Design science in information systems research

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-105

  Hevner, Alan R ^a   March, Salvatore T ^b   Park, Jinsoo ^c   Ram, Sudha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business environment; Creativity; Design artifact; Design science; Experimental methods; Information systems research methodologies; Search strategies; Technology infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; CREATIVITY; DESIGN ARTIFACT; DESIGN SCIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SEARCH STRATEGIES; TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242652022     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148625     Document Type: Article

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