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Introduction to the HICSS-50 Minitrack on Practice-based IS Research
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Leidner, Dorothy E. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The debate over rigor and relevance has extended many decades with rigor leading the way in the overwhelming majority of our academic journals where theory contribution and methodological excellence transcend any practical implication the research may have. Practice-based research aspires to bridge the gap between academic theory and practice; it aspires both to introduce researchers to state of the art practices and issues from industry as well as introduce managers to research that makes sense of and brings coherence to the issues they face. The methods used in practice-based research are often exploratory, field-based studies involving interviews, observations, and/or descriptive surveys. The intense pressure to achieve methodological distinction and theoretical contribution often results in very current practice-based topics being eschewed by researchers, because the topics themselves are not mature enough in practice to achieve desirable samples or sample sizes, nor are they conducive to theorizing since so little is known. These are precisely the reasons that exploratory, practice-based research can play a tremendous role in helping establish and lay the foundations of a research domain while providing insights into an emerging topic. This year, our track received 24 submissions of which we accepted 10 for presentation. The topics range from perennial issues such as IS security and outsourcing to novel ones, such as blockchain technology, digital strategy and bi-modal IT. Based on the paper “So You Want to go Digital? How to Avoid the Next Legacy Platform Debacle” by Martin Mocker and John Boochever, the first presentation seeks to help IT managers reduce the complexity of their IT platforms so as to create a foundation for digitized procsesses and products. Based on data from over 75 interviews and more than 100 consulting projects, the authors identify key drivers of digital platform complexity and propose how companies can address these drivers in order to avoid the next generation of legacy platforms. The second presentation discusses the exciting emergence of blockchain. Authors Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch will present their paper, “Blockchain as Radical Innovation: A Framework for Engaging with Distributed Ledgers as Incumbent Organization.” This work presents a case study of how one large bank is responding to the advent of blockchain. The authors provide insight on the organizational challenges facing firms as they engage with blockchain and provide a blueprint for practitioners in their endeavor to embrace blockchain technology. The third and final presentation of the first session features the work of authors Mark David McLaughlin and Janis Gogan who reviewed almost 100 information security studies published in IS journals over a 10-year period with a view towards uncovering lessons for practice on preventing, preparing for, detecting, and responding to information security threats. While most reviews have as a goal to advance theory, this review seeks to advance the practice of IS security. The paper upon which the presentation is based is titled, “InfoSec Research in Prominent IS Journals: Findings and Implications for the CIO and Board of Directors.” Our second session also features three papers, the first two of which discuss bi-modal IT. In their paper, “Increasing the Agility of IT Delivery: Five Types of Bimodal IT Organization,”, authors Bettina Horlach, Paul Drews, Ingrid Schirmer, and Tilo Boehmann address the way in which companies are seeking to increase the agility and speed of IT delivery by adopting a bimodal IT organization. Based on data gathered across nine companies, the authors identify five different types of bimodal IT. On the basis of similarities and differences among the types, the authors propose future research on bimodal IT and derive implications for practice. The second bi-modal presenation features the work of Ingmar Haffke, Bradley Kalgovas, Alexander Benlian from their paper, “The Transformative Role of Bimodal IT in an Era of Digital Business.” This presentation also |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/41813/1/paper0664.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/2015/7367/00/7367e640.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/50521/1/paper0634.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://conferences.computer.org/hicss/2015/papers/7367e640.pdf |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
