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Guest editorial: qualitative studies in information systems: a critical review and some guiding principles

01 Dec 2013-Management Information Systems Quarterly (Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems Research Center)-Vol. 37, Iss: 4
TL;DR: Please refer to attached Guest Editorial to find out more about the author's background and views on the EU referendum.
About: This article is published in Management Information Systems Quarterly.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 220 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Guiding Principles & Information system.
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TL;DR: A first step toward an inclusive big data research agenda for IS is offered by focusing on the interplay between big data’s characteristics, the information value chain encompassing people-process-technology, and the three dominant IS research traditions (behavioral, design, and economics of IS).
Abstract: Big data has received considerable attention from the information systems (IS) discipline over the past few years, with several recent commentaries, editorials, and special issue introductions on the topic appearing in leading IS outlets. These papers present varying perspectives on promising big data research topics and highlight some of the challenges that big data poses. In this editorial, we synthesize and contribute further to this discourse. We offer a first step toward an inclusive big data research agenda for IS by focusing on the interplay between big data’s characteristics, the information value chain encompassing people-process-technology, and the three dominant IS research traditions (behavioral, design, and economics of IS). We view big data as a disruption to the value chain that has widespread impacts, which include but are not limited to changing the way academics conduct scholarly work. Importantly, we critically discuss the opportunities and challenges for behavioral, design science, and economics of IS research and the emerging implications for theory and methodology arising due to big data’s disruptive effects.

543 citations

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TL;DR: The EJIS Board decided to implement a policy change that I had proposed in my last editorial addressing the IS community (Rowe, 2012), asking authors (starting January 2013) to explicitl...
Abstract: In Orlando the EJIS Board decided to implement a policy change that I had proposed in my last editorial addressing the IS community (Rowe, 2012), asking authors (starting January 2013) to explicitl...

428 citations


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  • ...However, as advocated by Sarker et al (2013) for qualitative research, this respect should not be at the expense of coherence....

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TL;DR: The authors brought together a panel of established grounded theory scholars to understand the full reach and scope of GT and to help us in this endeavor through a reflective conversation, and they brought together the authors of the paper.
Abstract: Grounded theory (GT) is taught in many doctoral schools across the world and exemplified in most methodological books and publications in top-tier journals as a qualitative research method. This limited view of GT does not allow full use of possible resources and restrains researchers’ creativity and capabilities. Thus, it blocks some innovative possibilities and the emergence of valuable theories, which are badly needed. Therefore, understanding the full reach and scope of GT is becoming urgent, and we brought together a panel of established grounded theory scholars to help us in this endeavor through a reflective conversation.

220 citations

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TL;DR: This work examines how GTM is applied in IS research and how the research contributions are contingent on those applications, and identifies nine GTM procedures that are applied in various combinations to develop the three forms of research contribution.
Abstract: Grounded theory methodology (GTM), with its espoused goal of theory development of novel phenomena, has found broad application in Information Systems (IS) research. To investigate how GTM is applied in IS research and how the research contributions are contingent on those applications, we review 43 GTM-based articles in major IS and related journals. Ten of the articles develop theory. The other 33 articles use GTM to develop models and rich descriptions of new phenomena as their theoretical contribution. We show that each of the three forms is valuable to the IS community. For example, studies that develop theories and models are highly cited in the IS literature. We identify nine GTM procedures that are applied in various combinations to develop the three forms of research contribution. Treating GTM as a portfolio of the nine procedures, we examine the implications for the research contribution of adopting the core GTM procedures compared with a partial portfolio of those procedures.

162 citations

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TL;DR: It is suggested that IT plays four major roles in entrepreneurial operations: as a facilitator, making the operations of start‐ups easier; as a mediator for new ventures' operations; as an outcome of entrepreneurial operations; and as a ubiquity, becoming the business model itself.
Abstract: More than 50 years ago, information technology (IT) began to change society, the economy, and industries worldwide. This change has included waves of technological disruption that have been exploited by entrepreneurial actors who seize the associated new opportunities. Research on related phenomena is spread across different disciplines. Recently, there have been calls for further research on the marriage of information systems (IS) and entrepreneurship. We review 292 articles in the IS, entrepreneurship, and general and strategic management literature to create an overview of the IT‐associated entrepreneurship research landscape. On the basis of that review, we elaborate on the different roles that IT can assume to support entrepreneurial operations and value creation in these settings. Our findings suggest that IT plays four major roles in entrepreneurial operations: as a facilitator, making the operations of start‐ups easier; as a mediator for new ventures' operations; as an outcome of entrepreneurial operations; and as a ubiquity, becoming the business model itself. Leveraging these roles of IT, we develop a set of definitions to clear up definition uncertainties surrounding IT‐associated new ventures such as digital start‐ups and digital business models. We also outline a research agenda for IT‐associated entrepreneurship research based on identified roles, types, and gaps.

161 citations


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  • ...To achieve the introduced objectives, we use a systematic literature review approach by applying the suggestions of Webster and Watson (2002) and following the process of Xiao, Califf, Sarker, and Sarker (2013)....

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  • ...Zhang, Sarker, & Sarker, 2013 35....

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