Submissions from 1997

Panel 5 Investigating Virtual Organizations Through Social Network Analysis, Manju Ahuja, Ajit Kambil, and Ron Rice

The Evolution of Handheld Computers: Problem Framing and Network Building, Jonathan Allen

IT Implementation Through the Lens of Organizational Learning: A Case Study of INSUROR, Kwang-Tat Ang, James Thong, and Chee-Sing Yap

The Process of Building GSO Relationships: The Experience of a Multinational Vendor with Indian Contractors, Michael Barrett, Sundeep Sahay, Bob Hinings, and S. Krishna

Assessing IT Competence in Business Managers, Genevieve Bassellier, Blaize Reich, and Izak Benbasat

Reinterpreting the Demise of Hierarchy: A Case Study in IT, Empowerment, and Incomplete Contracts, Niels Bjoern-Andersen and Peter Neergaard

Effectiveness of a Neuro-Fuzzy Classifier in Automated Modeling of Classification Problem-Solving Knowledge: A Quasi-Experiment, Narasimha Bolloju

Conceptual Database Modeling Skill Acquisition: Impact of Cooperative Versus Individual Learning, Bijoy Bordoloi and Sherry Ryan

Measuring Satisfaction in GSS Meetings, Robert Briggs and Gert-Jan de Vreede

Panel 4 Building Relationships with Practice with RURR (Really Useful Rigorous Research), Carol Brown, M. Lynne Markus, Jack Rockart, V. Sambamurthy, and Harvey Shrednick

The Intangible Benefits and Costs of Investments: Evidence from Financial Markets, Erik Brynjolfsson and Shinkyu Yang

Intelligent Support for Epidemiological Research Through an Organizational Memory Information System, Frada Burstein, Arkady Zaslavsky, Henry Linger, N. Crofts, and C. Aitken

Organizational Distribution of Information Technology: Effects of Social Context and Power Differences on Diffusion, Brian Butler and Deborah Gibbons

A Case Study of User Participation in the Information Systems Development Process, Thomas Butler and Brian Fitzgerald

Leveraging the Web Business Potential: The Influence of Organizational and Web Management Characteristics, Debabroto Chatterjee and V. Sambamurthy

Panel 16 IT-Enabled Business Transformation: Comparing Approaches to the Transfer of Business Best Practices, Gunnar Christensen, Niels Bjoern-Andersen, Dietrich Seibt, and Han van der Zee

The Adoption and Impact of Electronic Data Interchange: A Test of Internal and External Factors, Paul Chwelos, Izak Benbasat, and Albert Dexter

Price Behavior in a Market with Internet Buyer's Agents, Kevin Crowston

Workflow Redesign Through Consolidation in Information-Intensive Business Processes, Rajiv Dewan, Abraham Seidmann, and Zhiping Walter

An Information Processing Approach to the Coordination of Components in Distributed Software Systems, John Durrett, Prabhudev Konana, and Andrew Whinston

Assessing the Current State of Intellectual Relationships Between the Decision Support Systems Area and Academic Disciplines, Sean Eom

Truth or Deception: The Impact of Videoconferencing on Job Interviews, Carlos Ferran-Urdaneta and John Storck

A Case Study of Representational Activity at a Customer-Centered Business, Nick Flor and Paul Maglio

Panel 14 German Perspectives on Information Systems: Research Topics, Methodological Challenges, and Patterns of Exchange with IS Practice, Ulrich Frank, Hans-Ulrich Buhl, Wolfgang Koenig, Helmut Krcmar, Peter Mertens, Craig Giffi, and Heinz Klein

Effects of Information Uncertainty and Equivocality on Decision-Maker Information Searching and Usage, Dennis Galletta, David Darcy, Karl Lloyd, and Weidong Xia

Reskilling Information Systems Professionals: Examining Individual Differences in Capacity for Change, Michael Gallivan

Empirical Comparison of Object-Oriented and Dataflow Models, Andrew Gemino and Yair Wand

Mechanism Design for Intellectual Property Rights Protection, P. Giridharan and Aravind Srinivasan

Topics of Interest in IS: Comparing Academic Journals with the Practitioner Press, Sanjay Gosain, Zoonky Lee, and Il Im

Bridging the Gap Between Information Systems Research and Practice: The Reflective Practitioner as a Researcher, Ari Heiskanen and Michael Newman

The Impact of CASE on IS Professionals' Work and Motivation to Use CASE, Juhani Iivari and Jari Maansaari

An Information Company in Mexico: Extending the Resource-Based View of the Firm, Sirkka Jarvenpaa and Dorothy Leidner

Panel 18 Project Management Best Practices: Year 2000 and Beyond, Kate Kaiser, Jane Fedorowicz, Janis Gogan, David Jankowski, Leon Kappelman, and Lauris Nance

The Impact of Corporate Information Technology Infrastructure Standards on Enterprise and Business Unit IT Use, Timothy Kayworth and V. Sambamurthy

Turning Runaway Software Projects Around: The De-escalation of Commitment to Failing Courses of Action, Mark Keil and Daniel Robey

A Longitudinal Analysis of Software Maintenance Patterns, Chris Kemerer and Sandra Slaughter

Panel 3 A Report from 8.2 to ICIS: Three Points of View on Information Systems and Qualitative Research from the June 1997 Conference of IFIP Working Group 8.2, Kenneth Kendall, Eileen Trauth, Michelle Brown, and Marie-Claude Boudreau

The Gestalt of an Information Technology Outsourcing Relationship: An Exploratory Analysis, Thomas Kern

Panel 11 The Rhetoric, Reality, and Future of the Relationship Dimension in Information Technology Outsourcing, Thomas Kern, Vijay Gurbaxani, Mary Lacity, and John Harris

Selling in the Era of the "Net": Integration of Electronic Commerce in Small Firms, William Kettinger and Gary Hackbarth

"Zoning-In" on Information Systems Service Quality: Continuous Refinement of the SERVQUAL Measurement, William Kettinger and Choong Lee

Structurational Analysis of Comparative Study of EIS Between the United Kingdom and Japan, Takeshi Kosaka and Guy Fitzgerald

Communication Versus Information: Alternative Uses of the Internet at Home, Robert Kraut, Janusz Szczypula, Sara Kiesler, and William Scherlis

BPR Success or Failure? A Business Process Reengineering Project in the Financial Services Industry, Melissa Larsen and Michael Myers

Turning Over Versus Turning Away of Information Systems Professionals, Patrick Lee, Soon Ang, and Sandra Slaughter

Understanding Internet Advertising, Claudia Loebbecke

Evolution of a Virtual Community: Understanding Design Issues Through a Longitudinal Study, Arvind Malhotra, Sanjay Gosain, and Alexander Hars

Managing Change in Mandatory Adoption Situations, Anne Massey, Mitzi Montoya-Weiss, and Susan Brown

A Comprehensive Model of Anonymity in Computer-Supported Group Decision Making, Poppy McLeod

Designing in the Dark: The Changing User-Developer Relationship in Information Systems Development, Joe Nandhakumar and Matthew Jones

Information Systems Implementation in Hungary: Four Boundaries to IS Adoption, Andras Nemeslaki, Hee-Dong Yang, and Michael Ginzberg

Panel 17 Ethnographic Research in Information Systems: An Exploration of Three Alternative Approaches to Ethnography, Ojelanki Ngwenyama, Lynda Harvey, Michael Myers, and Eleanor Wynn

Panel 10 Information Systems and Technology Programs: Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium, Daniel Peak; Justin Stolen; Rob Kling; and Jay Nunamaker, Jr.

A Simulation Test Bed for Computational Modeling of Business Processes, T. Raghu, Abhijit Chaudhury, B. Jayaraman, and Raghav Rao

Panel 1 Information Systems Frontiers: Emerging Vistas, Ram Ramesh, Raghav Rao, Roy Radner, Will Pape, Larry Reeker, Jagdish Chandra, Sumitra Mukherjee, Salvatore March, and John Pientka

Panel 12 What is Different with Information Technology Implementation in Less Developed Countries and Why Should We Care?, Nicolau Reinhard, Prashant Palvia, Joze Gricar, Amar Gupta, and Mohan Kaul

Panel 9 Playing Politics with Information Technology: A Global Perspective, Celia Romm, Ron Rice, Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Ernest Jordan, Nava Pliskin, Fay Sudweeks, and Niels Bjoern-Andersen

Panel 13 Service Level Agreements at Texas Instruments: Theory Meets Practice, Jeanne Ross, Cynthia Beath, Michael Vitale, and Deneese Gipson

Fit, Failure, and the House of Horrors: Toward a Configurational Theory of IS Project Failure, Christopher Sauer, Gray Southon, and Christopher Dampney

Panel 7 Using Multiple Methods in Studying Information Systems: Some Experiences, Steve Sawyer, Jay Cooprider, Robert Galliers, Michael Gallivan, and Bonnie Kaplan

Empowerment in Business Process Reengineering: An Ethnographic Study of Implementation Discourses, Kylie Sayer and Lynda Harvey

Goal Congruence, Trust, and Organizational Culture: Strengthening Knowledge Links, Judy Scott and Guy Gable

Building and Sustaining Interorganizational Information Sharing Relationships: The Competitive Impact of Interfacing Supply Chain Operations with Marketing Strategy, Abraham Seidmann and Arun Sundararajan

Information Systems in Japanese Local Government: Sifting the Dusty Corridors, Yoshikazu Sekiguichi and Kim-Viborg Andersen

A Contingent Model for the Role of Management Support in IS Implementation: A Meta-Analysis, Rajeev Sharma and Philip Yetton

Understanding End-User Computing Through Technological Frames, Nancy Shaw, Lee-Partridge Eng, and James Ang

Building Bridges with Practice: An Empirical Study of Electronic Commerce Issues, Neal Shaw and Philip Powell

The Impact of Information Technology on Coordination Costs: Implications for Firm Productivity, Namchul Shin

The Impacts of Business Process Reengineering on Organizational Control, Siew-Kein Sia and Boon-Siong Neo

The Effects of Task Interruption and Information Presentation on Individual Decision Making, Cheri Speier, Joseph Valacich, and Iris Vessey

Coordination and Control of Globally Distributed Software Development Projects: The GOLDD Case, Paul van Fenema

Database Auditing, Jonathan Wareham and Levent Orman

Panel 6 Marketing and MIS: Another Entry on the MIS Dance Card or the True Partner?, Richard Watson, George Zinkhan, Pierre Berthon, and Ben Dyer

Panel 8 Wiring the Academy: What's Working, What's Not, What's Next, and Why, Bradley Wheeler, Lynda Applegate, David Brown, and Peggy Phillips

Panel 2 Building Relationships in Electronic Commerce: European and North American Perspectives, Rolf Wigand, Robert Benjamin, Tawfik Jelassi, and Stefan Klein

Panel 15 Pointers in Doing Writing Up Case Research, Leslie Willcocks, Line Dube, Guy Pare, and Daniel Robey

Electronic Window Dressing: Impression Management on the Internet, Susan Winter, Carol Saunders, and Paul Hart

Successful IS Innovations: The Contingent Contributions of Innovation Characteristics and Implementation Process, Philip Yetton, Rajeev Sharma, and Gray Southon

Effects of Electronic Communication Technology on Top Management Teams' Structures and Decision-Making Process Outcome, Youngjin Yoo

Panel 19 What Don't We Know About Managing Knowledge Using Information Technology?, Michael Zack, Thomas Davenport, Kathleen Curley, Arthur DeTore, and Fran Engoran