Are We Wise About Sub-Fields in IS? Lessons from Forming and Sustaining a Research Community

Authors

Eric van Heck, Erasmus University of RotterdamFollow
D. J. Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main CampusFollow
Bruce W. Weber, London Business SchoolFollow
Yannis Bakos, New York UniversityFollow
Chris F. Kemerer, University of Pittsburgh - Main CampusFollow
Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow
Abraham Seidmann, University of RochesterFollow
Eric K. Clemons, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Sandra A. Slaughter, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main CampusFollow
Robert J. Kauffman, Arizona State UniversityFollow
Andrew B. Whinston, University of Texas at AustinFollow

Abstract

Sub-fields within I.S. generate benefits for their participants and for the larger research discipline. Sub-fields can also fragment and compete with the broad field they emerge from. One of the largest and most active research groups in the ICIS community is the researchers examining Information Systems Economics. After 20 years of the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), this is a moment to identify what sub-fields contribute in I.S. and look forward to what sub-fields can do for ICIS researchers and I.S. practice in the future.

Recommended Citation

Heck, Eric van; Wu, D. J.; Weber, Bruce W.; Bakos, Yannis; Kemerer, Chris F.; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Seidmann, Abraham; Clemons, Eric K.; Slaughter, Sandra A.; Kauffman, Robert J.; and Whinston, Andrew B., "Are We Wise About Sub-Fields in IS? Lessons from Forming and Sustaining a Research Community" (2009). ICIS 2009 Proceedings. 187.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2009/187