The increasing dependence of human society on information technology (IT) systems requires appropriate measures to cope with their misuse. The growing potential of threats, which make these systems more and more vulnerable, is caused by the complexity of the technologies themselves. The potential of threats in networked systems will further grow as well as the number of individuals who are able...

The Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) celebrates its 10 anniversary in New York City. Already AMCIS is viewed as one of the leading conferences for presenting the broadest variety of research done by and for IS/IT academicians in the Western Hemisphere. This research-in-progress article presents the beginning stage of an initiative to provide a systematic examination of the co...

It is almost unbelievable that in this age of technology we are experiencing decreasing worldwide enrollments in Information Systems (IS) programs. Suddenly, within a year or two, enrollments decreased as much as 70-80 percent throughout the world. Industry is begging for more graduates with a business and technical background and is expecting an even greater shortage in the next few years. Des...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have penetrated all walks of life and brought about new ways of working. Network and communication technology brings organizations financial and managerial benefit by connecting virtually separated participants to work together, however, it also increases stress level of individual users. Technostress, one particular stress due to ICT, has not b...

Health challenges present arguably the most significant barrier to sustainable global development. The introduction of ICT in healthcare, especially the application of mobile communications, has created the potential to transform healthcare delivery by making it more accessible, affordable and effective across the developing world. However, there is growing concerns about the quality of such se...

The utility and scope of medical imaging has expanded over the last 20 years and is now a critical part of medical practice. At the same time, Health Information Technology (HIT) has emerged as an indispensable tool for medical imaging that has been deployed widely. The benefits of HIT include collaborative and differential diagnosis; weighing and accuracy of diagnosis; and facilitation of diag...

This article introduces the CAIS special issue on the workshops presented at AMCIS 2001 in Boston, MA. The overriding theme of this issue deals with various aspects of teaching with technology in the information systems curriculum using commercial applications as well as cases developed by faculty. These aspects include challenges of integrating large-scale applications with limited resources, ...

In February 2016 the Dagstuhl Seminar 16062 explored the needs of the semiconductor industry for better planning and scheduling approaches at the supply chain level and the requirements for information systems to support the approaches. The seminar participants also spent time identifying the core elements of a conceptual reference model for planning and control of semiconductor manufacturing s...

Research on knowledge sharing in distributed teams has demonstrated the importance of knowledge contribution and knowledge seeking in facilitating work procedures and outcomes. However, considerably less attention has been paid to learned characteristics of relationships that affect the intentions to share knowledge. Despite a variety of technologies being used to support distributed interactio...