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A Survey of Core Research in Information Systems

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Computer Science Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7158-5

ISBN: 978-1-4614-7157-8

Publisher: Springer New York - Springer Journals

Mar 30, 2013

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Chapter 1Introduction

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 1 –5

[The information revolution powered by information technology is changing the way in which knowledge work is performed and organizations are managed. Information and communication technology (ICT) has permeated all areas of business, from supply chain management to intra-office communication....
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Chapter 2The Structure of IS Research and IS Discipline Development

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 7 –13

[Following the results of the bibliometric study presented in the Appendix, we define the structure of IS research in terms of five research areas and 51 research topics. The identified research areas closely mirror those in the Sidorova et al. (2008) study. The research areas include IT artifact...
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Chapter 3IT Artifact and IS Development

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 15 –31

[In spite of concerns, on the part of some IS academics, about the “missing IT artifact”, we find that a major segment of IS research is devoted to the design and development of the various information systems and IT artifacts. Several IS development topics are concerned with IS development...
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Chapter 4IT and Organizations

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 33 –49

[Organizational use of IT and the effect of IT on organizational practices and outcomes are widely researched in the IS community. One stream of organizational IS research deals with organizational consequences of IT, such as the effect of IT investments on firm value, and the role of IT...
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Chapter 5IT and Individuals

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 51 –61

[Research of the individual use of IT and the effects of IT on individual behavior and outcomes constitutes the most voluminous IS research area. This area can be broadly subdivided into research on factors in individual adoption and use, and research on personal computing environments....
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Chapter 6IT and Markets

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 63 –69

[The Internet is the enabler of transactions between companies and individuals. Related research is generally focused on two broad research questions: (1) how does IT influence the markets (the macro level), and (2) how can trade be best conducted in the IT-enabled environment (the micro level)....
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Chapter 7IT for Teamwork and Collaboration

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 71 –77

[From e-mails to mobile video-conferencing, Information systems play an important role in enabling communication among individuals. A significant amount of IS research is devoted to understanding the effect of the IT on communication and collaboration, including communication between individuals,...
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Chapter 8Conclusion

Sidorova, Anna; Evangelopoulos, Nicholas; Torres, Russell; Johnson, Vess

Pages: 79 –80

[In this book we describe the more prominent topics of IS research and relate them to the five broad IS research areas: IT artifact and IS development, IT and organizations, IT and individuals, IT and markets and IT for teamwork and collaboration. Within each of the research areas, the topics are...

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