Information Systems Research articles from December 2002

Information Systems Research archives from December 2002

Editorial notes.
December 1, 2002... This is my first editorial statement since taking over the role of editor-in-chief from Izak Benbasat this year. Before I begin, I'd like to offer my thanks to Izak and his staff, particularly Ron Cenfetelli, for their help and support during...

Research commentary: information systems and conceptual modeling--a research agenda.
December 1, 2002... Within the information systems field, the task of conceptual modeling involves building a representation of selected phenomena in some domain. High-quality conceptual-modeling work is important because it facilitates early detection and...

Research commentary: The next wave of nomadic computing.
December 1, 2002... A nomadic information environment is a heterogeneous assemblage of interconnected technological, and social, and organizational elements that enable the physical and social mobility of computing and communication services between organizational...

The security of confidential numerical data in databases.
December 1, 2002... Organizations are storing large amounts of data in databases for data mining and other types of analysis. Some of this data is considered confidential and has to be protected from disclosure. When access to individual values of confidential...

A comparative study of distributed learning environments on learning outcomes.
December 1, 2002... Advances in information and communication technologies have fueled rapid growth in the popularity of technology-supported distributed learning (DL). Many educational institutions, both academic and corporate, have undertaken initiatives that...

Potential research space in MIS: A framework for envisioning and evaluating research replication, extension, and generation.
December 1, 2002... Replications are an important component of scientific method in that they convert tentative belief to accepted knowledge. Given the espoused importance of replications to the extraction of knowledge from research, there is surprisingly little...

Research report: intrafirm resource allocation with asymmetric information and negative externalities.
December 1, 2002... We examine the intrafirm resource allocation problem with the following characteristics. The resource exhibits negative externalities, and the benefit of using the resource is known only to the user department and not to top management or other...