Is theory king?: questioning the theory fetish in information systems

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Information and Technology

• Publication date

  2014-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1057/jit.2014.8
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