IT Research and Theory: e-Books

Serves research needs in numerous fields that are affected by the rapid pace and substantial impact of technological change. Emphasis on modern issues and the presentation of potential opportunities, prospective solutions, and future directions in the field.

Examines the applicability and usefulness of new technologies, as well as the pitfalls of these methods in academic research practices. This book serves as a practical guide for designing and conducting research projects for scientists of all disciplines ranging from graduate students to professors and practitioners.

Explores multiple fields and the research done as well as how they differentiate and relate to one another. This collection provides focused discussions from unique perspectives on the latest information technology research.

Enhances the understanding of the theoretical framework and leading principles of boundedness. Aiming to bridge the gap between biology, artificial intelligence, and physics, this book is an essential source for a wide audience.

Explores a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, boundary management in virtual work, shadowing virtual work practices, creative workers’ attitudes in virtual work, high-touch interactivity in virtual experiences, surveys, interviews experimental, ethnography grounded-theory, and phenomenology in virtual work contexts.

Aims to demonstrate that Design-Type Research is a legitimate scientific activity, particularly in the context of the field of Information Systems. Contending that the philosophy, methodology and principles of traditional science also apply to design-type of science, the research contained within this book is important to the widespread acceptance and promotion of design-type research.

Examines the impact of new information services on day-to-day activities from a range of contemporary technical and socio-cultural perspectives. This collection also creates a sound theoretical basis for information systems and new research opportunities in the field.

Aims to inform researchers and practitioners of novel and emerging research in information science and technology, allowing for the discussion and dissemination of critical concepts that will promote further study and innovation.

Provides original material concerned with all aspects of information resources management, managerial and organizational applications, as well as implications of information technology.

Strives to develop philosophical frameworks for these five areas and provides researchers, scholars, and provides practitioners in fields such as information systems, public administration, library science, education, and business management with an exemplary reference resource.

Provides an in-depth look at the emerging field of online research and the corresponding ethical dilemmas associated with it.

Different IT evaluation approaches and methods are discussed and illustrated with cases: traditional financial evaluations such as the return on investment, information economics and the recently introduced IT Balanced Scorecard.

Presents an in-depth discussion into the information technology revolution present in fields such as government, gaming, social networking, and cloud computing.

Combines the latest studies encompassing the most current advancements in the IT arenas. This compilation of cases highlights relevant information for professionals, researchers, and students wishing to remain current with the ever-changing IT field.

Discusses the approaches and methodologies currently being used in the field on information systems. This reference source covers a wide variety of socio-technical aspects of the design of IS artifacts as well as the study of their use.

Offers a fresh new perspective on information infrastructure development. It achieves this by drawing on and adapting theory that was initially developed to study natural resource commons arrangements such as inshore fisheries, forests, irrigation systems, and pastures, while placing great emphasis on the complex problems and social dilemmas that often arise in the negotiations.

Offers a new look at the latest research and critical issues within the field of information systems by creating solid theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical findings of social developments.

Aims to advance scientific knowledge on research approaches used in systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems and to update and integrate disperse and valuable knowledge on research approaches.

Explores the wide range of applications for ontologies, while providing a complete view of both the theory behind the design and the problems posed by the practical development and use of ontologies.

Provides a comprehensive overview and coverage of various theories, models, and related approaches used within information systems research. A defining collection of field advancements, it offers examples and descriptions of real-world applications of various theories based on empirical studies.

Gathering cases of innovative approaches to evaluation, as well as examples of effective organizational approaches to analyzing, summarizing, and presenting empirical data sets and conclusions, this book is essential to academic and research libraries and a must-have for IT researchers, business managers, professionals, and academics.

Provides an introduction to causal mapping for IS researchers and practitioners and goes further to provide IS researchers and practitioners everything they need to use causal mapping for both research and application.

Provides a fresh perspective on issues related to IS research by providing chapters from world-renowned leaders in IS research along with chapters from relative newcomers who bring some interesting and often new perspectives to IS research.

Addresses the need for materials that can help the IS researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions.