Research Commentary: An Agenda for Information Technology Research in Heterogeneous and Distributed Environments

Salvatore March (), Alan Hevner () and Sudha Ram ()
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Salvatore March: Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Alan Hevner: College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620
Sudha Ram: Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

Information Systems Research, 2000, vol. 11, issue 4, 327-341

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.

Keywords: heterogeneous and distributed systems; interoperability; mobile computing; intelligent agents; net-centric computing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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