Firsova, Svitlana; Bilorus, Tetiana; Aksom, Herman(Vilnius University Press, 2020)
It is argued that scientific progress occurs not with the cumulative growth of knowledge or when theories get closer to the truth but with discovering new domains and new theories that fit these domains. This horizontal ...
Tedre, Matti; Pajunen, John(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023)
A rich body of empirically grounded results and a solid theory base have often been viewed as signs of a mature discipline. Many disciplines have frequently debated what they should accept as legitimate kinds of theories, ...
Siponen, Mikko; Klaavuniemi, Tuula(Association for Information Systems, 2019)
IS theory accounts have increased our understanding of scientific theories. However, many influential theory accounts in Information Systems (IS) are influenced by the Received View of scientific theory (RV), which flourished ...
Siponen, Mikko; Soliman, Wael; Holtkamp, Philipp(Association for Information Systems, 2021)
Information systems (IS) scholars have proposed guidelines for interpretive, mixed methods, and design science research in IS. Because many of these guidelines are also suggested for evaluating what good or rigorous research ...
Generally, to publish a paper in a top IS journal, making a new theory contribution is, so we are told, required. Such a requirement also exists in Design Science Research (DSR) literature. We review a number of claims ...
