Grounded theory methodology (GTM), with its espoused goal of theory development of novel
phenomena, has found broad application in Information Systems (IS) research. To …

Despite the e-commerce boom worldwide, Africa ranks last on all indicators of e-commerce
readiness, indicating that it is not sufficiently benefiting from this practice's economic, social …

In the last decade there was growing interest in strategic management literature about
factors that influence a company's ability to use IT. There is general consensus that …

There has been a rapid increase in the number of firms undertaking business-to-business
(B2B) electronic commerce (e-commerce) initiatives. Although there are various benefits to …

Focus groups to investigate new ideas are widely used in many research fields. The use of
focus groups in design science research poses interesting opportunities and challenges …

This chapter undertakes a meta-analysis of the published literature on e-commerce in
developing economies (DEs). The aim is to take stock of the literature, identify enduring …

Global competition, shorter product lifecycles and increasingly demanding customers are
creating significant pressures for the creation of innovative organizations. By examining …

Organisations have traditionally relied on commercial software products to support their
operations. However, rising software costs and recent corporate failures have brought the …

Previous research on Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) and its impacts have
predominantly adopted a “black box” approach in which GDSS design or decision settings …

Video-based online focus groups (OFGs) present an emerging opportunity for Information
Systems (IS) researchers to circumvent spatial and temporal constraints in collecting rich …