Abstract
Application-driven, technology-intensive research is critically needed to meet the challenges of globalization, interactivity, high productivity, and rapid adaptation faced by business organizations. Information systems researchers are uniquely positioned to conduct such research, combining computer science, mathematical modeling, systems thinking, management science, cognitive science, and knowledge of organizations and their functions. We present an agenda for addressing these challenges as they affect organizations in heterogeneous and distributed environments. We focus on three major capabilities enabled by such environments: Mobile Computing, Intelligent Agents, and Net-Centric Computing. We identify and define important unresolved problems in each of these areas and propose research strategies to address them.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 327-341 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Information Systems Research |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Heterogeneous and Distributed Systems
- Intelligent Agents
- Interoperability
- Mobile Computing
- NetCentric Computing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Information Systems
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems and Management
- Library and Information Sciences