TY  - JOUR
A1  - Korte, Andreas
A1  - Tiberius, Victor
A1  - Brem, Alexander
T1  - Internet of Things (IoT) technology research in business and management literature
BT  - results from a co-citation analysis
JF  - Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research
N2  - In coherence with the progressive digitalization of all areas of life, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a flourishing concept in both research and practice. Due to the increasing scholarly attention, the literature landscape has become scattered and fragmented. With a focus on the commercial application of the IoT and corresponding research, we employ a co-citation analysis and literature review to structure the field. We find and describe 19 research themes. To consolidate the extant research, we propose a research framework, which is based on a theoretical implementation process of IoT as a concept, specific IoT applications, or architectures integrated in an adapted input–process–output model. The main variables of the model are an initial definition and conceptualization of an IoT concept (input), which goes through an evaluation process (process), before it is implemented and can have an impact in practice (output). The paper contributes to interdisciplinary research relating to a business and management perspective on IoT by providing a holistic overview of predominant research themes and an integrative research framework.
KW  - bibliometric analysis
KW  - business
KW  - co-citation analysis
KW  - Internet of Things
KW  - IoT
KW  - management
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer16060116
SN  - 0718-1876
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
SP  - 2073
EP  - 2090
PB  - MPDI
CY  - Basel
ER  -