Fads and Trends in Business and Information Systems Engineering and Information Systems Research – A Comparative Literature Analysis

Abstract

Business and information systems engineering (BISE) is currently undergoing a phase of increasing internationalization and the U.S.-based Information Systems (IS) discipline is often considered as an ideal. Using language-statistical evaluations of articles in German-and Englishspeaking journals, the authors highlight the thematic trends and differences between the BISE and the IS discipline. BISE more consistently dwells on recent developments than IS research does, but is also subject to a greater risk of placing too much emphasis on fads. BISE is topically more diverse and more specific than IS research. Buzzwords in IS usually show a higher abstraction level than in BISE articles. This may be interpreted as a reduced orientation towards practice, but may also be considered as a strength of IS research in terms of developing universal theories.

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