- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Business / Economics
Full Description
Exploring Information Systems Research Approaches is intended for supervisors and research students in the information systems and related fields. This collection of thought-provoking articles, arranged in sections that reflect the broadening nature of the field, provides examples of a range of research approaches. This book focuses on different research approaches - their strengths, limitations, and the conclusions which can be drawn from them - and explores the impact of information and communication technologies on groups, on organizations, between organizations, on markets, and on society worldwide.
The articles selected have been chosen to represent an approach to research, or an alternative design within an approach (e.g., single case versus multiple cases; survey within industry versus survey across industries). Each section is preceded by an editorial introduction that places the chosen articles in context of other, similar research, and provides a summary of the articles in terms of the:
research method employed
focus and perspective of the research
technology being employed
findings and overall contribution of the work.
Each introduction also highlights various issues and factors that the reader should consider when studying each of the articles in the section and includes ideas for further reading and discussion questions suitable for doctoral research seminars.
Contents
Preface, Part 1: The impact of group support systems on decision-making and group creativity, Introduction, 1. Group communications and computer-mediated communication, 2. Group support systems in Hong Kong: an action research project, 3. Understanding computer mediated decisions, 4. Participation in groupware-mediated communities of practice: a socio-political analysis of knowledge working, Part 2: The impact of IT on organizations, Introduction, 5. Paradox lost? Firm level evidence on the returns to information systems spending 6. Information technology and the nature of work: From the productivity paradox to the Icarus paradox, 7. The great divide between qualitative and quantitative and individual and organizational measures, 8. The impact of IT investment on enterprise performance: a case study, Part 3: Inter-organizational systems and process improvements, Introduction, 9. Competing though EDI at Brun Passot: achievements in France and ambitions for the Single European Market, 10. Business value of information technology: a study of electronic data interchange, 11. The performance impacts of quick response and strategic alignment in specialty retailing, 12. Coordination and virtualization: the role of electronic networks and personal relationships, Part 4: IT Impact on markets, Introduction, 13. Do electronic marketplaces lower the price of goods? 14. Next-generation trading in futures markets: a comparison of Open Outcry and Order Matching systems, 15. Trust, technology and transaction costs: can theories transcend culture in a globalized world? 16. Reengineering the Dutch flower auctions: a framework for analyzing exchange organizations, Part 5: Global and societal issues, Introduction, 17. Cross-cultural software production and use: a structuration analysis, 18. Key issues in information systems management: an international perspective, 19. The global digital divide: a sociological assessment of trends and causes , 20. Information technology and transitions in the public service: a comparison of Scandinavia and the United States, Author index, Subject index.
