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AI Processed Human Approved

How do virtual worlds help people with lifelong disabilities move from social isolation to social inclusion?

Karen Stendal, Maung K. Sein, Devinder Thapa

Affordance-Based Pathway Model of Social Inclusion: A Case Study of Virtual Worlds and People With Lifelong Disability

Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2026

Key findings

Identified three functional affordances (communicability, mobility, and personalizability) and two social affordances (engageability and self-actualizability) crucial for social inclusion.
Established that the actualization of functional affordances enables and dynamically interacts with social affordances to foster interpersonal relationships and community participation.
Discovered that outcomes achieved by actualizing specific affordances serve as facilitating conditions that support the perception and realization of additional affordances.
Extended affordance theory by demonstrating a feedback loop where social engagement refines and enhances the perception and use of basic functional capabilities.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, task your accessibility team to conduct an initial assessment of our current platform's 'communicability' features (e.g., real-time chat, group messaging, avatar-based interaction quality) against the research's identified functional affordances to understand potential barriers and opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute working session with your frontline support staff to review existing user feedback logs for mentions of difficulty with navigation, communication, or customization within our virtual environment, specifically looking for patterns that might align with limitations in perceived 'mobility' or 'personalizability' affordances.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, initiate a competitive analysis focusing on how emerging virtual platforms or digital communities are leveraging 'engageability' and 'self-actualizability' affordances to foster user connection and content creation, particularly noting any strategies that might appeal to or benefit users with disabilities.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin drafting a protocol for a pilot study within our organization's virtual world that focuses on measuring the impact of enhanced 'communicability' features on user-reported feelings of 'engageability' and 'self-actualizability' among a diverse user group, potentially including participants with disabilities.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, convene a brief meeting with your advisory committee to discuss how current digital inclusion policies might be strengthened by explicitly incorporating the research's identified 'functional affordances' (communicability, mobility, personalizability) and 'social affordances' (engageability, self-actualizability) as measurable criteria for assessing technological accessibility and support for social participation.

Social Inclusion, Virtual Worlds, People With Lifelong Disability, Affordances, Second Life, ICT

AI Processed Human Approved

How can organizations use digital technology to improve environmental performance and achieve economic benefits?

Dina Jill Maya Mertens, Thomas Haskamp, Jan vom Brocke

Exploring Digital Sustainability: A Multidimensional Framework for IS Scholarship

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) · 2025

Key findings

Synthesized literature into a multidimensional framework detailing the antecedents, moderators, and outcomes of digital sustainability.
Identified 14 sustainability-enabling logics showing how digital technology drives value creation, such as automatization, prediction, tokenization, and servitization.
Categorized consequences into economic benefits, enhanced green employee/customer behavior, and improved environmental performance, alongside critical considerations like digital energy consumption.
Proposed a research agenda around three main avenues: organizational transformation, product-level value creation mechanisms, and managing the duality/paradox of digital sustainability.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a review of your organization's current digital infrastructure against the 'antecedents' dimension of the digital sustainability framework. Prioritize identifying at least one area where technology can be leveraged for 'automatization' to reduce physical resource consumption (e.g., paperless workflows, virtual meetings replacing travel).
IT Manager: On Monday morning, identify one specific digital tool or process currently in use (e.g., cloud storage, software updates) and evaluate its potential 'digital energy consumption.' Research and propose to your team one tangible step to optimize its energy efficiency, such as scheduling software updates during off-peak hours or reviewing cloud storage policies for unused data.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, examine your current product or service offerings and identify an opportunity to apply one of the 'sustainability-enabling logics' presented in the research. For example, explore how 'servitization' (offering a service instead of a product) could reduce material waste and extend product lifespan.
Researcher: On Monday morning, focus on the 'product-level value creation mechanisms' research agenda. Select one of the 14 identified logics (e.g., 'prediction') and brainstorm how it could be applied to develop a testable hypothesis related to reducing a specific environmental impact within an organizational context. Outline the initial steps for designing a pilot study.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, review existing digital infrastructure policies and identify areas where incentives can be introduced or strengthened to encourage 'enhanced green employee/customer behavior' through digital means. For example, consider proposing a policy that rewards teams who demonstrably reduce their digital carbon footprint through technology adoption.

Digital Sustainability, Digital Technology, Green IS, Green IT, Sustainable Value Creation, Literature Review

AI Processed Human Approved

How do people experience and make sense of their bodies in immersive virtual reality?

Amir Haj-Bolouri

The Philosopher’s Corner: The “Immersed Flesh”: A Phenomenological Conceptualization of Immersive Virtual Reality Embodiment

ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems · 2025

Key findings

Conceptualizes IVR embodiment through the new concept of 'Immersed Flesh', defined as a dynamic matrix that merges physical and virtual worlds into a co-extensive reality.
Adapts Merleau-Ponty's ontology of the Flesh into key structural elements for IS, including Actual Grip, Apparent Grip, Circuit, Chiasma, Interworld, Measuring Body, and Reversibility.
Illustrates the practical and theoretical value of the framework through three distinct IVR scenarios: expressing the living body (e.g., IVR dancing), intersubjective perspective-taking (e.g., embodying a tree), and experiencing the objective body of passing entities (e.g., avatars of deceased relatives).
Generates research questions for future IS inquiry into user self-agency, bodily empathy, and ethical considerations surrounding virtual presence.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute briefing for your senior IT team to introduce the concept of 'Immersed Flesh' as a potential lens for evaluating our next-generation immersive technology investments, specifically focusing on how it moves beyond purely functional metrics to consider user experience and embodiment.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, gather your team responsible for VR development or deployment and ask them to review our current IVR platforms and identify one specific feature or interaction where users might be experiencing something akin to 'Actual Grip' or 'Apparent Grip' as described in the 'Immersed Flesh' concept.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, dedicate one hour to brainstorm three hypothetical business use cases where fostering 'bodily empathy' or enhancing 'user self-agency' through IVR, inspired by the 'Immersed Flesh' framework, could provide a competitive advantage or solve a current business challenge.
Researcher: On Monday morning, draft a preliminary research proposal outline that incorporates at least two of the structural elements from the 'Immersed Flesh' framework (e.g., Chiasma, Interworld) to investigate user embodiment in a specific IVR application relevant to our field.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, request a brief (1-page) summary of the 'Immersed Flesh' concept from your policy research unit, specifically asking them to highlight any potential ethical implications or policy considerations related to virtual presence and user embodiment in immersive technologies.

Immersive Virtual Reality, Embodiment, Phenomenology, Information Systems, Merleau-Ponty

AI Processed Human Approved

How can organizations successfully manage and sustain digital transformations over the long term?

Noel Carroll, Nik Rushdi Hassan, Iris Junglas, Thomas Hess, Lorraine Morgan

Transform or be transformed: the importance of research on managing and sustaining digital transformations

European Journal of Information Systems · 2023

Key findings

Emphasizes the need for longitudinal research designs to observe how digital transformations unfold, normalize, and sustain over extended periods.
Identifies key research challenges, including the misuse of terminology, unexamined assumptions, root causes of failure, and the dark side of digital transformations.
Introduces the concept of an 'execution engine' to fundamentally adapt decision-making processes and performance rhythms for long-term transformation success.
Showcases four special issue papers focusing on healthcare value landscapes, CIO-CDO role alignment, prototype ambiguity in scaling, and microbusiness owner-manager mindsets.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute meeting with your direct reports to discuss the 'execution engine' concept and brainstorm one specific process within your IT department that needs fundamental adaptation for long-term digital transformation success. Assign one person to draft a brief proposal by end-of-week.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, identify one digital initiative currently underway that is showing signs of slowing adoption or unexpected friction. Gather the project team for a 1-hour 'root cause analysis' session, focusing specifically on potential cultural or structural obstacles, not just technical issues, and document the top 2-3 hypothesized causes.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, review your organization's current digital transformation roadmap and flag any objectives that are solely focused on short-term adoption metrics. Draft a list of 3-5 questions to explore how these objectives will be sustained and normalized over the next 1-3 years, and schedule a preliminary discussion with your team by Wednesday.
Researcher: On Monday morning, analyze your current research project's data collection plan. Identify if it allows for longitudinal observation of digital transformation normalization (beyond initial adoption) and, if not, sketch out one modification to incorporate this perspective in future data gathering or analysis.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, review existing public funding guidelines or incentives for digital transformation. Identify one specific criterion or reporting requirement that might unintentionally discourage longitudinal sustainability efforts and draft a brief memo suggesting a minor amendment to encourage long-term impact.

Digital Transformation, Managing, Sustaining, Research Agenda, Socio-technical Factors, Citizen Development

AI Processed Human Approved

What makes security risk management programs effective, and how do priorities differ between managers and staff?

Jason A. Williams, Humayun Zafar, Saurabh Gupta

Critical Success Factors for an Effective Security Risk Management Program: An Exploratory Case Study

2026

Key findings

Confirmed six initial Critical Success Factors (CSFs) from existing literature: Executive Management Support, Organizational Maturity, Open Communication, Risk Management Stakeholders, Team Member Empowerment, and Holistic View of an Organization.
Identified three newly extracted CSFs from empirical evidence: Security Maintenance, Corporate Security Strategy, and Human Resource Development.
Discovered key perception differences across organizational levels, with management prioritizing Executive Management Support and staff ranking Open Communication as most essential.
Emphasized that effective SRM programs require continuous policy updates, joint management-staff governance committees, and alignment between security goals and overall business strategy.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 15-minute call with your direct reports, specifically the heads of IT Security and IT Operations, to review the 'Corporate Security Strategy' CSF and discuss how the current IT security roadmap directly supports two specific, measurable business objectives for Q3. Ask them to come prepared with one example for each.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, initiate a 'lunch and learn' session invitation for your team scheduled for next week, focusing on a specific, practical aspect of 'Human Resource Development' related to security, such as a short demo on identifying and reporting phishing emails securely. Request that team members bring one question they have about our current security policies.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, identify and document two specific business processes within your department that currently have the weakest security controls, using the 'Holistic View of an Organization' CSF as a lens. Draft a brief, one-paragraph summary of the potential risks associated with these weaknesses to share with the IT Security team by end-of-day.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin a systematic review of the interview transcripts from your case study, specifically tagging every instance where participants mention 'Open Communication' or 'Team Member Empowerment'. Note the organizational level of the speaker for each tag to facilitate your analysis of perception differences.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, draft an agenda for a joint management-staff governance committee meeting focused on reviewing and proposing updates to one specific security policy (e.g., password complexity, data handling). Identify two key areas within that policy that have historically seen low compliance and propose specific, actionable changes to address them.

Information Security, Security Risk Management, Critical Success Factors, Case Study, Q-Sort, Security Governance

AI Processed Human Approved

Why do traditional approaches to defining requirements cause large-scale IT projects to fail?

David Kreps, Frantz Rowe

Using a Process Philosophy Perspective in Information Systems Research: Principles of Creative Evolution

Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2024

Key findings

Formulated five foundational principles for process philosophy in IS research: heterogeneous multiplicity, immanence in a process, experience over abstraction, consciousness in duration, and relational ontology.
Identified entitative abstractions in traditional requirements engineering as a major contributor to large-scale IT project failures.
Emphasized the critical role of human consciousness, inner time, and free will in co-creating technology systems that adapt to evolving organizational contexts.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute "process thinking" brainstorming session with your heads of engineering and product development to discuss a recent project that faced significant challenges, focusing on how evolving user needs and unforeseen contextual shifts, rather than static requirements, might have been the root cause.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, initiate a 15-minute stand-up with your development team to specifically ask them to articulate one instance from the past week where a change in the team's understanding or a user's evolving need led to a necessary adaptation of their work, and how they managed that 'flow'.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, review the 'success metrics' for your current key strategic initiatives and identify one metric that relies heavily on a static, predefined outcome. Then, draft a brief proposal to reframe that metric to capture ongoing adaptability and emergent value rather than just initial adherence to a plan.
Researcher: On Monday morning, dedicate an hour to re-reading your current research proposal, specifically highlighting any language that treats concepts as fixed entities. Then, rewrite one paragraph to emphasize the dynamic, experiential, and relational aspects of your subject matter, incorporating the principles of creative evolution.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, identify one current policy or regulation within your domain that is narrowly defined by static criteria or historical precedents. Then, draft a one-page memo outlining how an update to this policy could incorporate principles of ongoing adaptation and feedback loops to account for emergent technological and societal shifts.

process philosophy, ontology, duration, consciousness, free will, requirements engineering

AI Processed Human Approved

How can artificial intelligence simplify complex privacy policies while maintaining their essential legal accuracy?

Al Maha Al Jabor, Shahad Adnan Astaneh, Manoranjan Mohanty, Chadi Aoun

Automated Privacy Policy Simplification through a GPT-Powered Chrome Extension

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) · 2025

Key findings

The audience-adjusted rewriting prompt ('rewrite so a 10th-grade student can understand while maintaining legal accuracy') produced the highest readability improvements while preserving core legal content.
Readability metrics improved substantially after simplification, with Flesch Reading Ease increasing significantly and complexity indices like Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level dropping sharply.
ROUGE content evaluation metrics (ROUGE-1 Precision = 0.8862, ROUGE-L Precision = 0.6025) confirmed strong textual overlap and high fidelity to original legal terms.
A prototype Chrome extension was created, enabling real-time policy summarization and context-aware Q&A capabilities grounded in the APCO theoretical framework.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a pilot program to evaluate the integration of a GPT-powered privacy policy simplification Chrome extension across a select department, focusing on user adoption and feedback regarding usability and perceived value.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, prepare a technical feasibility assessment for deploying the developed Chrome extension across the organization's standard user workstations, outlining any necessary infrastructure changes or security considerations.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, analyze how the real-time privacy policy simplification and Q&A features of the Chrome extension can be leveraged to enhance user trust and potentially create a competitive differentiator for our online services.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin designing an experiment to test the effectiveness of the audience-adjusted rewriting prompt ('rewrite so a 10th-grade student can understand while maintaining legal accuracy') with a new set of privacy policies from a different industry sector.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, review the research findings on improved readability and content preservation to draft talking points for discussions on enhancing consumer understanding of digital service terms and conditions.

AI Processed Human Approved

How do stakeholders' past negative experiences affect their trust and adoption of new technology?

Ranjan Vaidya

Yoga Sutra-Based Memory Analysis of Information Systems Implementation

Communications of the Association for Information Systems · 2026

Key findings

The Yoga Sutra framework demonstrates that subliminal impressions (Samskara) formed by past unfair trade practices deeply influence stakeholder behaviors and technology adoption.
Contextual factors and research interviews function as triggers (Alambana) that evoke unpleasant memories, reinforcing distrust between system users, government boards, and private vendors.
Information system failures in developing contexts often result from a lack of adherence to core ethical and behavioral values rather than culture acting as a barrier.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute discovery call with your Head of User Experience and your Chief Ethics Officer to brainstorm how to proactively identify and mitigate potential 'Samskara' (subliminal impressions) in upcoming system implementations by focusing on past negative stakeholder experiences.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, review the last three system user feedback reports for any recurring themes related to distrust or negative past experiences, and flag the top two recurring issues to investigate further for potential 'Alambana' (external triggers) in your current system.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, draft a brief (one-page) internal memo to your team outlining the concept of 'Samskara' and its potential impact on technology adoption, and request them to identify one instance in recent projects where past negative impressions might have influenced user behavior.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin drafting the introduction to your next research paper by clearly articulating the gap in current information systems research regarding the lack of focus on individual cognitive variations and Eastern philosophical perspectives on memory, using the Yoga Sutra framework as your proposed solution.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, initiate a discussion with your advisory board regarding the importance of embedding ethical and behavioral values into the design and implementation guidelines for all new government information systems, referencing the finding that failures often stem from a lack of adherence to these values, not culture.

Yoga, Information Systems, Memory, Behavioural Analysis, Samskara, ICT4D

AI Processed Human Approved

How do technology projects affect local communities, and what determines whether they succeed or fail?

Devinder Thapa

Ethics-based ontology in ICT4D

2025

Key findings

Establishes an ethics-based ontology in ICT4D that shifts focus from instrumental views of technology to lived human experience and moral responsibility.
Demonstrates through the OLE Nepal case study how embedding technology into local educational ecosystems, national curricula, and teacher practices leads to sustainable success.
Reveals through the OLPC Peru case study how top-down, context-unaware technological implementations erode local agency and lead to project failure.
Highlights key implementation challenges, including translating abstract philosophical concepts into practical design metrics and addressing Eurocentric biases in technology evaluation.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute meeting with your ICT4D project leads to introduce the concept of an 'ethics-based ontology' and ask them to identify one project where technology is deeply integrated into user workflows and cultural practices. Assign them to bring initial thoughts on how the project's impact on lived experience and moral agency could be assessed in the next project review.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, review the support tickets and user feedback logs from the last quarter for your current ICT4D deployment. Specifically, look for recurring issues that are not purely technical but seem to relate to user frustration, resistance to adoption, or a perception of technology not fitting their daily routines. Flag these for further investigation with your team.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, identify your organization's most critical ICT4D initiative. Draft a brief memo outlining how you plan to evaluate its success not just on efficiency metrics but also on its impact on the dignity, agency, and cultural integrity of the end-users. Prepare to discuss this revised evaluation framework with your team by the end of the week.
Researcher: On Monday morning, revisit the 'implementation challenges' section of the research paper and select ONE challenge (e.g., translating abstract concepts into practical design metrics). Begin drafting a short (1-page) proposal for how you might operationalize this concept for a future ICT4D project you are involved in, focusing on a tangible measurement.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, review existing national or organizational guidelines for technology procurement and deployment in development contexts. Identify sections that address user impact, cultural sensitivity, or long-term sustainability. Draft a short list of questions to investigate how these existing guidelines could be strengthened to incorporate considerations of lived experience and moral responsibility for technology's impact.

ICT4D, being-in-the-World, ethics of responsibility, ontology, development, philosophy

AI Processed Human Approved

What drives users to stay engaged with location-based games and build real-world communities?

Faisal Al Thani, Chadi Aoun, Savanid Vatanasakdakul

Gamification for Community Building: Click to Shake Hands

Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) · 2025

Key findings

Formulates a novel theoretical framework connecting technology adoption, gamification mechanics, external social influences, and intrinsic motivations to app stickiness and community engagement.
Identifies key drivers such as location incentives, perceived ease of use, reward value, achievement, network influence, herd behavior, social motive, and sense of belonging.
Establishes an empirical research design targeting over 1,000 active Pokémon GO players using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).
Provides preliminary theoretical grounding for designing mobile gamified systems that promote social sustainability and persistent physical-world social interactions.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, allocate budget to pilot a location-based gamified application in one of our company's facilities, specifically focusing on fostering cross-departmental collaboration by integrating 'location incentives' for shared project spaces.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, schedule a meeting with your development team to discuss how to integrate elements like 'reward value' and 'achievement' into our existing internal communication platform to encourage more active participation and knowledge sharing.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, initiate a brainstorming session with your marketing and product teams to identify opportunities to leverage 'network influence' and 'herd behavior' in upcoming product launches or community outreach initiatives, perhaps by creating exclusive early-access groups.
Researcher: On Monday morning, refine the survey instrument to include questions specifically measuring 'sense of belonging' and 'social motive' as distinct constructs, and prepare to recruit participants from diverse community groups for your next study.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, direct your staff to research successful public policy initiatives that have used location-based incentives or gamification to encourage citizen engagement with local services or community events, and identify potential applications for our jurisdiction.

Community Engagement, Gamification, Location-based games, Stickiness, Technology Adoption, Social Interaction

AI Processed Human Approved

Who is buying through social media in Qatar, which platforms do they use, and how often?

Savanid Vatanasakdakul, Chadi Aoun, Faiq Defiandry

Social Commerce in Qatar: Consumer Characteristics and Emergent Engagement

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) · 2025

Key findings

Most social commerce users in Qatar engage in s-commerce purchases 1-3 times per month (82%), with an additional 18% purchasing 4-7 times monthly.
Instagram emerged as the leading platform for s-commerce in Qatar (46%), followed by WhatsApp (20%), TikTok (14%), and Facebook (9%).
Female consumers (56%) and younger demographics aged 20-24 (48%) constitute the largest user segments engaging in social commerce.
The findings highlight the significant impact of local culture, digital infrastructure, and localized content preferences in driving social commerce diffusion.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a strategic review of existing IT infrastructure and security protocols to ensure they can adequately support and protect the growing volume of social commerce transactions, with a specific focus on enhancing mobile payment gateway integrations and data privacy measures for platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, task your team to audit the current analytics tracking for social media platforms, particularly Instagram and WhatsApp, to ensure accurate capture of user engagement and conversion data related to social commerce activities, and set up dashboards to monitor these metrics.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, draft a proposal to develop targeted social commerce campaigns on Instagram, prioritizing visually appealing content and influencer collaborations, specifically aimed at the 20-24 female demographic, mirroring their current high engagement in this space.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin outlining a follow-up research proposal focusing on qualitative insights into *why* Qatari consumers, particularly younger females, prefer Instagram for social commerce, exploring themes like trust, authenticity, and localized content.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, request a briefing from relevant ministries to understand current regulations regarding digital marketing and e-commerce on social media platforms in Qatar, and identify any gaps that might need to be addressed to foster responsible growth of social commerce.

Social Commerce, Social Media, Consumer Behavior, Technology Adoption, Qatar

AI Processed Human Approved

What are the main benefits, challenges, and technical solutions when combining social, mobile, analytics, and cloud technologies?

Farhad Ali, Habib Ullah Khan, Shah Nazir

Social mobile analytics and cloud computing: a big data analytical approach

2026

Key findings

Identified main collaborative entities within SMAC ecosystems, including smartphones, cloud platforms, crowd participants, and environmental sensors.
Summarized key organizational and societal benefits such as enhanced decision-making, operational cost reduction, improved productivity, and expanded social engagement.
Classified primary adoption challenges, focusing on data privacy, security vulnerabilities, scalability limits, energy consumption, and system interoperability.
Compiled existing technical solutions from literature, highlighting techniques such as attribute-based encryption, anonymization methods, and hyper-heuristic frameworks.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a cross-departmental working group focused on assessing our current SMAC infrastructure against the identified adoption challenges (privacy, security, scalability, energy, interoperability) using the research's findings as a framework, and schedule an initial meeting for next week.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, begin a review of our existing data anonymization protocols and encryption techniques, cross-referencing them with the 'existing technical solutions' highlighted in the research to identify immediate gaps or opportunities for enhancement within our current cloud and mobile analytics platforms.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute brainstorming session with your core team to identify one specific business process that could significantly benefit from SMAC integration, and during that session, identify the most critical adoption challenge from the research that needs to be addressed first for this specific process.
Researcher: On Monday morning, create a detailed spreadsheet to categorize the 75 papers reviewed in this study by the specific SMAC component (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud), the primary adoption challenge addressed, and the technical solution proposed, to facilitate further meta-analysis.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, draft a request for a preliminary impact assessment on user privacy and cybersecurity risks associated with the widespread adoption of SMAC technologies within our jurisdiction, drawing upon the challenges identified in the research as key areas to investigate.

SMAC Framework, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Social Media Analytics, Mobile Computing, Data Security

AI Processed Human Approved

How does cloud computing affect energy use and carbon emissions across host and user countries?

Jooho Kim, Jiyong Park, Jason Dedrick

An Empirical Investigation of Cloud Computing and Environmental Performance of Nations: Implications for Shared Responsibility in Cloud Computing

Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2025

Key findings

Access to cloud services generally enhances environmental efficiency by reducing national energy and carbon intensities associated with IT services.
Countries hosting cloud data centers experience higher local energy and carbon intensities due to heavy physical infrastructure demands.
Neighboring countries benefit from green cloud IT services without incurring adverse environmental costs on their local IT capital.
A shared responsibility model based on multilayered technology architecture is proposed to divide environmental accountability between cloud providers and users.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a review of our current cloud infrastructure's geographical distribution and identify which of our cloud services are hosted in countries that are net importers of cloud services (i.e., benefiting from efficiency gains) versus countries that are net hosts of data centers. Then, begin drafting an internal memo to your team outlining the need to assess the environmental footprint of our chosen cloud providers, specifically focusing on the geographical location of their data centers.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, compile a list of all cloud services currently utilized by your department and identify the primary cloud provider(s) for each. Then, locate and review the public documentation of these providers regarding their data center locations and any publicly available environmental sustainability reports or initiatives.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, begin by identifying which key business processes or customer-facing services are heavily reliant on cloud computing. Then, investigate if these services are currently being delivered from cloud infrastructure located in countries that are significant importers of cloud services or from countries that are major hosts of data centers, and flag this for further cost-benefit analysis that includes potential environmental externalities.
Researcher: On Monday morning, start by drafting an email to your colleagues or supervisor proposing a follow-up study that quantifies the specific cross-border environmental impacts for a subset of countries using the methodologies outlined in this paper. Include a brief outline of the data you would need to gather, such as national IT service import/export data and detailed data center location information for key cloud providers.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, draft a preliminary policy brief for your relevant committee or ministry that summarizes the key findings of this research regarding the uneven distribution of environmental burdens from cloud computing. Specifically, highlight the need for international dialogue on shared responsibility and propose an initial step to investigate incorporating environmental footprint data into public procurement policies for cloud services.

Cloud Computing, IT Capital, IT Services, Digital Responsibility, Shared Responsibility, Sustainability

AI Processed Human Approved

How can location analytics be integrated into academic research and teaching to meet modern business needs?

Michael A. Erskine, James B. Pick, Asish Satpathy, Andrés Díaz López, Avijit Sarkar, Namchul Shin

Location Analytics in Information Systems: Opportunities for Research and Teaching

Communications of the Association for Information Systems · 2024

Key findings

Demonstrates how incorporating spatial methodologies (such as spatial autocorrelation and geographically weighted regression) can address complex societal 'wicked problems' like climate change, network disruption, and privacy.
Provides a strategic roadmap for integrating location analytics into undergraduate and graduate IS curricula to prepare students for high-demand business roles.
Outlines actionable steps to bridge academia and industry, including collaborative case study development, special journal issues, and enhanced faculty training in geospatial tools.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a 30-minute meeting with your Head of Data Science and Head of Business Intelligence to discuss a pilot project integrating a basic spatial analysis layer (e.g., visualizing customer locations on a map) into one of your existing dashboards for a specific business unit.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, identify one internal IT project or operational challenge (e.g., network outage analysis, data center resource allocation) that could potentially benefit from a spatial perspective, and research one readily available open-source geospatial tool (like QGIS) for initial exploration.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, review your current customer segmentation data and identify 2-3 key business questions that might be better answered by understanding the geographical distribution of your customers (e.g., optimal new store locations, targeted marketing campaigns by region).
Researcher: On Monday morning, identify one of your current research projects and brainstorm 2-3 ways that incorporating spatial data or analysis (e.g., geographic clustering of events, spatial dependencies) could strengthen your theoretical contributions or add methodological rigor.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, contact a representative from a local urban planning or environmental agency to inquire about any existing spatial datasets related to community infrastructure, resource distribution, or environmental impact that might be publicly accessible.

Location Analytics, Spatial Analysis, IS Curriculum, Research Methodologies, Geographic Information Systems, Decision Support Systems

AI Processed Human Approved

How can organizations effectively secure generative AI systems against unique threats under differing international regulations?

Vijay Kanabar and Kalinka Kaloyanova

Securing Generative AI Systems: Threat-Centric Architectures and the Impact of Divergent EU–US Governance Regimes

2026

Key findings

High-impact generative AI risks are structural properties inherent to architectural design rather than isolated, patchable bugs.
Effective risk mitigation requires a layered defense-in-depth model that combines traditional cybersecurity controls with AI-specific mechanisms such as context separation and tool sandboxing.
Transatlantic regulatory divergence establishes EU frameworks as the de facto technical baseline for multinational deployments, driving global architectural convergence.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a review of the current generative AI system architecture and identify which of the five layers (e.g., prompt engineering, model, data, tools, infrastructure) represent the highest structural risk based on the research's threat taxonomy. Prioritize a pilot project to implement context separation and tool sandboxing for a critical generative AI application.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, schedule a team meeting to map the specific adversarial techniques identified in the research (e.g., prompt injection, data poisoning, model evasion) to the current generative AI tools and integrations in use. Document which of these techniques pose the most significant structural risk to your deployed systems.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, begin researching the EU's AI Act and its implications for generative AI deployments. Identify how the research's findings on divergent EU-US governance regimes suggest that adopting EU-like technical security baselines will be crucial for global market access and competitive advantage.
Researcher: On Monday morning, focus on replicating the research's methodology by attempting to map a specific novel adversarial technique against a widely used generative AI reference architecture, documenting any emergent failure modes observed and comparing them to the research's findings.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, analyze the comparative governance analysis presented in the research, specifically focusing on how the EU's framework is driving global architectural convergence. Draft a memo outlining potential legislative actions to align US generative AI security regulations with the EU's technical baseline to foster transatlantic interoperability and responsible innovation.

Generative AI Security, Cybersecurity Architecture, AI Governance, EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, OWASP LLM Risks, MITRE ATLAS

AI Processed Human Approved

How can storytelling AI chatbots be used to engage students in learning about social engineering?

Mark Freeman

STORYTELLING IS NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN: USING AN AI CHATBOT TO ENGAGE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

AIS SIGED International Conference on Information Systems Education and Research (SIGED) · 2025

Key findings

The study demonstrated that co-designing AI chatbot prompts with students created effective 'teachable moments' for understanding social engineering tactics and data governance.
Analysis of student interactions revealed diverse engagement approaches, ranging from friendly small talk to strategic IT troubleshooting and phishing tactics.
Key strategies were established for integrating a storytelling culture in higher education, including establishing a shared language, providing appropriate digital resources, and fostering collaborative environments.
Essential ethical guidelines were identified, emphasizing the necessity of robust data privacy, algorithmic bias mitigation, and content boundaries in educational AI applications.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a departmental meeting to discuss the potential integration of AI-powered scenario-based learning tools, like the one described in the research, to enhance student engagement in cybersecurity concepts and explore pilot program feasibility.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, schedule a brainstorming session with your team to identify specific social engineering concepts within your curriculum that could be effectively simulated using an interactive AI chatbot and begin researching available AI chatbot platforms or development frameworks.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, analyze how the described AI chatbot's engagement model, which fosters 'teachable moments' through interactive storytelling, could be adapted to train employees on emerging cybersecurity threats or compliance protocols, identifying potential ROI.
Researcher: On Monday morning, review the ethical guidelines identified in the research (data privacy, bias mitigation, content boundaries) and begin designing a framework for evaluating the ethical implications of deploying AI-driven educational tools in your next study.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, draft a preliminary proposal for a grant or funding initiative that supports the development and implementation of innovative, AI-enhanced educational technologies in higher education, specifically mentioning the potential for improving cybersecurity education through interactive learning.

Storytelling, Artificial Intelligence Chatbot, Design Science Research, Scenario Based Learning, Social Engineering, Active Learning

AI Processed Human Approved

How can leaders set up and manage shared technology tools to support collaborative innovation across partner companies?

Sven-Volker Rehm, Lakshmi Goel, Iris Junglas

Role of Information Systems in Empowering Innovation Networks

MIS Quarterly Executive · 2015

Key findings

Identifies five key IS functionalities critical for innovation networks: collaborative work environments, knowledge maps, knowledge spaces, innovation procedure toolkits, and social media platforms.
Reveals that network success stems from pragmatically using a diverse set of accessible IS tools to form a shared infrastructure rather than relying on a single complex system.
Delivers nine practical guidelines for CIOs to manage IS infrastructure across the co-shaping, co-performing, and co-opting phases of open innovation networks.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, initiate a review of our existing IS tools to identify at least three readily accessible platforms (e.g., cloud-based project management, secure file sharing, internal wiki) that can be quickly configured to support a collaborative work environment for our next cross-company project, prioritizing ease of adoption for all partners.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, assess the user-friendliness and integration capabilities of our current knowledge management system and identify any gaps. Then, plan a quick training session for a pilot group of users demonstrating how to tag and categorize project-related documents to build a rudimentary 'knowledge map' for our innovation network.
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, draft a brief outline of key innovation challenges and opportunities for our next external collaboration, and then identify which of the five identified IS functionalities (collaborative work environments, knowledge maps, knowledge spaces, innovation procedure toolkits, and social media platforms) would be most impactful in addressing these specific challenges, focusing on pragmatic tool selection.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin cataloging and categorizing the publicly available 'innovation procedure toolkits' or best practice guides that could be shared or adapted for our current project, focusing on those with clear, step-by-step instructions that can be easily integrated into a shared digital space.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, draft a short proposal for an initiative that encourages or provides resources for SMEs to adopt cloud-based collaborative platforms, specifically highlighting how these platforms can support cross-organizational knowledge sharing and innovation within their respective industries.

Open Innovation, Innovation Networks, Information Systems Infrastructure, Small and Medium Enterprises, Collaborative Work Environments, Medical Device Industry

AI Processed Human Approved

How can collaborating companies use shared information systems to align resources and develop new products?

Sven-Volker Rehm, Lakshmi Goel, Iris Junglas

Using Information Systems in Innovation Networks: Uncovering Network Resources

Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2017

Key findings

Inter-organizational information systems are essential for enabling networking capabilities and constructing unique, shared resource constellations at the network level.
Four core informational purposes of information systems—representation, sharing, architecture, and reach—facilitate the cross-boundary resource alignment process.
Creating IS-embedded network resources enables collaborating firms to establish sustainable competitive advantages that extend beyond individual firm boundaries.

What it means for you

CIO / IT Executive: On Monday morning, schedule a meeting with key innovation network partners to initiate discussions on standardizing or enhancing inter-organizational information system capabilities for resource visibility and alignment. Identify one critical shared process in an ongoing innovation project and task your team with exploring how a new information system feature could better represent and share partner resources for that process.
IT Manager: On Monday morning, review the existing inter-organizational information systems used by your company in innovation networks. Identify one area where information sharing or representation of partner capabilities is currently fragmented or manual, and develop a concrete proposal for a pilot project to improve this using a specific IS feature (e.g., a shared dashboard for resource availability).
Business Strategist: On Monday morning, identify one ongoing collaborative innovation project and map out the key physical, human, and organizational resources currently being leveraged from your network partners. Then, identify specific gaps in visibility or alignment of these resources and brainstorm one practical way an inter-organizational information system could be adapted or enhanced to address these gaps.
Researcher: On Monday morning, begin drafting a qualitative interview guide for your next set of case studies, focusing on questions that explore how specific inter-organizational information system features (representation, sharing, architecture, reach) enable or hinder the alignment of physical, human, and organizational resources for new product development.
Policymaker: On Monday morning, research existing government grants or incentives that support the adoption and development of inter-organizational information systems for small and medium-sized enterprises involved in collaborative innovation. Draft a one-page summary of potential policy interventions to encourage such adoption for a discussion with relevant industry stakeholders.

Network Resource, Dynamic Capability, Networking Capability, Resource-based View, Innovation Network, New Product Development

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