Conceptual convergences: Positioning information systems among the business disciplines

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hovorka, Dirk S ^a   Monarchi, David ^b   Kai, Larsen ^c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business science; Functional dependence; Knowledge production; Latent semantic analysis; Reputational networks; Strategic dependence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CORE BUSINESS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FORMAL KNOWLEDGE; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; POSITIONING INFORMATION; RESEARCH TOPICS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; STRATEGIC DEPENDENCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; WEBSITES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870695634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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