Lok Yam Shirley Li

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Causal ontology dimension

Causality is a convenient metaphor for a logical or metaphysical association
Causality implies a real mechanism, that is, a process that connects inputs to […]

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This paper mainly gave researchers some guidelines about potential research we could do regarding the evolvability of IS.
Evolvable systems competitively matter more today because interminable […]

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This paper studied how firm-level strategic uses of IT can induce hyperturbulence in the competitive environment (bottom-up) and how IT-induced hyperturbulence redefines IT-enabled solutions for a […]

This paper delineates the possible components of a design theory for IS, providing an ontological language for the discussion of these theories.
Previous work and flaws

Philosophy of science and technology […]

This paper solved questions about how interpretive field research should be conducted and how its quality can be assessed.
Seven Principles

The fundamental principle of the Hermeneutic circle

Human […]

Previous research provided valuable overview of virtual team research, but not specifically analyzed the theoretical foundations. This paper provides a checklist for researchers to appropriate theories based on a […]

This paper contends that multiproduct monopolist of information goods may achieve higher profits and greater efficiency by using a bundling strategy than by selling the goods separately.
Approach in this […]

Previous research about system usage mainly focus on the patterns and outcomes of collective-level information technology use, however, in this paper, it explored  the key properties and mechanism of bottom-up IT […]

Previous research about system usage on different level

Different levels:

Individual: behavior, cognition and affect
Group: an aggregation of individual level behavior, a pattern of individual […]

This editor’s comment mainly contends that “no native theories” assertion doesn’t hold because:

the assertion seldom provides qualifications or evidences
native theories are created regularly through […]

Information Systems Research (ISR) is one of the most top journal in MIS field. The editor of ISR in this paper mainly discussed about the expected contribution of future research in the ISR.
Theory-driven […]