While indigenous theorizing in information systems has clear merits, theory borrowing will not, and should not, be eschewed given its appeal and usefulness. In this article, we aim at increasing our understanding of modifying of borrowed theories in IT-rich contexts. We present a framework in which we discuss how two recontextualization approaches of specification and distinction help with increasing the IT-richness of borrowed constructs and relationships. In doing so, we use several illustrative examples from information systems strategy. The framework can be used by researchers as a tool to explore the multitude of ways in which a theory from another discipline can yield the understanding of IT phenomena.

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在 IT 丰富的环境中借用理论：信息系统战略研究的经验教训

虽然信息系统中的本土理论具有明显的优点，但鉴于其吸引力和实用性，不会也不应该回避理论借用。在本文中，我们旨在加深我们对在 IT 丰富的环境中修改借用理论的理解。我们提出了一个框架，在该框架中我们讨论了规范和区分的两种重新上下文化方法如何帮助增加借用构造和关系的 IT 丰富性。为此，我们使用了信息系统策略中的几个说明性示例。该框架可以被研究人员用作工具来探索来自另一学科的理论可以产生对 IT 现象的理解的多种方式。