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misq-theory-development

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Use when building the theoretical engine of a MIS Quarterly manuscript — a behavioral mechanism and hypotheses, a design theory and testable design propositions for a design-science artifact, an economic mechanism for an economics-of-IS study, or an organizational process theory. Adapts the form of "theory" to the paper's IS tradition; does not run the analysis (misq-data-analysis) or frame the contribution (misq-contribution-framing).

When to use

• building the theoretical engine of a MIS Quarterly manuscript
• developing a behavioral mechanism and hypotheses
• developing a design theory and testable design propositions
• developing an economic mechanism for an economics-of-IS study
• developing an organizational process theory
• deriving hypotheses or design propositions before looking at results
• making boundary conditions explicit

When not to use

• running the analysis
• framing the contribution

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