THE HOLE IN THE WHOLE: A RESPONSE TO ALLEN AND MARCH
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Shanks, Graeme; Weber, Ron
署名单位：
University of Melbourne; Monash University
刊物名称：
MIS QUARTERLY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0276-7783
发表日期：
2012
页码：
965-980
关键词：
摘要：
Allen and March provide a critique of one of our papers in which we argue composites should be represented as entities/objects in a conceptual model rather than relationships/associations (Shanks et al. 2008). They contend we have addressed a non-issue. Furthermore, they argue our theoretical rationale and empirical evidence have flaws. In this paper, we provide a response to their arguments. We show that the issue we address is substantive. We show, also, that our theoretical analysis and empirical results are robust. We find, instead, that Allen and March's theoretical arguments and empirical evidence have flaws.