Internet fundamentals
David King, Alan R. Dennis · 1999
Over the past few years, there has been an enormous growth in the number of papers at HICSS devoted to Internet-related topics. As the nature and reach of research on the Internet has grown, so too has the number of minitracks and their focus on different aspects of the Internet.However, as with the Internet itself, the nature of Internet research has developed faster than our ability to categorize it. Over the years, the Internet Fundamentals mini-track has included research from a broad range of perspectives. This year is no exception. One of our objectives in coordinating this year's mini-track was to encourage a wide range of papers that touched on a variety of important issues, many of which are evolving and do not neatly fit into to the definition of the 11 minitracks within the Internet Track. This year, we have five papers.HICSS has emerged as an important venue for the discussion, development, and refinement of research on the use of the Internet. Many of the ideas and papers first presented and discussed here have found their way into research journals, not to mention those projects first conceived in animated conversations outside the formal sessions.We hope you enjoy the papers and the discussion they generate.