Gregory, Robert Wayne

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","285"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","16"],["dc.contributor.author","Weinrich, Timo"],["dc.contributor.author","Muntermann, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Gregory, Robert Wayne"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-08-27T14:23:54Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-08-27T14:23:54Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","This paper presents corporate digital infrastructure design principles of companies in the financial services industry dealing with data intensive service offerings. The design principles emerged by applying established techniques of the grounded theory method from data we collected in a one case B2B organization which transformed its IT infrastructure. We structured the company’s initial problem and identified associated problem requirements and mapping solution components. Based on this case-based design theory building work, we theorized the following design principles: (1) a bidirectional data exchange to enable for customer data integration, (2) the usage of a flexible data model for the data storage, (3) efficient data processing by reduced communication overhead, and (4) small reusable and modular software components enabling standardized, yet flexible customer solutions. Our research contribution is twofold: First we contribute to the emerging literature stream of digital infrastructures. In particular, we shed light on design choices to transform a historically grown IT infrastructure to align with the generative evolution of non-corporate digital infrastructures. Second, we link the findings to literature of co-creation by reflecting our design principles to the layers of IT-value co-creation and reveal interdependencies among these layers."],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/15582"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.publisher","Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library ( AISeL )"],["dc.relation.conference","The 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems"],["dc.relation.eventend","2016-07-01"],["dc.relation.eventlocation","Chiayi, Taiwan"],["dc.relation.eventstart","2016-06-27"],["dc.relation.isbn","978-986-04-9102-9"],["dc.relation.ispartof","Proceeding of the 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2016)"],["dc.title","Exploring Principles for Corporate digital Infrastructure Design in the Financial Services Industry"],["dc.type","conference_paper"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","639"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Information Systems Research"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","653"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","25"],["dc.contributor.author","Gregory, Robert Wayne"],["dc.contributor.author","Muntermann, Jan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-08-23T14:56:06Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-08-23T14:56:06Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Design theories provide explicit prescriptions, such as principles of form and function, for constructing an artifact that is designed to meet a set of defined requirements and solve a problem. Design theory generation is increasing in importance because of the increasing number and diversity of problems that require the participation and proactive involvement of academic researchers to build and test artifact-based solutions. However, we have little understanding of how design theories are generated. Drawing on key contributions by Herbert A. Simon, including the ideas of satisfice and bounded rationality and reviewing a large body of information systems and problem-solving literature, we develop a normative framework for proactive design theorizing based on the notion of heuristic theorizing. Heuristics are rules of thumb that provide a plausible aid in structuring the problem at hand or in searching for a satisficing artifact design. An example of a problem-structuring heuristic is problem decomposition and an example of an artifact design heuristic is analogical design. We define heuristic theorizing as the process of proactively generating design theory for prescriptive purposes from problem-solving experiences and prior theory by constantly iterating between the search for a satisficing problem solution, i.e., heuristic search, and the synthesis of new information that is generated during heuristic search, i.e., heuristic synthesis. Heuristic search involves alternating between structuring the problem at hand and generating new artifact design components, whereas heuristic synthesis involves different ways of thinking, including reflection and learning and forms of reasoning, that complement the use of heuristics for theorizing purposes. We illustrate the effectiveness of our heuristic theorizing framework through a detailed example of a multiyear design science research program in which we proactively generated a design theory for solving problems in the area of intelligent information management and so-called big data in the finance domain. We propose that heuristic theorizing is a useful alternative to established theorizing approaches, i.e., reasoning-based approaches. Heuristic theorizing is particularly relevant for proactive design theorizing, which emphasizes problem solving as being highly intertwined with theorizing, involves a greater variety of ways of thinking than other theorizing approaches, and assumes an engaged relationship between academics and practitioners."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1287/isre.2014.0533"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/15514"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1047-7047"],["dc.title","Heuristic Theorizing: Proactively Generating Design Theories"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.volumetitle","roceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, {ICIS} 2011, Shanghai, China, December 4-7, 2011"],["dc.contributor.author","Gregory, Robert Wayne"],["dc.contributor.author","Muntermann, Jan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-02-05T13:31:57Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-02-05T13:31:57Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","This paper explores which theorizing strategies can be employed in DSR to make a theoretical contribution by examining two illustrative case examples. First, we find that abduction, deduction, and induction all play a role in DSR. Second, we suggest that design theorists can choose among a range of theorizing strategies (i.e., inductive theorizing, deductive theorizing, and hybrid approaches) that differ in their degree to which they make use of abduction, deduction, and induction as well as their iterative sequencing over time in repeated theorizing cycles. Third, we reveal from the discussion of two prominent IS design theories that empirical and conceptual methods for theorizing play an important role in both the build and evaluate phases of the DSR cycle. Finally, we recommend theorists in future DSR projects that pursue the goal to develop design theory to think explicitly about their theorizing approach and select and use research methods accordingly."],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62945"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.publisher","Association for Information Systems"],["dc.relation.conference","32nd International Conference on Information Systems ICIS 2011"],["dc.relation.eventend","2011-12-07"],["dc.relation.eventlocation","Shanghai, China"],["dc.relation.eventstart","2011-12-04"],["dc.relation.ispartof","Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems"],["dc.title","Theorizing in Design Science Research: Inductive versus Deductive Approaches"],["dc.type","conference_paper"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","57"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Information Systems Research"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","80"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","26"],["dc.contributor.author","Gregory, Robert Wayne"],["dc.contributor.author","Keil, Mark"],["dc.contributor.author","Muntermann, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Mähring, Magnus"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-08-23T14:42:34Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-08-23T14:42:34Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Though information technology (IT) transformation programs are gaining in importance, we know little about the nature of the challenges involved in such programs and how to manage them. Using grounded theory methodology, we conducted a multiyear case study of a large IT transformation program in a major commercial bank, during which we encountered the interrelated themes of paradoxes and ambidexterity. Grounded in our case, we construct a substantive theory of ambidexterity in IT transformation programs that identifies and explains the paradoxes that managers need to resolve in IT transformation programs. The ambidexterity areas we identified are (1) IT portfolio decisions (i.e., IT efficiency versus IT innovation), (2) IT platform design (i.e., IT standardization versus IT differentiation), (3) IT architecture change (i.e., IT integration versus IT replacement), (4) IT program planning (i.e., IT program agility versus IT project stability), (5) IT program governance (i.e., IT program control versus IT project autonomy), and (6) IT program delivery (i.e., IT program coordination versus IT project isolation). What weaves these six areas together is the combined need for IT managers to employ ambidextrous resolution strategies to ensure short-term IT contributions and continuous progress of IT projects while simultaneously working toward IT transformation program success as a foundation for IT-enabled business transformation. However, in addition to this commonality, we find that the nature of paradoxical tensions differs across the six areas and requires slightly different management strategies for paradox resolution. Ambidexterity areas (1), (2), and (3) are associated with IT transformation strategizing and, in addition to balancing short- and long-term goals, require the mutual accommodation and blending of business and IT interests in the spirit of IT-business partnering to achieve IT-enabled business change and IT-based competitiveness. Ambidexterity areas (4), (5), and (6) are associated with IT program and project execution and, in addition to balancing short- and long-term requirements, require a recurrent and dynamic act of balancing “local” needs at the IT project level and “global” needs at the IT program level."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1287/isre.2014.0554"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/15513"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.eissn","1526-5536"],["dc.relation.issn","1047-7047"],["dc.title","Paradoxes and the Nature of Ambidexterity in IT Transformation Programs"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","280"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","BLED Proceedings"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","293"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","2012"],["dc.contributor.author","Alić, Irina"],["dc.contributor.author","Muntermann, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Gregory, Robert W."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-02-05T08:48:38Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-02-05T08:48:38Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","Financial decision support has become an important information systems research topic and is also of highest interest to practitioners. Two rapidly emerging trends, the increasing amount of available data and the evolution of data mining methods, pose challenges for researchers. Thus, a review of existing research with the goal to guide future research efforts in this domain is timely. To structure our literature review and future research in this area, we propose a framework in the paper that integrates elements of decision support systems, design theory, and information mining. The framework is then applied in the paper. Our analysis reveals that the focus of existing research can be grouped into three major domain categories. More research is needed in two of the categories for which we found only very few IS studies, despite the high relevance of these topics due to increased turbulences in worldwide financial markets. Furthermore, we discuss the opportunities to make stronger use of heterogeneous data and of combined data mining techniques and to build upon the rich set of available evaluation methods."],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62943"],["dc.identifier.url","http://elibrary.aisnet.org/Default.aspx?url=https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=bled2012"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.publisher","Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)"],["dc.relation.conference","25th Bled eConference eDependability: Reliable and Trustworthy eStructures, eProcesses, eOperations and eServices for the Future"],["dc.relation.eventend","2012-06-20"],["dc.relation.eventlocation","Bled, Slovenia"],["dc.relation.eventstart","2012-06-17"],["dc.title","State of the Art of Financial Decision Support Systems based on Problem, Requirement, Component and Evaluation Categories"],["dc.type","conference_paper"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]