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misq-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a MIS Quarterly manuscript inside the right information-systems conversation — engaging canonical IS work, showing the IT artifact is central, and distinguishing the paper from adjacent IS venues (ISR, JMIS, JAIS) and from the parent reference disciplines (management, economics, computer science).

When to use

• Positioning MIS Quarterly manuscripts
• Engaging canonical IS literature
• Demonstrating the central role of the IT artifact
• Distinguishing from adjacent IS venues
• Distinguishing from parent reference disciplines
• Problematizing assumptions in IS literature
• Testing manuscript fit for IS reviewers
• Generating decision ledger rows for manuscript edits

When not to use

• Tasks where the front end reads as gap-spotting rather than joining a conversation
• Tasks where the IS contribution is unclear
• Tasks citing mostly non-IS work
• Tasks where the argument survives deleting the technology
• Long literature reviews that summarize rather than position
• Citing only recent work and missing foundational work
• Understudied context framing with no theorized role for technology

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