THE EVOLVEMENT OF ENERGY INFORMATICS IN THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMUNITY - A LITERATURE ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH AGENDA

This paper analyses the current state of research in the domain of energy informatics. The intention is to provide a structured overview of the existing body of knowledge in the investigated field. To accomplish this, the authors employed a literature analysis including major and relevant outlets from the IS and business study disciplines. In total, 109 papers were found. To illustrate the state of the art of the discipline, the authors develop a concept matrix showing the used methods and investigated units of analysis. On that basis, the agenda for future focused research opportunities is laid out

A Perception-based Model for Smart Grid Adoption of Distribution System Operators - An Empirical Analysis

Smart grid technologies (SGT) comprise technologies from various domains, among others information systems (IS). IS can contribute decisively to upgrade the nowadays electromechanically controlled energy systems to electronically controlled networks. However, to date the empirical evidence regarding organizations’ technology adoption in general and SGT in particular is rather limited. Thus, we develop a model based on the technology-organization-environment framework (Tornatzky and Fleischer 1990) and validate the model based on data collected from 180 German distribution system operators. Our findings suggest that the technological and regulatory context variables are only marginal drivers while the organizational context variables (internal knowledge, dedicated staff) have a substantial impact on the adoption decision. Also the number of industry clients and firm size were found to be significant determinants. The paper’s findings help refining researchers’ understanding of organizational technology adoption and are useful for all stakeholders interested in SGT-diffusion

Creating a Taxonomy of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Stakeholders, Environment, Green IS, and Green IT: A Literature Review

The main goal of this article is to link Green Information Systems (Green IS) and Green Information Technology (Green IT) to the overall sustainability topic. Therefore, the authors provide a taxonomy in the form of a matrix to relate the relevant concepts to each other. The quest is to identify missing relationships and establish concepts relationships. Papers from six major journals and one conference between 2006 and 2010 were examined in order to shed light on the relationship matrix. The article delivers definitions, insights into usage of terminology and existing boundaries and links amongst definitions. Besides the comprehensive overview, the authors were able to identify new links between the relevant terms. This was done by reversing given relationship definitions between the relevant terms and by using analogies

Organisatorische, regulatorische und technische Katalysatoren und Hemmnisse zur Erreichung des intelligenten Energieversorgungssystems – eine empirische Analyse

Ziel des Artikels ist es, die grundlegenden Fakten über die Wirkungszusammenhänge der Technologieadoption aufzuzeigen, die eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung der Vision eines zukünftigen Intelligenten Energieversorgungssystems ermöglichen können. Von besonderem Interesse hierbei ist die Frage, ob das Technology-Organization-Environment Framework ein dafür geeignetes Model ist. In diesem Zusammenhang wird untersucht, welche Rolle regulatorische, organisationale und technische Faktoren spielen und ob und in welchem Ausmaß diese möglicherweise eine hemmende bzw. fördernde Wirkung haben. Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, wurde eine empirische Untersuchung durchgeführt, an der sich über 180 Netzbetreiber in Deutschland beteiligt haben