Steven Alter

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Steven Alter is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Alter has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Management Information Systems, 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 42 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Steven Alter's work include Business Process Modeling and Analysis (61 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (58 papers) and Information Technology Governance and Strategy (46 papers). Steven Alter is often cited by papers focused on Business Process Modeling and Analysis (61 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (58 papers) and Information Technology Governance and Strategy (46 papers). Steven Alter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Germany. Steven Alter's co-authors include Susan A. Sherer, Duane Truex, Matthias Goeken, Hubert Österle, Jan Marco Leimeister, M. Lynne Markus, Iris Vessey, Judy Scott, Glenn J. Browne and William L. Kleb and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications of the ACM and MIS Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Steven Alter

155 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Decision support systems : current practice and continuing challenges

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Principles for analyzing, designing and evaluating the situated use of intelligent machines 2024 ·Information Technology and People ·Steven Alter	1
2	Re-Conceptualizing Information System Usage as Usage by (Increasingly Automated) Work Systems 2024 ·Journal of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	3
3	Understanding artificial intelligence in the context of usage: Contributions and smartness of algorithmic capabilities in work systems 2021 ·International Journal of Information Management ·Steven Alter	32
4	Design principles for establishing a multi-sided open innovation platform: lessons learned from an action research study in the medical technology industry 2019 ·Electronic Markets ·(unknown), (unknown), Angela Roth, Kathrin M. Möslein, Steven Alter	17
5	Applying Socio-technical Thinking in the Competitive, Agile, Lean, Data-Driven World of Knowledge Work and Smart, Service-Oriented, Customer-Centric Value Creation Ecosystems 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Steven Alter	3
6	Making Sense of Smartness in the Context of Smart Devices and Smart Systems 2019 ·Information Systems Frontiers ·Steven Alter	69
7	Service System Axioms that Accept Positive and Negative Outcomes and Impacts of Service Systems. 2017 ·Journal of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	4
8	Theory of Workarounds 2014 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	151
9	An "Interpretary" for the IS Discipline, a Compendium of Interpretations of Basic IS Concepts and Methods from Different Theoretical Perspectives 2013 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	1
10	Using the Work System Method with Freshman Information Systems Students 2012 ·Journal of Information Technology Education Innovations in Practice ·Jan Recker, Steven Alter	5
11	Long Live Design Science Research! .... And Remind Me again about Whether It Is a New Research Paradigm or a Rationale of Last Resort for Worthwhile Research that Doesn't Fit under Any Other Umbrella 2012 ·USF Scholarship Repository (University of San Francisco) ·Steven Alter	4
12	Integrating Lightweight Systems Analysis into the United Process by Using Service Responsibility Tables 2008 ·Journal of the Association for Information Systems ·Xin Tan, Steven Alter, Keng Siau	6
13	Moving Toward a Service Metaphor for Describing, Evaluating, and Designing Systems 2008 ·Journal of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	6
14	Architecture of Sysperanto: A Model-Based Ontology of the IS Field 2005 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	94
15	A General, But Readily Adaptable Model of Information System Risk 2004 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter, Susan A. Sherer	80
16	Information Systems Risks and Risk Factors: Are They Mostly About Information Systems? 2004 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Susan A. Sherer, Steven Alter	76
17	Customer Service, Responsibility, and Systems in International E-Commerce: Should a Major Airline Reissue a Stolen Ticket? 2003 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	1
18	Are the Fundamental Concepts of Information Systems Mostly About Work Systems? 2001 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter	31
19	Does the Trend Toward E-Business Call for Changes in the Fundamental Concepts of Information Systems? A Debate 2001 ·Communications of the Association for Information Systems ·Steven Alter, M. Lynne Markus, Judy Scott, Iris Vessey	27
20	Decision support systems : current practice and continuing challenges breakdown → 1980 ·Steven Alter	414

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