Abstract Representation theory proposes that the basic purpose of an information system
(IS) is to faithfully represent certain real-world phenomena, allowing users to reason about …

The role of information systems (IS) as representations of real-world systems is changing in
an increasingly digitalized world, suggesting that conceptual modeling is losing its …

Many business process modeling techniques have been proposed over the last decades,
creating a demand for theory to assist in the comparison and evaluation of these techniques …

Purpose–The business process modeling notation (BPMN) is an increasingly important
standard for process modeling and has enjoyed high levels of attention in business practice …

User-generated content (UGC) is becoming a valuable organizational resource, as it is seen
in many cases as a way to make more information available for analysis. To make effective …

Despite tremendous investments in information technology (IT), many technological
interventions in organizations fail because employees do not fully accept and use IT. The …

What if reality fundamentally consists in events and processes rather than things? All actions
are situated within processes, influenced by a broader set of preceding and concomitant …

Representation theory (RT) is one of few long-standing, native theories in the Information
Systems discipline. Over the past 30 years, RT has spawned a wide program of research …

Conceptual modeling grammars are a fundamental means for specifying information
systems requirements. However, the actual usage of these grammars is only poorly …

Conceptual models are used to communicate information about a domain during the
development of information systems. In two experimental studies using business process …