Paper Number
ICIS2025-2425
Paper Type
Complete
Abstract
Fog-based information systems (FBIS) offer local data processing services to organizations, promising reduced latency, bandwidth conservation, and real-time data processing. However, organizations remain uncertain about how to leverage FBIS’ capabilities to create value. Bridging technical- and application-driven research streams, we investigate how organizations can leverage FBIS to create business value. Employing a qualitative and inductive approach grounded in value creation literature, we synthesize insights from 59 articles, 13 expert interviews, and 29 real-world FBIS. We identify five infrastructure properties, five organizational fog capabilities, and seven business value targets. Most notably, we uncover four FBIS value creation mechanisms with eleven variants explaining how specific combinations of capabilities and properties lead to distinct value outcomes. Our study refines the current understanding of FBIS’ capabilities, resolves inconsistent views on achieving business value, and provides theoretical and practical guidance for value-oriented adoption of fog computing in organizational contexts.
Recommended Citation
Heß, Yannick; Blume, Maximilian; Lins, Sebastian; and Sunyaev, Ali, "Creating Business Value through Fog-based Information Systems" (2025). ICIS 2025 Proceedings. 15.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/diginnoventren/diginnoventren/15
Creating Business Value through Fog-based Information Systems
Fog-based information systems (FBIS) offer local data processing services to organizations, promising reduced latency, bandwidth conservation, and real-time data processing. However, organizations remain uncertain about how to leverage FBIS’ capabilities to create value. Bridging technical- and application-driven research streams, we investigate how organizations can leverage FBIS to create business value. Employing a qualitative and inductive approach grounded in value creation literature, we synthesize insights from 59 articles, 13 expert interviews, and 29 real-world FBIS. We identify five infrastructure properties, five organizational fog capabilities, and seven business value targets. Most notably, we uncover four FBIS value creation mechanisms with eleven variants explaining how specific combinations of capabilities and properties lead to distinct value outcomes. Our study refines the current understanding of FBIS’ capabilities, resolves inconsistent views on achieving business value, and provides theoretical and practical guidance for value-oriented adoption of fog computing in organizational contexts.
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