In the IS field there has been an ongoing tradition to study the publication output of the community in order to evaluate the current and potential situation of IS research. In this work, we follow a different strategy and study what IS research claims to be. We look at those so-called 'espoused...

Claudio Ciborra est un auteur majeur de la théorie des organisations et des systèmes d'information anglo-saxons. Ses travaux sont cependant relativement méconnus dans le champ francophone des sciences de gestion. Nous proposons ici de résumer l'essentiel de ses recherches et de montrer en...

The development of theoretical contributions is extensively discussed in management research. However, the processes of developing theories and their relationships to the processes of submitting. Reviewing and revising papers are relatively neglected, in particular in MIS. Work has already been...

Critical realism is a subject of growing interest in the IS literature. This article aims at implementing a critical realist framework: Margaret Archer's (2003) internal conversation theory. As a contemporary sociologist, Archer suggests both a general vision of social practice and a typology of...

Despite the importance of co-creating value in the actual business models, few studies have focused specifically on the phenomenon. First, the concept of value co-creation of value is precisely defined. Then, the authors work to develop criteria for assessing the co-creation of value. The study,...

Most research on structuration or the appropriation of ICT in organizations has put aside the problem of dyschronies. It has not taken into account the differences in nature, speed, and temporality of changes that co-exist within an organization. To address this limitation, the author of this...