Information Systems Research articles from September 2001

Information Systems Research archives from September 2001

Research commentary: introducing a third dimension in information systems design--the case for incentive alignment.
September 1, 2001... Prior research has generated considerable knowledge on information systems design from software engineering and user-acceptance perspectives. As organizational processes are increasingly embedded within information systems, one of the key...

Combining IS research methods: towards a pluralist methodology.
September 1, 2001... This paper puts forward arguments in favor of a pluralist approach to IS research. Rather than advocating a single paradigm, be it interpretive or positivist, or even a plurality of paradigms within the discipline as a whole, it suggests that...

Business planning for network services: a systems thinking approach.
September 1, 2001... As demand for online network services continues to grow, service providers are looking to meet this need and avail themselves of business opportunities. However, despite strong growth in demand, providers continue to have difficulty achieving...

On heterogeneous database retrieval: a cognitively guided approach.
September 1, 2001... Retrieving information from heterogeneous database systems involves a complex process and remains a challenging research area. We propose a cognitively guided approach for developing an information-retrieval agent that takes the user's...

Research report: empirical test of an EDI adoption model.
September 1, 2001... This paper is the first test of a parsimonious model that posits three factors as determinants of the adoption of electronic data interchange (EDI): readiness, perceived benefits, and external pressure. To construct the model, we identified and...

Research report: modifying paradigms--individual differences, creativity techniques, and exposure to ideas in group idea generation.
September 1, 2001... In today's networked economy, ideas that challenge existing business models and paradigms are becoming more important. This study investigated how individual differences, groupware-based creativity techniques, and ideas from others influenced...

Editorial notes.
September 1, 2001... There was a brief but intense discussion on ISWorld toward the end of June about information systems journal rankings. This was initiated by an observation that the ISWorld journal rankings page excluded many of the European and non-North...