Financial and costs benefits are often put forward as the reasons why organisations decide to outsource. Emerging patterns and trends indicate that today’s outsourcing decisions are often motivated by factors other than cost. Thus, the decision-making process is more complex than it may at first appear. This paper presents findings from a case study from an organisation in the UK banking sector...

Accepted: 31 July 2007 Abstract We review the status of European publishing in high-impact Information System (IS) journals finding that the European publication record is disappointing. We consider popular explanations to this state of affairs and find them neither credible nor useful for improving the European record. We propose several constructive reasons for this including (1) the lack of ...

Received: 23 March 2011 Revised: 10 September 2011 2nd Revision: 14 November 2011 3rd Revision: 17 December 2011 Accepted: 19 December 2011 Abstract Information Systems enjoyment has been identified as a desirable phenomenon, because it can drive various aspects of system use. In this study, we argue that it can also be a key ingredient in the formation of adverse outcomes, such as technology-r...

European Journal of Information Systems (2007) 16, 1–2. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000668 Predicting the effect of change can be difficult if not impossible. A year ago in the first editorial of Volume 15, I stated ‘because special issues are on the increase, this reduces the pool of papers available for general submission, y’ and ‘y dilution of the general stream of submissions with the remova...

The European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) is among the best in the field, and all of us – the editorial board and the EJIS community – should be proud of it. We should also be willing to do what it takes in order to make it even better. At this time, I can think of at least two areas for improvement. First, we need to improve the process of turning submissions into published papers, an...

European Journal of Information Systems (2009) 18, 1–3. doi:10.1057/ejis.2009.3 In November, EJIS completed a ‘soft launch’ of our new online submission system. We expect this system to help improve our management of the submission review process and streamline the path from submission to publication. We are also increasing the number of associate editors, and introducing a ‘senior’ rank among ...

Gender differences in IT careers appear to be affecting the competitiveness of companies globally. It is posited that given the current labor shortage in the IT industry, it has become more important than ever to reduce sources of leakage in the IT career paths of women. A model of barriers faced by women in the field of information technology is presented. Three distinct career stages of caree...

This special issue showcases research that demonstrates the usefulness of neuroscientific approaches to a range of marketing-related questions. The past decade has yielded extraordinary advances in understanding of how brain pro­ cesses produce human behavior. These advances have fueled a steady growth in the application of neuroscientific methods to generate both theoretical and practical insi...

this editorial paper highlights the significance of scholarly contributions from non-western contexts to business and management studies in general and marketing in particular. it calls for constructive, ethical, and committed collaborations between authors and reviewers of academic articles in order to collectively enhance knowledge generation in a global era. using iranian journal of manageme...

European Journal of Information Systems (2004) 13, 165. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000506 With the passage of time, and inevitable change, peoples’ belief systems are often put to the test. Sometimes holders of beliefs find their beliefs under pressure from the changes around them. Some believers then seek to explain why their beliefs are still intact but that the world is not behaving as it sh...