and, 146
supply chain design and, 207-208
transparency and, 405-408
Communications Workers of America, 362
Community, 125-126, 342. See also Personal lives
environment and, 403-404
unions and, 344
Compaq, 208, 216
Competencies, 406
Competition
best-product position and, 175, 178-179
bonding and, 184-185
clockspeed strategies and, 205-217
Delta model and, 173-203
globalization and, 297-298
guilds and, 354-355
knowledge transfer and, 42-44
lock-in and, 173, 176-178, 181-183, 186-194
supply chain design and, 205-217
technical advances and, 210
CompuServe, 302
Computer-aided design (CAD), 135
Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE), 235, 306
Computers, 7, 301. See also Information technology (IT)
clockspeed strategies and, 205-217
Moore's Law and, 17
Process Handbook and, 221-249 (see also Process Handbook)
Concurrent engineering, 212-216
Consistency corridor, 194
Contracts. See also Social contract
agency issues and, 38-41
evergreen, 35-36
exclusive sourcing and, 34-35
governance, 37
inside, 35-36
Japanese subcontracting and, 32-34
market monitoring and, 41-42
network influence and, 36-38
Coordination processes, 226-231
X-teams and, 283-296
Corning, 342
Corporations. See also Organizations
birth of, 104-105
department specialization and, 4-5
disintegration of, 105, 107-110
e-lancing and, 103-114
shareholders and, 5-7, 328-329, 337-340
Correnti, John, 178
Co Steel, 35
Cowboys, 54-57
Cox, Vivienne, 403
Cross-firm accreditation, 365
Cross-functional training, 379-382
Crowston, Kevin, 221-249, 417
Customers
bonding and, 176-178, 184-185
Delta model and, 175-176, 179-181, 191-193
EDS and, 179-180
employee's personal lives and, 379-380
globalization and, 297-298
IT and, 78-79
ITSS and, 269-277
lock-in and, 186-187
network redesign and, 300-301
one-stop shopping and, 299
Schneider National and, 148, 150-153
as stakeholders, 328-329
targeting of, 190-193
values and, 400-402
Zeta study and, 269-280
Customer solutions position, 175-176, 179-181, 183, 196
Cyber-cowboys, 55-57