Extending rigor and relevance: Towards credible, contributory and communicable research

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1325-1333

  Martensson, Anders ^a   Martensson, Pär ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Framework; Relevance; Research quality; Rigor

Indexed keywords

FRAMEWORK; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; RELEVANCE; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS; RESEARCH QUALITY; RIGOR;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84869417814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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