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Overview of the Value-Focused Thinking Methodology

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The chapter provides an overview of the value-focused thinking (VFT) methodology. Its main purpose is to introduce the reader to the major concepts of this methodology, particularly those that are relevant to the chapter that involves the use of VFT. It also discusses previous applications of the VFT methodology in information systems research.

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  1. University of Technology: Jamaica, School of Computing and Information Technology, 237 Old Hope Road, Kingston, Jamaica

    Corlane Barclay

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  1. Department of Information Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

  2. Department of Information Systems, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Ojelanki Ngwenyama

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Barclay, C. (2014). Overview of the Value-Focused Thinking Methodology. In: Osei-Bryson, KM., Ngwenyama, O. (eds) Advances in Research Methods for Information Systems Research. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 34. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9463-8_14

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