Integrated Series in Information Systems
Volume 22
Series Editors
Ramesh Sharda
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA
Stefan Voß
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Alan Hevner · Samir Chatterjee
Design Research
in Information Systems
Theory and Practice
Forewords by Paul Gray and Carliss Y. Baldwin
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Alan Hevner
University of South Florida
College of Business
4202 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa FL 33620
USA
ahevner@usf.edu
Samir Chatterjee
Claremont Graduate University
School of Information Systems and
Technology
130 East 9th Street
Claremont CA 91711
USA
samir.chatterjee@cgu.edu
ISSN 1571-0270
ISBN 978-1-4419-5652-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5653-8
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-5653-8
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Critical Praise for Design Science Research Book
Well designed systems enable productivity and successful adoption.
Poor design is the greatest barrier to both. I highly recommend this
book as a guideline to understanding where we have come from and
where we are headed in design science.
Kristin M. Tolle, Ph.D., Microsoft External
Research, Director, Health and Wellness Team
This enlightening book wonderfully captures the vibrant e nergy in
design science research that Hevner and Chatterjee have been able
to mobilize in the information systems design community in the past
five years through their work and the successful DESRIST annual
conferences. It brings together the contributions of some of the best
academic minds from Europe and North America in this growing
area, and is the only book of its kind. It is both a foundation and a
springboard for enabling the further advancement of design research
in information systems.
Omar A. El Sawy, Professor of Information Systems,
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California
This important book provides valuable guidance for design-oriented
IS researchers. With an increased demand for more relevant design-
oriented research on real-world business problems, this new book on
design research in IS has been waited for by many.
Prof. Dr. Robert Winter, Director, Institute
of Information Management, University of
St. Gallen, Switzerland