The pursuit of relevance and impact: A review of the immediate response of the information systems field to <scp>COVID</scp>‐19

Karanasios, Stan

doi:10.1111/isj.12372

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“…The findings also provide insights on how to support the digital transformation of informal businesses. COVID‐19 has demonstrated the fragility of digitally immature organisations as they struggled to adapt (Karanasios, 2022). Therefore, in addition to studying digital informal businesses, there is a need for practice and policy to consider how to support businesses that are unable to move from the local/small business logic .…”

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Moving away from trading on the margins: Economic empowerment of informal businesses through FinTech

Senyo

Gozman

Karanasios

et al. 2022

Information Systems Journal

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While there have been increasing studies on the impact of financial technology (FinTech), limited research has explored how FinTech supports economic empowerment for informal businesses.Drawing on institutional logics and a case study of mobile money-a FinTech innovation-this study develops a model of mobile money-driven economic empowerment. We argue that this model is important to explain how those at the bottom of the economic pyramid, who are often neglected, use FinTech innovations to create and run informal businesses. Our findings and model explain the dynamics between logics, actors, and mobile money at three levels: regulatory, payments infrastructure, and informal economy. We identify three corresponding effects as outcomes of economic empowerment for informal businesses: greater access to start-up capital, new employment opportunities, and improved financial management. By illustrating these effects, our study contributes to a better understanding of how FinTech innovations offer a possible pathway to economic empowerment for informal businesses.

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“…The findings also provide insights on how to support digital transformation of informal businesses. COVID-19 has demonstrated the fragility of digitally immature organisations as they struggled to adapt (Karanasios, 2022).…”

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Moving away from trading on the margins: Economic empowerment of informal businesses through FinTech

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Gozman

Karanasios

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Information Systems Journal

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“…The vast majority who get COVID-19 have gentle to direct side effects and recuperate without explicit treatment. Notwithstanding, some fall truly sick and require medical consideration (Karanasios, 2022). We can become tainted by taking in the infection when we are close to somebody with COVID-19 or by contacting a debased surface and afterward our eyes, nose or mouth.…”

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Effects of Covid19 on Digital Business & Operations Management Information System

Jamshed

Islam

Abrar

et al. 2023

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Social removing limitations and changes in wellbeing and financial interest brought about by COVID-19 are supposed to close down numerous businesses and operations, however early proof of the impact is scant. This record gives an analysis of the effects of Covid-19 on business information systems and digital cycles. The quantity of dynamic businesspeople fell by 3.3 million or 22% during the key two-month time frame from February to April 2020. The decrease in the quantity of dynamic business visionaries was the biggest on record and misfortunes businesses were felt in pretty much every area. Dark businesses specifically have been hit hard, with a 41% drop-in business action. Worker business visionaries experienced huge business misfortunes of 36%. Ladies’ businesspeople were likewise excessively impacted (25% reduction in enterprising movement). These early discoveries on independent company misfortunes have significant ramifications for future strategies, pay misfortunes, and financial imbalance.

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“…In the fifth paper, Karanasios (2022) reviews the state of the immediate research and scholarly discussion in the information systems field in 2020 in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Seventy one journal papers are reviewed.…”

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“…Focusing on the puzzle of why paper-based processes exist in Ghana's customs clearance despite decades of 'paperless' IT modernisation initiatives, the author explains that in certain developing country contexts, the endurance of patrimonial logics in the state and broader society, as well as organisational factors like administrative discretion and weak compliance pressure, constrain expected outcomes of IT interventions. The author makes a contribution toward richer understanding of how the historical, organisational, and broader context of IT driven change shape outcomes in certain developing countries, and what might be needed for IT to contribute more meaningfully to improving life in such societies.In the fifth paper,Karanasios (2022) reviews the state of the immediate research and scholarly discussion in the information systems field in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy one journal papers are reviewed.…”

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Scholarly conversation through a review response document

Davison

Techatassanasoontorn

2022

Information Systems Journal

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In this editorial, we reflect on the review response document that is crafted by authors in parallel to the revision that they undertake on their paper following a 'revise and resubmit' decision. We draw from our cumulative experiences as authors and editors to offer our view on how authors can construct a review response document that effectively addresses the concerns of the review team.We understand that from an author's perspective, writing a review response document may entail a mix of thoughts and feelings. This is because, as authors, we may view review comments in a number of ways: as an obstacle to getting our work published; as supportive critique to help us improve our work; as a scholarly obligation to engage with other scholars on topics of mutual interest; or even as the opportunity to engage with the review team in a scholarly conversation, albeit mediated by the review 'system' and the editors. Given these various views, it is not surprising that authors approach the writing of a review response document in different ways. Some authors may view the writing of this document as a chore, something that needs to be done to include as a supplement to a revised manuscript in a review process. Others may view the document as an opportunity both to inform the review team and, more importantly, to have a respectful, constructive conversation with scholars who have an interest in their work. Some may view the document as a useful reminder of all the tasks that need to be done during the revision process. Others may be quite annoyed by the need to write this document, since they may feel that the review team does not trust the author(s) to do a good job of the revision and therefore need to micromanage the process.At the ISJ, we advocate for reflective, respectful, and engaged intellectual conversation between authors and the review team. Overall, a review response document is considered as both a communication and an assessment tool in the publication process. In the following paragraphs, we elaborate on those characteristics that we consider the hallmark of healthy and productive interactions between authors and the review team. | REFLECT ON COMMENTS AND COMPOSE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSESAt the ISJ, we expect reviewers to be humane, competent, open-minded, unbiased, and ethical (Davison, 2014, 2015). However, it is sometimes the case that the reviewers and authors do not share the same epistemological values or worldview. This can certainly cause difficulties for authors who may feel that (some members of) the review team are either unsympathetic or simply ignorant about the research. Nevertheless, we do expect that reviewers should provide constructive and helpful comments, in essence behaving like discussants, engaging with the author in an intellectual conversation (Davison, 2003), listening to the author, identifying alternative perspectives, and constructively critiquing the paper, all with the objective of helping the author to ameliorate the paper. Of course, there will be rare cases where reviewer comm...

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The pursuit of relevance and impact: A review of the immediate response of the information systems field to COVID‐19

Cited by 19 publications

References 122 publications

Moving away from trading on the margins: Economic empowerment of informal businesses through FinTech

Moving away from trading on the margins: Economic empowerment of informal businesses through FinTech

Effects of Covid19 on Digital Business & Operations Management Information System

Scholarly conversation through a review response document

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