Purpose – Noting the scarcity of complexity techniques applied to modelling social systems, this paper attempts to formulate a conceptual model of decision‐making behaviour within the information systems evaluation (ISE) task, against the backdrop of complexity theory....

Enterprise application integration (EAI) technologies provide the means to integrate strategic business solutions within and across the component parts of organisational information system infrastructures. The continuing development of both digitally integrated business models, through various...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to discuss the emerging IT platform of cloud computing. Design/methodology/approach – This paper identifies where and how this has developed in terms of the collision between internet and enterprise computing paradigms – and hence why cloud computing...

Purpose – This article seeks to revitalise and add to the debate on the rising and declining fortunes of the field of information systems, to contrast and compare this to computer science, and to argue for a review within the field of the scientific basis of the field in general....

Purpose – This paper aims to present electronic procurement benefits identified in four case companies from the information technology (IT), hi‐tech sector. Design/methodology/approach – Multi‐case study design was applied. The benefits reported in the companies were analysed and...