...Khawaja Saeed; Manoj Malhotra; Sue Abdinnour Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that information systems (IS) artifacts (IS for automation and IS for analytics) and process standardization play in enhancing different dimensions of supply chain agility (SCA) (sensing...

...Ranjan Vaidya; Michael D. Myers Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance of the study of emotions in the successful implementation of information systems projects in developing countries. This paper studies one emotion, namely, anger, and discusses its detrimental impact on information...

...Ned Kock Purpose J-curve relationship analyses can provide valuable insights to information systems (IS) researchers. This paper aims to discuss moderated mediation in IS research and the related emergence of J-curve relationships. Design/methodology/approach Building on an illustrative study...

...João Varajão; Gabriela Fernandes; Hélio Silva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of practice in information systems (IS) project management (PM) by analyzing the use of tools and techniques by IS project managers. Design/methodology/approach The authors carried...

...Monica Nehemia-Maletzky; Tiko Iyamu; Irja Shaanika Purpose This study aims to examine how both activity theory (AT) and actor network theory (ANT) can be complementarily applied in information system (IS) studies. Design/methodology/approach The interpretivist approach was followed, within...

...Vinodh Krishnaraju; Saji K. Mathew Purpose Web personalization has been studied in different streams of research such as Marketing, Human Computer Interaction and Computer Science. However, an information systems perspective of web personalization research is very scarcely visible in this body...

... a model or framework which defines the order‐of‐use of the theories. It could be argued that it depend on the nature and objectives of the study. This paper focuses on order‐of‐use of combined theories in information systems studies. No organisation has total power to determine what the choice(s...

..., Australia Purpose – This paper seeks to understand how strategic information systems (IS) alignment takes place in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a qualitative and quantitative analysis of data from 27 cases. Findings...

... of the small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) is difficult, as the utilisation of these technologies does not reach the desired level – either in Hungary or in the European Union (EU) as a whole. SMEs have a difficult time adjusting to the integrated corporate information systems developed for the use...

...Aristides Matopoulos; Adel Alaraifi; Alemayehu Molla; Hepu Deng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore what information systems are used within the data center industry and to develop a data center information systems classification framework for facilitating the investigation...

...Mark Taylor; Emma Higgins; Paulo Lisboa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of a geographical information system (GIS) testing framework that was used to test a fire prevention support GIS. Design/methodology/approach A year‐long case study...

...Kituyi G. Mayoka; Agnes S. Rwashana; Victor W. Mbarika; Stephen Isabalija Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for designing sustainable telemedicine information systems in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach Both quantitative and qualitative research...

...Morteza Ghobakhloo; Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri; Tang Sai Hong; Khosro Amirizadeh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model to analyze the relationships between three aspects of technical electronic commerce (EC)‐based information system (IS) resources; the supply chain process...

...Waleed Alsabhan; Steve Love Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the practicality of an application called the mobile geographic information system (GIS). The authors' purpose was to focus specifically on the mobile GIS application in a prototype, mobile‐based model that is utilized...

...Paul Jones; Paul Beynon‐Davies; Margi Levy; Philip Powell; Philip Yetton Purpose This paper seeks to understand how strategic information systems (IS) alignment takes place in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a qualitative...

...Paul Jones; Paul Beynon‐Davies; Yi Wang; Xinping Shi Purpose Small and mid‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing challenges in an increasingly fierce environment. This paper aims to explore the promise of information systems (IS) in enhancing the survival and competitiveness of SMEs in a dynamic...

...Franklin Liu; Michael D. Myers Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the types of research published in the Association for Information Systems (AIS) basket of top journals. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses bibliographic analysis to analyze all the articles that were...

... Information systems We are continually searching for methods to understand the impact of the changing organizational environment. And, we need methods that expose graduate students to the richness of approaches to organizational research (Kaplan and Duchon, 1988). Influences from outside our...

...Jan Terje Karlsen; Line Hagman; Thomas Pedersen Purpose The focus of this paper is on knowledge transfer. The purpose is to investigate intra‐project knowledge‐transfer practice in information systems development (ISD) firms applying a Scrum methodology. Design/methodology/approach Case study...

...Neomi Kaplan‐Mor; Chanan Glezer; Moshe Zviran Purpose The aim of this study is to evaluate effectiveness of several end‐user training methods during the deployment of a new information system in an Israeli financial institution. Design/methodology/approach Four training methods, namely...