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The Current State of and Possible Future Avenues for IT Value Research: A Review of the past 10 Years
ISBN
978-3-00-050284-2
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2015-05-26
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DOI
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
Since the ongoing proliferation of information technology (IT) in our private and professional lives, researchers have been concerned with the conceptualization and measurement of the value that technology brings us. To this end, researchers have based their assumptions and theories on the technological achievements and perceptions of technology at that time. Ever since the introduction of smart phones, broadband Internet, and social networks, much has changed in the way we perceive and appropriate IT value. In order to identify possible white spots for future research, we present a systematic literature review of the past 10 years of research in this area. In doing so, we develop a taxonomy for analyzing the IT value literature. The results of our analysis indicate that the majority of current work focuses on ex post measurement of the monetary value of IT for businesses. Only a few articles were found that employed an alternative lens in defining IT value. With the blurring boundaries between private and professional life, these approaches become increasingly more important. We discuss the general implications of our findings with a view to possible new themes for the next years of research.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers
Publisher
Association for Information Systems
Publisher place
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Event Title
23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2015
Event Location
Münster, Germany
Event Date
26.-29.05.2015
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Eprints ID
240788
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