Introduction to the special issue on design science

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Gregor, Shirley ^a   Hevner, Alan R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Design science research; Information and communications technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751615377     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-010-0159-8     Document Type: Editorial

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