On how to develop design theories for is use and management

16th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hrastinski, Stefan ^a   Carlsson, Sven A ^b   Henningsson, Stefan ^b   Keller, Christina ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design science research; Design theory; E learning; Knowledge management systems

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN SCIENCE; DESIGN THEORY; IS DESIGN; IT ARTEFACT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

DESIGN; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84870650060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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