* The March 2021 Issue of MIS Quarterly is now available online *
Table of Contents for Volume 45, Number 1 - March 2021
The issue can be found at <https://misq.org/contents-45-1/> and <https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/>
EDITOR'S COMMENTS
Continuing and Extending the MIS Quarterly Trifecta Vision
Andrew Burton-Jones
<https://misq.org/misq/downloads/download/editorial/718/>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/2>
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Welfare Properties of Profit Maximizing Recommender Systems: Theory and Results from a Randomized Experiment
Xiaochen Zhang, Pedro Ferreira, Miguel Godinho de Matos, and Rodrigo Belo
(pp. 1-43; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14971)
<https://misq.org/welfare-properties-of-profit-maximizing-recommender-systems-theory-and-results-from-a-randomized-experiment.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/3>
Provisioning Interoperable Disaster Management Systems: Integrated, Unified, and Federated Approaches
Hong Guo, Yipeng Liu, and Barrie R. Nault
(pp. 45-82; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2020/14947)
<https://misq.org/provisioning-interoperable-disaster-management-systems-integrated-unified-and-federated-approaches.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/4>
A Prescriptive Analytics Method for Cost Reduction in Clinical Decision Making
Xiao Fang, Yuanyuan Gao, and Paul Jen-Hwa Hu
(pp. 83-115; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14372)
<https://misq.org/a-prescriptive-analytics-method-for-cost-reduction-in-clinical-decision-making.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/5>
Early Bird Versus Late Owl: An Empirical Investigation of Individual Shopping Time Habits and its Effects
Ziqiong Zhang, Zili Zhang, and Pei-yu Chen
(pp. 117-162: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14312)
<https://misq.org/early-bird-versus-late-owl-an-empirical-investigation-of-individual-shopping-time-habits-and-its-effects.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/6>
Peer Effects in Competitive Environments: Field Experiments on Information Provision and Interventions
Zhuoxin Li, Gang Wang, and Harry Jiannan Wang
(pp. 163-191; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/16085)
<https://misq.org/peer-effects-in-competitive-environments-field-experiments-on-information-provision-and-interventions.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/7>
Commitment to IT Investment Plans: The Interplay of Real Earnings, Management, IT Decentralization, and Corporate Governance
Ling Xue, Sunil Mithas, and Gautam Ray
(pp. 193-224; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/14970)
<https://misq.org/commitment-to-it-investment-plans-the-interplay-of-real-earnings-management-it-decentralization-and-corporate-governance.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/8>
Do You Have a Room for Us in Your IT? An Economic Analysis of Shared IT Services and Implications for IT Industries
Min Chen, Min-Seok Pang, and Subodha Kumar
(pp. 225-267; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15573)
<https://misq.org/do-you-have-a-room-for-us-in-your-it-an-economic-analysis-of-shared-it-services-and-implications-for-it-industries.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/9>
THEORY AND REVIEW ARTICLES
From Representation to Mediation: A New Agenda for Conceptual Modeling Research in a Digital World
Jan Recker, Roman Lukyanenko, Mohammad Jabbari, Binny M. Samuel, and Arturo Castellanos
(pp. 269-300; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/16027 )
<https://misq.org/from-representation-to-mediation-a-new-agenda-for-conceptual-modeling-research-in-a-digital-world.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/10>
SPECIAL ISSUE: NEXT GENERATION IS THEORIES
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES
Next-Generation Information Systems Theorizing: A Call to Action
Andrew Burton-Jones, Brian S. Butler, Susan Scott, and Sean Xin Xu
<https://misq.org/misq/downloads/download/editorial/719/>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/11/>
The Next Generation of Research on IS Use: A Theoretical Framework of Delegation to and from Agentic IS Artifacts
Aaron Baird and Likoebe M. Maruping
(pp. 315-341; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15882)
https://misq.org/the-next-generation-of-research-on-is-use-a-theoretical-framework-of-delegation-to-and-from-agentic-is-artifacts.html
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/12>
The CARE Theory of Dignity and Personal Data Digitalization
Dorothy E. Leidner and Olgerta Tona
(pp. 343-370; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15941)
<https://misq.org/the-care-theory-of-dignity-and-personal-data-digitalization.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/13>
Avoiding an Oppressive Future of Machine Learning: A Design Theory for Emancipatory Assistants
Gerald C. Kane, Amber G. Young, Ann Majchrzak, and Sam Ransbotham
(pp. 371-306; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/1578)
<https://misq.org/avoiding-an-oppressive-future-of-machine-learning-a-design-theory-for-emancipatory-assistants.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/14>
Connecting the Parts with the Whole: Toward an Information Ecology Theory of Digital Innovation Ecosystems
Ping Wang
(pp. 397-422; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15864)
<https://misq.org/connecting-the-parts-with-the-whole-toward-an-information-ecology-theory-of-digital-innovation-ecosystems.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/15>
Everything Flows: Studying Continuous Socio-Technological Transformation in a Fluid and Dynamic Digital World
Reza Mousavi Baygi, Lucas D. Introna, and Lotta Hultin
(pp. 423-452; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15887)
<https://misq.org/everything-flows-studying-continuous-socio-technological-transformation-in-a-fluid-and-dynamic-digital-world.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/16>
Examining Assumptions: Provocations on the Nature, Impact, and Implications of IS Theory
Andrew Burton-Jones, Brian S. Butler, Susan V. Scott, and Sean Xin Xu
(pp. 453-498; DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2021/15434.1)
<https://misq.org/examining-assumptions-provocations-on-the-nature-impact-and-implications-of-is-theory.html>
<https://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol45/iss1/17>
The following "Provocations" are included in "Examining Assumptions: Provocations on the Nature, Impact, and Implications of IS Theory" and available from the URLs above.
- Theories in Flux: Reimagining Theory Building in the Age of Machine Learning
Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Rajiv Kohli, and Nicole Forsgren (pp. 455-459)
- Speculatively Engaging Future(s): Four Theses
Dirk S. Hovorka and Sandra Peter (pp. 461-466)
- Scale Matters: Doing Practice-Based Studies of Contemporary Digital Phenomena
Michael Barrett and Wanda Orlikowski (pp. 467-472)
- The Economics of IT and Digitization: Eight Questions for Research
Erik Brynjolfsson, Chong (Alex) Wang, and Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang (pp. 473-477)
- Focusing on Programmatic High Impact Information Systems Research, Not Theory, to Address Grand Challenges
Sudha Ram and Paulo Goes (pp. 479-483)
- Let's Claim the Authority to Speak Out on the Ethics of Smart Information Systems
Bernd Carsten Stahl and M. Lynne Markus (pp. 485-488)
- All Information Systems Theory Is Grounded Theory
Natalia Levina (pp. 489-494)
- Who Needs Theory?
John Leslie King (pp. 485-498)
Notes:
Funding for this special issue was provided by the Theodore J. and Peggy L. Willoughby Monograph Series in MIS. Jan DeGross retired from MIS Quarterly during the production of this issue. We offer our sincere appreciation to Jan for her tireless efforts during her lifetime of service to this journal and our field.
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