The development, change, and transformation of Management Information Systems (MIS): A content analysis of articles published in business and marketing journals

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to grasp the development, change, and transformation of MIS in the marketing and business world over the time. To this end, changes and trends that likely have an impact on MIS concepts, processes, and implementation were determined by reviewing the articles published in business and marketing journals. Specifically, a content analysis was conducted to (1) identify the possible trends and changes in MIS concepts and themes over the past three decades, (2) detect prevalently used research types, and (3) compare the publishing productivity of business and marketing journals about the subject of IS. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.