The Sustainability Imperative in Information Systems Research

Seidel, Stefan; Bharati, Pratyush; Fridgen, Gilbert; Watson, Richard T.; Albizri, Abdullah; Boudreau, Marie‐Claude; Butler, Tom; Kruse, Leona Chandra; Guzman, Indira R.; Karsten, Helena; Lee, Habin; Melville, Nigel P.; Rush, Daniel; Toland, Janet; Watts, Stephanie

doi:10.17705/1cais.04003

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“…MISQ published a special issue on IS and environmental sustainability in 2013. Furthermore, the Association for Information Systems established a special interest group for green research in 2010 to promote better solutions for preventing environmental degradation and climate change [23]. Based on the yearly distribution of articles, the average rate of IS articles published between the period 1993 and 2018 is reported to be 5.08 articles per year.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Using enterprise resource planning application, supply chain management software, and Internet of Things technology, fashion brand Everlane provides transparent information for the whole production, which includes sourcing different components and costs, labor conditions, carbon footprint, and environmental implications [22]. In terms of IS academia, a high amount of literature has continuously made important contributions to research on sustainability also [23][24][25][26][27]. IS directly assist in environmental sustainability practices, such as implementing greenhouse gas emission tracking systems within a logistics process [28], an indexing system for green supplier evaluations [29], and a support system for the vehicle industry to improve the efficiency of electric vehicle battery usage [30].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, IS have helped enterprises to transform into environmentally sustainable entities to meet global environmental challenges and respond to consumers' requirements [19,23]. Due to the increasing attention towards the stainable development of enterprises in IS, this study aims to understand the role that IS play in the sustainable development of enterprises.…”

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The Role of Information Systems in the Sustainable Development of Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Network Analysis

Zeng

Lee

2020

Sustainability

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Information Systems (IS) play an important role in improving the efficiency of firms’ operations and supply chains, which links to sustainability. Therefore, this study conducted a systematic literature network analysis to review 132 articles that discuss current trends in the IS discipline. Based on a citation network analysis, this study discovered three main research domains (sustainable competitive advantage, environmental sustainability, and sustainable online social communities), and two emerging research domains (the role of IS in developing countries and sustainable information infrastructures). Furthermore, a main path analysis was conducted to understand the knowledge structure of each research domain. This addresses how different trends are reflected in the IS literature related to improving firms’ competitive advantages and environmental sustainability. The results found that the sustainable competitiveness of enterprises is improved by the synergy between IS and other recourses within in the enterprises. Green IS initiatives not only solve the issues of environmental sustainability, but also enhance sustainable competitive advantage (i.e., stock price). As social media becomes the optimal enterprise communication channel, this study discusses the factors affecting sustainable online social community, such as structural dynamics (i.e., membership size, communication activity), social dynamics (the basic nature of interactions among members), participation costs, and topic consistency. Overall, the Information System literature is highly focused on three areas—economy, environment, and society, which supports Triple Bottom Line theory.

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Section: Distribution Of Articles By Year Of Publicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Information Systems in the Sustainable Development of Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Network Analysis

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Lee

2020

Sustainability

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“…However, we also see that society is yet to realize the full potential of GIT/GIS, to fully embrace and promote research into it [21]. This may also be because it is generally believed that interest in GIT/GIS is dwindling.…”

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“…First, integrating various ecological, economic, and social dimensions has become a practice. It is for instance termed the triple-bottom-line principle, and reflects that organizations need to adhere not only to economic goals (single bottom line), but should also emphasize social and ecological goals [21]. This also reflects the claim that IS research should change its primarily inward orientation to become more inclusive, by incorporating also social and environmental challenges [30,31].…”

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On Making a Difference: Towards an Integrative Framework for Green IT and Green IS Adoption

Schmermbeck¹

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Organizations and society nowadays face significant challenges. Organizations are required to fundamentally digital transform by assimilating Information Technology (IT) and Information System (IS) assets. Society faces an increasingly severe global climate disruption and needs to become more environmentally friendly. Green IT (GIT) and Green IS (GIS), as technologies and initiatives that seek to reduce the negative impacts of IT/IS on the environment, are a response to this. They can help organizations to gain a competitive advantage while also addressing broadscale environmental issues. We undertake a literature review to frame the general GIT/GIS adoption process. We provide an overarching understanding by modeling a sequence of five cognitive adoption phases (outset, pre-adoption, adoption, post-adoption, and outcome) on four levels (environmental, societal, organizational, and individual). By recognizing that GIT/GIS adoption has multiple drivers and outcomes, we provide an extensive perspective on GIT/GIS adoption.

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Systematic Literature Review: Effects of Digital Technology on Business Models and Sustainability

Vidmar

Pucihar

2019

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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In recent years we are observing two simultaneously ongoing transformations in enterprises. Through systematic literature review we explored existing literature that combines digital technology, business models and sustainability. Using protocol that we placed beforehand we assessed collected papers, classified them and analyzed them focusing on the methodology used, common themes, open research questions and theoretical background.

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The Sustainability Imperative in Information Systems Research

Cited by 36 publications

References 31 publications

The Role of Information Systems in the Sustainable Development of Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Network Analysis

The Role of Information Systems in the Sustainable Development of Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Network Analysis

On Making a Difference: Towards an Integrative Framework for Green IT and Green IS Adoption

Systematic Literature Review: Effects of Digital Technology on Business Models and Sustainability

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