![]() Such studies considerably expand the empirical basis that informs IS research findings. Nevertheless, the international IS literature includes an increasing number of studies of IS innovation experiences in other regions of the world, mainly the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The pace and direction of information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and concomitant organizational change, which comprise the object of study of the information systems (IS) field, are undoubtedly set by the advanced economies of the world, primarily in North America and Europe. Finally, I call the reader’s attention to the potentially significant theoretical contributions of ISDC research for understanding IS innovation in relation to social context and in relation to socio-economic development theories and policies. I then point out the distinctive research agenda that has been formed in ISDC studies, both in the more familiar IS themes – failure, outsourcing, and strategic value of ICT – and also in studies of themes relevant specifically to the context of developing countries, such as the development of community ICT and information resources. ![]() First I identify three discourses on IS implementation and associated organizational and social change that coexist in information systems in developing countries (ISDC) research, namely as a process of technology and knowledge transfer and adaptation to local social conditions as a process of socially embedded action and as a process of transformative techno-organizational intervention associated with global politics and economics. ![]() In this paper I review the Information Systems (IS) research on how developing countries have attempted to benefit from information and communication technologies (ICTs). ![]()
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