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  1. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulun yliopisto, Finland

    Juhani Iivari

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  1. Vilnius Gedinimas Technical University, Sauletekio 11, LT-10223, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Olegas Vasilecas

  2. Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski  & W. Gregory Wojtkowski  & 

  3. Systems Development Laboratory, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, 4000, Kranj, Slovenia

    Jože Zupančič

  4. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Akademijos 4, LT-08663, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Albertas Caplinskas

  5. Department of Information Systems, University of Gdansk, 81-824, Sopot, Armii Krajowej 119/121, Poland

    Stanisław Wrycza

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Iivari, J. (2005). Information Systems as a Design Science. In: Vasilecas, O., Wojtkowski, W., Zupančič, J., Caplinskas, A., Wojtkowski, W.G., Wrycza, S. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28809-0_2

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