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From Bricks to an Edifice: Cultivating Strong Inference in Information Systems Research

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  • Amrit Tiwana

    (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605)

  • Stephen K. Kim

    (Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50010)

Abstract

Disciplines that progress faster have a discipline-wide culture of strong inference. Notwithstanding our strong tradition of empirical cumulation, we argue how practicing strong inference can also cultivate greater theoretical cumulation in management information systems studies. We develop and illustrate two philosophy-of-science ideas—nomological rubberbanding and retroduction—to foster it.

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  • Amrit Tiwana & Stephen K. Kim, 2019. "From Bricks to an Edifice: Cultivating Strong Inference in Information Systems Research," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 30(3), pages 1029-1036, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orisre:v:30:y:2019:i:3:p:1029-1036
    DOI: 10.1287/isre.2019.0848
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