This commentary is on Shirley Gregor's (2006) article titled "The Nature of Theory in Information Systems", published in MIS Quarterly. In terms of theories, five types have been prominent in Gregor's classification: (a) Theory of Analyzing (b) Theory of Explaining (c) Theory of Prediction (d)...

This open access book provides a broad range of insights on market engineering and information management. It covers topics like auctions, stock markets, electricity markets, the sharing economy, information and emotions in markets, smart decision-making in cities and other systems, and...

Die Arbeit hat zum Ziel, ein Modell für die Sicherheit von Informationssystemen unter spezifischer Berücksichtigung der IT-Risiken, deren Management und der Möglichkeiten ihrer Beherrschung zu entwickeln. Im Mittelpunkt steht der strategische Umgang mit Risiken der Informationsverarbeitung...

Although we live in the age of multimedia, most information is still only available in text format. This is especially true in medical informatics. Consequently, research in text mining is an essential area of computer science. With the aid of statistic and linguistic procedures, text mining...

Enterprise content management (ECM), decision support, decision support system (DSS), optimization, car sharing, green IS, reference model, survey research, nexus of forces, IS governance, grounded theory. - Entscheidungsunterstützung, Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem, Optimierung,...

The notion that Afghanistan at present is at a decisive point in time is well known. Information systems in Afghan public institutions are no exception. Mainly caused by the lack of available knowledge and competencies with regard to Open Source software, information systems infrastructures - by...

The proposal discusses the obstacles arising from interconnected information systems that support the management in Brazilian federal public universities. Question the nature of information and sources that are used in the decision-making process by managers. It aims to analyze the information...

Does information system (IS) quality limit earnings management and contribute to financial reporting timeliness? While prior work has studied causes and constraints of earnings management and timeliness, the role of IS quality has not been considered. However, IS quality may facilitate and thus...