This text is volume 13 in the “Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization (LNISO)” series published by Springer. It consists of 20 selected best papers from the annual conference of the Italian chapter of the Association for Information Systems (ITAIS), held in Genoa, Italy, in November 2014. From the quality of the papers in this book, as well the location of the conference, I wish I had attended.

The papers in the book are organized into two parts. Part 1 contains ten papers around the theme “ICT, Organizational Innovation and Change.” Part 2 contains ten papers organized around the theme “IT and Knowledge Management.” The book begins with an introduction and discussion of information and technology management for organizational innovation and change, but does not have a conclusion or index.

While I found fresh ideas and perspectives in all of the papers, “The Determinants of IT Adoption by SMEs: An Agenda for Research,” “The IS Heritage and the Legacy of Ciborra,” “A Two Step Procedure for Integrated Inventory--Supply Chain Management Information Systems,” “Investigating the Impact of Digital Data Genesis Dynamic Capability on Data Quality and Data Accessibility,” and “An Ecological Model for Digital Platforms Maintenance and Evolution” stood out. Each of these contained several nuggets of knowledge immediately applicable for my own applied research, teaching, and practice.

Readers needing a big picture view of innovation should look elsewhere. Organization Science Winter Conference 2016 is a recent conference, similar to ITAIS 2014, on innovation and organizations from an organization science perspective. Readers interested in a practical example of the diffusion of innovations like the ideas and practices in this book should review Rossman’s book [1]. Business and information technology (IT) leaders concerned about being too successful innovating must read the newly updated and revised version of The innovator’s dilemma [2].

Like Italian food, fashion, supercars, and supermodels, the papers in this book invite you to stop and take notice.