New Perspectives on the Development, Adoption, and Application of Information Systems

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In the past decade, we have observed the rapidly changing research trend in information systems (IS) in response to the fast-developing information technology (IT) sector and the surrounding environment (Sundararajan et al., 2013). Sizzling topics, such as social media and big data, have dominated the field in recent years, and interests in new technologies, such as FinTech and Internet of things (IoT), are increasing (Whitmore et al., 2015). Discussing the capacity of these technologies in changing our daily lives and influencing businesses is undoubtedly exciting and meaningful. However, despite the rapid development of IS research trends, fundamental questions, such as how to develop, adopt, and apply IS, still seek for answers (Heumann et al., 2015). The development, adoption, and application of IS represent fundamental issues in its use and are among the most researched topics in this discipline. Decades of research on these topics have enriched our understanding on how to better manage IS and improve their outcomes (Ward and Peppard, 2016). In this editorial note, we first provide a brief overview of research on the development, adoption, and application of IS by: 1) describing the evolution of research focus based on highly cited journal articles, and 2) identifying new perspectives based on studies presented in recent conferences affiliated with the Association for Information Systems. We focus on conferences because they tend to have a faster review process and can better capture current trends and emerging ideas than journal articles. We then discuss the papers selected in this special issue, together with the impressions gleaned by the reviewers during the review processes. Finally, the future of IS studies and that of the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS) is briefly discussed.

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