Conceptualising the Internet of Behaviours (IoB): A Multi-Level Perspective and Research Agenda

Internet of Behaviours (IoB) is an emerging phenomenon with significant business and societal impacts. This paper argues that Information Systems (IS) researchers, with their tradition of engaging with behavioural issues can play leading roles in shaping the IoB body of knowledge. Yet, there is a lag in IS research on IoB. To address this, the paper presents an exploratory content analysis of literature and webliography. This identifies several mutually complementary notions of IoB as a protocol, technology, data, system, and behaviour as well as IoB use cases and concerns. Then drawing from the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP), the paper provides an IoB conceptualisation framework and research direction. The framework makes the first attempt to offer IS researchers with conceptual facilities to explore and explain IoB, its application areas at different levels, and the tensions and struggles in IoB transitions

An Information Systems Perspective on Digital Currencies: A Systematic Literature Review

Digital currencies (DC) continue to gain public and research attention as an alternative paradigm of currency, its value and exchange. Because of the growing DC research in the Information Systems (IS) domain, it is necessary to distinguish between existing DC research coverage and areas for future exploration. This article offers an up to date review of IS research on digital currencies in terms of the locus and focus of issues , theories, methods, and findings in order to provide direction for future research. The study uses a systematic literature review method to examine IS articles published between 2010 and 2016. The review identified eighteen articles in highly ranked IS journals and conferences. Based on results from our investigation, we chart out end-user, organisation, and systems related future research directions

Is FinTech a Disruption or a New Eco-system? An Exploratory Investigation of Banks’ Response to Fintech in Australia

This research-in-progress aims at investigating what moderating effects use of Agile Software Development (ASD) methods and practices has on negative performance effects of faultlines, i.e. specific configurations of attributes in team members. Based on literature in ASD and psychology, a model of the moderating effects of ASD practices is developed and is to be assessed using a global online study. Since ASD practices shape team work and can be linked to known moderators of negative faultline effects, we expect to find moderating effects of ASD methods and practices on faultline effects. Information on the prevalence and moderation of faultline effects in ASD teams will help with a more detailed understanding of how ASD practices work and the contingencies that can inhibit or support their positive effects. Insights into group functioning in ASD settings will provide guidance on which ASD practices can help with negative team dynamics

How do FinTech Start-ups Develop Capabilities? Towards a FinTech Capability Model

This research investigates how FinTech start-ups, which refer to organisations that offer novel “financial services or products that are delivered via technologies”, develop capabilities for innovation, survival and scaling. The study draws from the dynamic capabilities theory to investigate how Fintech start-ups not only spur innovations in products, business models and processes but also ensure their sustenance both in the Fintech and financial industry. Empirically, the study uses qualitative case studies with 13 Fintech firms in Australia. The findings identified six clusters of FinTech firms’ capabilities that are associated with four broad microfoundations. Based on these findings, the study contributes a model that illustrates the FinTech capability development process