Conducting and publishing design science research: Inaugural essay of the design science department of the Journal of Operations Management

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 47-48, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  van Aken, Joan ^a   Chandrasekaran, Aravind ^b   Halman, Joop ^c  

^a Design Science Research institute   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTS; DESIGN SCIENCE; DESIGN-SCIENCE RESEARCHES; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH STRATEGY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 84999863186     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2016.06.004     Document Type: Article

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