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Applying Design Science Approach in ICT4D Research

Mobile Phone Based Agriculture Market Information Service (AMIS) in Bangladesh

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Practical Aspects of Design Science (EDSS 2011)

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This paper describes the characteristics and scope of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Design Science Research (DSR), and subsequently presents findings from a case study regarding how the call for future research, practical and methodological, on IS in general and ICT4D in particular can be well addressed with DSR. The paper contributes to the domain of design research knowledge as it critically discusses as well as exemplifies the use of DSR in an interpretive research perspective that aims at solving some socio-economic problems, which is significantly lacking in contemporary research. The major argument here is that DSR can be fruitfully used in ICT4D research as long as the goal of ICT4D research is to innovate or design something new. Furthermore, due to the stage-gate model nature of DSR, its comprehensive use in ICT4D needs an integrated research approach with well-coordinated activities throughout the development process.

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  1. Swedish Business School, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, Örebro, 70182, Sweden

    M. Sirajul Islam & Åke Grönlund

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  2. Maynooth Innovation Value Institute School of Business, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

    Brian Donnellan

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Islam, M.S., Grönlund, Å. (2012). Applying Design Science Approach in ICT4D Research. In: Helfert, M., Donnellan, B. (eds) Practical Aspects of Design Science. EDSS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33681-2_11

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