Theory construction in design research Criteria: Approaches, and methods

Design Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-522

  Friedman, Ken ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Design research; Design science; Design theory; Philosophy of design; Theory construction

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SCIENCES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DESIGN THEORY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0142126830     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(03)00039-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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