Criteria of progress for information systems design theories

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-172

  Aier, Stephan ^a   Fischer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaluation criteria; IS design science research; IS design theory; Quality criteria; Scientific progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751633278     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-010-0130-8     Document Type: Article

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