A method for taxonomy development and its application in information systems

• Published in: European journal of information systems Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 336 - 359
• Main Authors: Nickerson, Robert C, Varshney, Upkar, Muntermann, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 01.05.2013; Palgrave Macmillan UK; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Business and Management; Business Information Systems; Classification; Information systems; Information Systems and Communication Service; Innovation/Technology Management; Knowledge; Literature reviews; Methods; Ontology; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Research Article; research methodologies; Researchers; Science; Studies; Subject fields; Taxonomy; taxonomy development; typology; typology; research methodologies; taxonomy; classification; taxonomy development

A fundamental problem in many disciplines is the classification of objects in a domain of interest into a taxonomy. Developing a taxonomy, however, is a complex process that has not been adequately addressed in the information systems (IS) literature. The purpose of this paper is to present a method...