A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review

Randolph, Justus

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“…We used Google Scholar to cross-validate our findings and for backward and forward searches. We stopped our literature review as soon as all researchers (having researched each database individually) could not find additional articles (Leedy & Ormrod, 2014;Randolph, 2009).…”

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Designing business model taxonomies – synthesis and guidance from information systems research

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Classification is an essential approach in business model research. Empirical classifications, termed taxonomies, are widespread in and beyond Information Systems (IS) and enjoy high popularity as both stand-alone artifacts and the foundation for further application. In this article, we focus on the study of empirical business model taxonomies for two reasons. Firstly, as these taxonomies serve as a tool to store empirical data about business models, we investigate their coverage of different industries and technologies. Secondly, as they are emerging artifacts in IS research, we aim to strengthen rigor in their design by illustrating essential design dimensions and characteristics. In doing this, we contribute to research and practice by synthesizing the diffusion of business model taxonomies that helps to draw on the available body of empirical knowledge and providing artifact-specific guidance for building taxonomies in the context of business models.

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“…A literature review is an essential component of any scientific writing, such as journal papers, dissertations, theses, review papers (Aveyard, 2018;Garrard, 2020;Randolph, 2009;Webster & Watson, 2002). As shown in Part A -Figure 1, we obtain a literature review from a process that comprises three activities: (1) input -papers are gathered based on the research problem and data collection;…”

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“…(2) processing -papers are evaluated, analyzed, and interpreted; and (3) output -information is obtained from the process for public presentation (Aveyard, 2018;Garrard, 2020;Randolph, 2009). Input involves two tasks -research problem formulation and data collection.…”

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“…The data collection aims to collect an exhaustive, semi-exhaustive, representative, or pivotal set of relevant papers. The processing involves three key activities -analysis, evaluation, and interpretation (Randolph, 2009). The reviewer extracts and evaluates the papers' information that met the inclusion criteria in the data evaluation stage (Randolph, 2009).…”

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“…The processing involves three key activities -analysis, evaluation, and interpretation (Randolph, 2009). The reviewer extracts and evaluates the papers' information that met the inclusion criteria in the data evaluation stage (Randolph, 2009). At the data analysis and interpretation stage, the reviewer attempts to make sense of the extracted data.…”

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Organizing Information Obtained From Literature Reviews – A Framework for Information System Area Researchers

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Aim/Purpose: A literature review is often criticized for the absence of coherent construction, synthesis of topics, and well-reasoned analysis. A framework is needed for novice researchers to organize and present information obtained from the literature review. Background: Information and communication technologies advancement have yielded overwhelming information. The massive availability of information poses several challenges, including storage, processing, meaningful organization, and presentation for future consumption. Information System Researchers have developed frameworks, guidelines, and tools for gathering, filtering, processing, storing, and organizing information. Interestingly, information system researchers have vast information that needs meaningful organization and presentation to the research fraternity while conducting a literature review on a research topic. Methodology: This paper describes a framework called LACTiC (Location, Author, Continuum, Time, and Category) that we adapted from another framework called LATCH (Location, Alphabetical, Time, Category, and Hierarchy). LATCH was used to organize and present information on e-commerce websites for seamless navigation. We evaluated the LACTiC framework. Contribution: Information System Researchers can use the LACTiC framework to organize information obtained from literature review. Findings: The evaluation reveals that most researchers from information systems organize information obtained from the literature review category-wise, followed by continuum, author, time, and location. Recommendation for Researchers: Overall, the framework works well and can be helpful for researchers for an initial idea for organizing information obtained from the literature review. Future Research: To conceptualize the framework, the study was carried out using Information Systems related literature. To generalize the proposed framework, we may suggest that the study can be extended to other areas of business management, such as marketing, finance, operation, decision sciences, accounting, and economics.

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A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review

Cited by 120 publications

References 9 publications

Designing business model taxonomies – synthesis and guidance from information systems research

Designing business model taxonomies – synthesis and guidance from information systems research

Organizing Information Obtained From Literature Reviews – A Framework for Information System Area Researchers

Integrating decision support tools into businesses for sustainable development: A paradoxical approach to address the food waste challenge

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