Title

Does the Trend toward E-Business Call for Changes in the Fundamental Concepts of Information Systems? A Debate

Authors

Steven Alter, University of San FranciscoFollow
Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel Aviv University
M. Lynne Markus, City University of Hong Kong
Judy Scott, University of Colorado, Denver

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

A debate at ICIS 2000 asked whether the trend toward e-business calls for changes in the fundamental concepts of information systems. This article summarizes viewpoints presented in the debate. It also presents audience feedback in the form of a vote about whether new concepts are needed and selected comments submitted by the audience about key issues in the debate. Among others, these issues include questions about what are the fundamental concepts of IS, different views of about the meaning and implications of ebusiness, and questions about the nature of the user in e-business.

Comments

Originally published in Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 5(10), April 2001.

https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.00510

Recommended Citation

Alter, Steven; Ein-Dor, Phillip; Markus, M. Lynne; and Scott, Judy, "Does the Trend toward E-Business Call for Changes in the Fundamental Concepts of Information Systems? A Debate" (2001). Business Analytics and Information Systems. 92.
https://repository.usfca.edu/at/92