Do we need theory for high-impact science?

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Do we need theory for high-impact science?

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Feb 9, 2021

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How important is theory to research? Do design research, AI, and predictive modeling change the need for theoretical contributions? And what is high impact research anyway? You can find the papers we discuss in this episode at .

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Feb 9, 2021

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Professors Nick Berente from the University of Notre Dame and Jan Recker from the University of Hamburg talk about current and persistent topics in information systems research, a field that explores how digital technologies change business and society. You can find papers and other materials we discuss in each episode at http://www.janrecker.com/this-is-research-podcast/.

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When your audience is full of jerks: Surprise! is back on the show, our first repeat guest. But only because we continue our recent philosophy of making impromptu changes to our planned recordings. This time we end up talking about presenting research and handling questions from the... by this IS research
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Strategic Directions for AI: How is a strategic AI orientation different from an IT orientation? and are on our show and talk about their paper “.” We learn about how their survey of CIOs and boards of directors, how IS scholars work together in the Hong Kong ecosystem, and... by this IS research
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Do we need theory for high-impact science?

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