Preserving Knowledge on IS Business Value - What Literature Reviews Have Done

Based on a comprehensive literature search, this meta review analyzes to what extent past literature reviews on IS business value have covered key research areas and preserved their key findings. The results show that while some areas have been explored extensively, some other crucial areas, such as accounting performance, the growth of intangible assets, and the differentiation between economic output and derived or perceived value, have been neglected. They need to be considered in future reviews. The results also reveal those research areas where even primary research is weak and needs to get intensified before literature reviews can be applied to synthesize findings.