Time for a "design turn" in IS innovation research? A practice report from the home front

Information Technology and People

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-350

  Wastell, David ^a   Sauer, Juergen ^b   Schmeink, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design; Ergonomics; Heating equipment; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949129503     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840911002441     Document Type: Article

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