Value of IS research: Let's not talk crisis - But we can do better

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 837-842

  Grover, Varun ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossroads; Discipline; Information Systems Field; Institutionalization of Research; Introspection; IS Field Success; New Directions; Scripted Research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CROSSROADS; DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT; DISCIPLINE; INSTITUTIONAL FORCES; INTROSPECTION; NEW DIRECTIONS; REFERENCE DISCIPLINE; VALUE PROPOSITION;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84897832837     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.03445     Document Type: Article

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