1: Why Theories? (Mis)Understanding the Context and Rationale -- 2: Theoretical, Empirical and Artefactual Contributions in Information Systems Research: Implications Implied -- 3: Theoretical Diversity in IS Research: A Causal Structure Framework.-4: Theory Building is Neither Art nor a...

1. Introduction: On Types of Products of Theorizing -- 2. Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective -- 3. Debating Genres And IS Research: The Case Of Action Principles For Service Automation -- 4. A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Digital Objects in...

pt. 1. Strategies for empirical advances in information systems and e-commerce research -- pt. 2. Understanding the dynamics and outcomes associated with information technology investments -- pt. 3. New approaches for studying mechanism design in online auctions -- pt. 4. New empirical...

The methods and thinking of economics permeate a large part of the IS discipline. Reciprocally, newly emerging research methods relying on the IT-enabled treatment of massive data aggregates feed economic research. As new and radical forms of IT innovation continue to energize electronic...