The Practical Side of Implementation Research

Research on the implementation of management science and information systems has been going on for the past 20 years, and articles describing it have appeared in this journal as well as others. The papers in this issue focus on how that research affects implementation practice. Three themes are highlighted: (1) things management can do to improve the chances of implementation success, (2) the effects of changing technology on implementation practice, and (3) changing views of the implementation process.