@article{40a911d29c874a0fa18a19d73481a4bb,
title = "Literature reviews in IS research: What can be learnt from the past and other fields?",
abstract = "Literature reviews (LRs) are recognized for their increasing impact in the information systems literature. Methodologists have drawn attention to the question of how we can leverage the value of LRs to preserve and generate knowledge. The panelists who participated in the discussion of “Standalone Literature Reviews in IS Research: What Can Be Learnt from the Past and Other Fields?” at ICIS 2016 in Dublin acknowledged this significant issue and debated 1) what the IS field can learn from other fields and where IS-specific challenges occur, 2) how the IS field should move forward to foster the genre of LRs, and 3) the best practices to train doctoral IS students in publishing LRs. This paper reports the key takeaways of this panel discussion. We provide guidance for IS scholars on how to conduct LRs that contribute to the cumulative knowledge development in and across the IS field to best prepare the next generation of IS scholars.",
keywords = "Doctoral training, Literature review, Research methodology, Review methodology",
author = "Guido Schryen and Alexander Benlian and Frantz Rowe and Shirley Gregor and Kai Larsen and Stacie Petter and Guy Par{\'e} and Gerit Wagner and Steffi Haag and Emrah Yasasin",
note = "Funding Information: Guido Schryen is a Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His research interests cover the business value of IS, decision support methodologies and systems, literature reviews and IT security. He has published both quantitative and qualitative research in international journals, including European Journal of Information Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, OR Spectrum, Communications of the AIS, Communications of the ACM, and others. He recently received a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project “Epistemological Advances Through Qualitative Literature Reviews in Information Systems Research”. Funding Information: We are indebted to our colleagues who provided constructive feedback and suggestions: Chitu Okoli, Jane Webster, and Elfi Furtm{\"u}ller. We also wish to thank the Associate Editor, Christoph Peters, for his valuable comments, which have improved the manuscript. The first author{\textquoteright}s research is supported by a grant of the German Science Foundation (DFG) for the research project “Epistemological Advances Through Qualitative Literature Reviews in Information Systems Research” (EPIQUALIS)8. The second author{\textquoteright}s research esd supported by grants of the German Science Foundation (DFG) for the research projects “Input Control Practices and their Implications for Software Platform Ecosystems” (OpenEco)9 and “A Decompositional Analysis of IT Certifications in Electronic Markets and their Impact on Customer and Platform Provider Perceptions” (Unblackboxing IT Certifications)10in which literature reviews played an essential role. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by the Association for Information Systems.",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
doi = "10.17705/1CAIS.04130",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "759--774",
journal = "Communications of the Association for Information Systems",
issn = "1529-3181",
publisher = "Association for Information Systems",
number = "1",
}