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Business & Information Systems Engineering
Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering 5/2010

Open Access 01-10-2010 | Research Paper

Consortium Research

A Method for Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Design-Oriented IS Research

Authors: Prof. Dr. Hubert Österle, Dr. Boris Otto

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Abstract

Design-oriented research in the Information Systems (IS) domain aims at delivering results which are both of scientific rigor and of relevance for practitioners. Today, however, academic researchers are facing the challenge of gaining access to and capturing knowledge from the practitioner community. Against this background, the paper proposes a method for Consortium Research, which is supposed to facilitate multilateral collaboration of researchers and practitioners during the research process. The method’s design is based on a self-evaluating design process which was carried out over a period of 20 years. The paper’s contribution is twofold. First, it addresses the science of design, since it proposes guidance to researchers for practitioner collaboration during the process of artifact design. Second, the method is an artifact itself, hence, the result of a design-oriented research process.
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Metadata
Title
Consortium Research
A Method for Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Design-Oriented IS Research
Authors
Prof. Dr. Hubert Österle
Dr. Boris Otto
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
SP Gabler Verlag
Published in
Business & Information Systems Engineering / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 2363-7005
Electronic ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-010-0119-3

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