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Papers by Juhani Iivari

Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2023

This paper distinguishes and discusses three strategies for theory building in Information System... more This paper distinguishes and discusses three strategies for theory building in Information Systems (IS) - inductive empiricism, theory specialization, and scientific idealization - and contrasts them in terms of three desiderata of theories - realism, generality, and precision - and the tradeoffs between them. Inductive empiricism, emphasizing realism and generality, represents the received view with the classic Grounded Theory Methodology as a prime example. This paper argues for openness to theory specialization in practical disciplines such as IS. Theory specialization implies sacrificing a generality of theories for their realism and precision. The distinctive attention of the paper lies in scientific idealization, sacrificing the realism of theories for their precision and generality. It has almost been completely omitted in the literature on IS theory building. The special focus of this paper lies in IT applications as a category of IT artifacts and in design-oriented theories that provide knowledge of how to design “better” IT applications. This paper illustrates its points using TAM/UTAUT research.

Notes on numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design, 2001

IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 1996

Information & Software Technology, May 1, 2011

The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in publ... more The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in public discourse,particularly in the European Union. Besides opportunities, this phenomenon also poses challenges to the host nations of promoting social integration of immigrants. Continuing an earlier Design Science Research project that developed an open learning platform for Civic Orientation in Sweden, this paper attempts to extend this platform using Jurgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action as an inspiration. We aim at designing a more inclusive open learning platform for social integration that supports instrumental, strategic, normatively-regulated, dramaturgical, and communicative action. We expect to further the relevance of philosophy in IS research by not only making sense of phenomena through philosophical lens, butalso attaining inspirations from philosophy in designing sociotechnical information systems.

Information Systems, Apr 1, 1996

... Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. by Barbara Pernic... more ... Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. by Barbara Pernici and Costantino Thanos page 185. Goal-Driven Business Process Analysis Application in Electricity Deregulation. by Vagelio Kavakli and Pericles Loucopoulos page 187-207. ...

$Research paper thumbnail of How Habermas\u27 philosophy can inspire the design of information systems: the case of designing an open learning platform for social integration$

The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in publ... more The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in public discourse, particularly in the European Union. Besides opportunities, this phenomenon also poses challenges to the host nations of promoting social integration of immigrants. Continuing an earlier Design Science Research project that developed an open learning platform for Civic Orientation in Sweden, this paper attempts to extend this platform using Jürgen Habermas\u27 Theory of Communicative Action as an inspiration. We aim at designing a more inclusive open learning platform for social integration that supports instrumental, strategic, normatively-regulated, dramaturgical, and communicative action. We expect to further the relevance of philosophy in IS research by not only making sense of phenomena through philosophical lens, but also attaining inspirations from philosophy in designing sociotechnical information systems

The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in publ... more The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in public discourse, particularly in the European Union. Besides opportunities, this phenomenon also poses challenges to the host nations of promoting social integration of immigrants. Continuing an earlier Design Science Research project that developed an open learning platform for Civic Orientation in Sweden, this paper attempts to extend this platform using Jürgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action as an inspiration. We aim at designing a more inclusive open learning platform for social integration that supports instrumental, strategic, normatively-regulated, dramaturgical, and communicative action. We expect to further the relevance of philosophy in IS research by not only making sense of phenomena through philosophical lens, but also attaining inspirations from philosophy in designing sociotechnical information systems.

Tieteessä tapahtuu, Feb 15, 2017

Action Research, 2009

... research methods identified for evaluating innovative solutions as part of DSR in Hevner et a... more ... research methods identified for evaluating innovative solutions as part of DSR in Hevner et al (2004) or Venable (2006), the ... 3.1 The paradigmatic framework Adopting Burrell and Morgan (1978), Iivari (1991) analyzed paradigmatic assumptions of a number of IS development ...

One of the prevailing views is that technology-based IT assets do not have the potential for sust... more One of the prevailing views is that technology-based IT assets do not have the potential for sustainable competitive advantage because they are usually not rare and can be easily acquired by competitors. However, previous RBV-based research on the competitive potential of IT has paid inadequate attention to IT applications, which are a combination of application software and (digital) information content. Conducting an RBV-inspired analytical-argumentative evaluation, we challenge this view and argue that different types of IT applications as sub-group of technology-based IT assets differ in their potential to yield competitive parity, temporary and sustainable competitive advantage. More specifically, we show that out of nine types of IT applications, one has the potential to yield competitive parity only, three have the potential to yield temporary competitive advantage, and five actually have the potential to yield sustainable competitive advantage. Based on our theoretical analy...

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 2005

This paper tests the model of information system success proposed by DeLone and McLean using a fi... more This paper tests the model of information system success proposed by DeLone and McLean using a field study of a mandatory information system. The results show that perceived system quality and perceived information quality are significant predictors of user satisfaction with the system, but not of system use. Perceived system quality was also a significant predictor of system use. User satisfaction was found to be a strong predictor of individual impact, whereas the influence of system use on individual impact was insignificant.

IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, 2005

MIS Quarterly, 1987

... the PIOCO model for IS design, pay-ing special attention to its basic principles and ... with... more ... the PIOCO model for IS design, pay-ing special attention to its basic principles and ... with alternative IS design metho-dologies, the development of the PIOCO model has been ... Most IS and softwaredesign methodologies and frame-works view the design process as a sequence ...

Information Systems Journal, 1992

Information Systems, 1998

In this work we discuss a number of issues for the design of hypertext systems in an agent-based ... more In this work we discuss a number of issues for the design of hypertext systems in an agent-based model of computation. We examine how the "traditional" fundamental concepts which are at the basis of the design of hypertexts can be re-visited under a new perspective of ...

Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2023

Notes on numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design, 2001

IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 1996

Information & Software Technology, May 1, 2011

Information Systems, Apr 1, 1996

$Research paper thumbnail of How Habermas\u27 philosophy can inspire the design of information systems: the case of designing an open learning platform for social integration$

The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in publ... more The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in public discourse, particularly in the European Union. Besides opportunities, this phenomenon also poses challenges to the host nations of promoting social integration of immigrants. Continuing an earlier Design Science Research project that developed an open learning platform for Civic Orientation in Sweden, this paper attempts to extend this platform using Jürgen Habermas\u27 Theory of Communicative Action as an inspiration. We aim at designing a more inclusive open learning platform for social integration that supports instrumental, strategic, normatively-regulated, dramaturgical, and communicative action. We expect to further the relevance of philosophy in IS research by not only making sense of phenomena through philosophical lens, but also attaining inspirations from philosophy in designing sociotechnical information systems

The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in publ... more The notions of immigration and social integration have increasingly become central themes in public discourse, particularly in the European Union. Besides opportunities, this phenomenon also poses challenges to the host nations of promoting social integration of immigrants. Continuing an earlier Design Science Research project that developed an open learning platform for Civic Orientation in Sweden, this paper attempts to extend this platform using Jürgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action as an inspiration. We aim at designing a more inclusive open learning platform for social integration that supports instrumental, strategic, normatively-regulated, dramaturgical, and communicative action. We expect to further the relevance of philosophy in IS research by not only making sense of phenomena through philosophical lens, but also attaining inspirations from philosophy in designing sociotechnical information systems.

Tieteessä tapahtuu, Feb 15, 2017

Action Research, 2009

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 2005

IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, 2005

MIS Quarterly, 1987

Information Systems Journal, 1992

Information Systems, 1998

AMCIS 2000 Proceedings, 2000

ABSTRACT This paper suggests a comprehensive analytical framework for the feature analysis of inf... more ABSTRACT This paper suggests a comprehensive analytical framework for the feature analysis of information systems deign methodologies consisting of 85 basic questions. The framework is based on a sociocybernetic interpretation of information systems design as human action and information systems design methodologies as prescriptive instructions for this action concerning its different aspects. One of the basic assumptions of the sociocybernetic approach is the contingency theory presupposition that there is no one detailed information systems methodology which is best for all information systems design situations and that all methodologies are not equally goo in all situations. The framework is tested by analyzing form information systems design methodologies, EDM, ISAC, NIAM and REMORA. The results form an information base for a more synthetic evaluation and summary of the four methodologies in the second part. The following topics are covered: scope and content, support and usability, underlying assumptions, generality of methodologies, and scientific and practical value. The major features, comparative perceptions and evaluations are given.

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 2005

This essay discusses possible intellectual contributions of the Scandinavian IS research traditio... more This essay discusses possible intellectual contributions of the Scandinavian IS research traditions to the future of IS as a discipline. It suggests that the infological problems identified by Langefors still capture much of the essence of IS as a discipline of computing. The essay also revisits the infological equation, showing its continued relevance in the field. Finally, it discusses some

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1999

Proposes a situated activity theory view of collaborative knowledge work. Activity theory is argu... more Proposes a situated activity theory view of collaborative knowledge work. Activity theory is argued to be particularly relevant in the context of knowledge work since the body of knowledge is a historically accumulated social construction. Situated activity theory makes a distinction between activities, tasks and encounters, the first two following the traditional distinction between activity and action in activity theory.

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 2008

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2011

This panel focuses on issues of designing information systems to both account for, and better sup... more This panel focuses on issues of designing information systems to both account for, and better support, the increasingly social functions that computer-based tech nologies play. The goal of this panel is to serve as a forum to advance and discuss initial principles for what we are calling the social design of information systems. By social design we mean to emphasize that the presence and uses of information systems play an often significant role in supporting the reshaping social relations, social structures, social boundaries, and social norms. ...

Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2010

We would like to discuss three interesting contributions to the present book: Bødker et al. (2010... more We would like to discuss three interesting contributions to the present book: Bødker et al. (2010), Hovorka and Germonprez (2010) and Mørch (2010). All the articles fit nicely into the theme of this book within the role of (end-) users in information systems development.