Network-Based Information System Model for Research

Abstract

Cross-discipline research requires researchers to understand many concepts outside their own discipline. Computers are becoming pervasive throughout all disciplines, as evident by the December 2002 issue of Communications of the ACM featuring “Issues and Challenges in Ubiquitous Computing” (Lyytinen & Yoo, 2002). Researchers outside of computer network-related disciplines must account for the affects of network-based information systems on their research. This paper presents a model to aid researchers with the tasks of properly identifying the elements and affects of a network-based information system within their studies.