Decision models for information systems management

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In the last two decades, information systems (IS) management decision making has become more complex. Everyday, IS managers in organizations of all over the world manage billions dollars of assets and must make complex decisions that involve information security, outsourcing, disaster recovery, software, hardware and vendor selection, investment strategies, timing the implementation of complex software systems (such as enterprise resource planning (ERP)). Inadequate understanding of these decision problems, poor decision analysis, and bad judgment can result in catastrophic outcomes for companies. However, there has been limited research on decision models and frameworks that could assist information technology (IT) managers with these complex decision problems. While there are researchers working in these areas, much of their work appears in journals outside the field of IS. The primary objective of this special issue of Information Systems Frontiers is to focus on providing solutions to significant IS management problems and to provide strategic knowledge for practicing managers. A second objective of this special issue to give impetus to the development of a line of research that would continue to focus attention on providing solutions for the many emerging complex problems that IS managers may face. …