The intellectual core of enterprise information systems: a co-citation analysis

Abstract

Enterprise information systems (EISs) have evolved in the past 20 years, attracting the attention of international practitioners and scholars. Although literature reviews and analyses have been conducted to examine the multiple dimensions of EISs, no co-citation analysis has been conducted to examine the knowledge structures involved in EIS studies; thus, the current study fills this research gap. This study investigated the intellectual structures of EISs. All data source documents (1083 articles and 24,090 citations) were obtained from the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge database. A co-citation analysis was used to analyse EIS data. By using factor analysis, we identified eight critical factors: (a) factors affecting the implementation and success of information systems (ISs); (b) the successful implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP); (c) IS evaluation and success, (d) system science studies; (e) factors influencing ERP success; (f) case research and theoretical models; (g) user acceptance of information technology; and (h) IS frameworks. Multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis were used to visually map the resultant EIS knowledge. It is difficult to implement an EIS in an enterprise and each organisation exhibits specific considerations. The current findings indicate that managers must focus on ameliorating inferior project performance levels, enabling a transition from 'vicious' to 'virtuous' projects. Successful EIS implementation yields substantial organisational advantages.

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“…An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system helps organizations to support and integrate business functions and ensure their operations are appropriately set, which, in turn, help them to achieve long-term growth and sustainability [1]. Successful implementation is an essential factor when studying the intellectual structure of ERP systems [2]. Shiau (2016) [2] performed a co-citation analysis of thousands of articles to examine the knowledge structures involved in ERP studies, and concluded that the implementation of an ERP is challenging, and each organization exhibits specific considerations.…”

“…Successful implementation is an essential factor when studying the intellectual structure of ERP systems [2]. Shiau (2016) [2] performed a co-citation analysis of thousands of articles to examine the knowledge structures involved in ERP studies, and concluded that the implementation of an ERP is challenging, and each organization exhibits specific considerations. Thus, the study of acceptance and success of information technology in organizations is an important subject to be studied in order to obtain sustainability and competitive advantage.…”

Co-citation and cluster analyses of extant literature on social networks

“…Citation and co-citation analyses are commonly used bibliometric methods for assessing consistent study areas among fields (Small 1973;Sugimoto et al 2008;Shiau and Dwivedi 2013;Shiau 2015;Shiau et al 2015). Moreover, cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis were performed to identify the core knowledge of the social networking.…”

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“…Factors affecting the implementation and success of information systems (IS) attract the attention of practitioners and scholars (Shiau, 2016). Literature analysis shows that there are two flows in research papers.…”