Designing Engaged Scholarship: From Real-World Problems to Research Publications

Mathiassen, Lars

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“…">Research ApproachInspired by aspirations in Management and Design Sciences of promoting 'impactful' academic research, which is able to demonstrate the contribution made 'to ' and 'with' business [26,27], this research adopts action research (AR) as methodology. AR is a form of applied research (or engaged scholarship [28]) that combines scientific methods with organizational knowledge, involving the active collaboration of researchers and companies' members to propose solutions to real organizational problems while building theory from observing and interacting with practice [29]. Originated in the Social Sciences, AR has been recognized as an appropriate research method in various fields [30][31][32][33].…”

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“…Sustainability 2019, 11, 3727 3 of 22There are several AR approaches and ways of combining them with other methods [31]. This research followed the overall guidelines proposed by Mathiassen [29] and applied a four-step cyclical process [33] for data collection and analysis.First, two companies (Ope and Vestre) were selected for the action research according to three criteria: (i) furniture manufacturer in the Nordic region; (ii) intention to explore or start their transformation towards CE from a business model perspective and focus on PSS; (iii) availability/willingness to provide access to processes/people, share information and provide feedback during the ARs. The furniture sector was selected in this study due to its economic representativeness for the European Union (EU) and Nordic markets, the environmental challenges and potential opportunities in a CE context.…”

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Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems

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Product—service systems (PSSs) are often outlined as potential enablers of new business models for circular economy. However, not all business models based on product-service systems have superior circularity potential. This research demonstrates how the application of a previously developed business model configurator for circular economy can support the design and assessment of customer value, economic and resource decoupling potential for product-service system business models in practice. By applying action research in two Nordic manufacturing companies from the furniture sector, different business model concepts based on product-service systems were proposed and assessed. Results indicate positive uptake by companies regarding the usefulness of the obtained outcomes. This research identified two key findings about ‘product-service system business models for circular economy’: (i) their configuration should fulfil certain simultaneous conditions—i.e. superior customer value, economic growth, and resource decoupling potential—to contribute to circular economy; and (ii) they are often ‘niche solutions’, fulfilling specific needs and customer segments, and more likely to flourish with certain types/characteristic of products, segments or geographical locations. Lastly, a framework outlining the conditions and trade-offs for assessing the circularity potential of business models based on product-service systems is introduced as one of the key contributions.

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“…Although the benefits of theory are well recognised, the actual process of theorising is less well understood. Mathiassen's () reinterpretation of Van de Ven's () work on engaged scholarship to propose a model for theorising is a useful example, as is Martinsons, Davison, and Ou's () process theory for theoretical development. Theorising often blends concepts culled from a thorough review of both the literature and the focal phenomenon in a specific context.…”

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Promoting indigenous theory

Davison

Andrade

2018

Information Systems Journal

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In the information systems (IS) discipline, we routinely expect contributing authors to our premier journals to make significant contributions to both theory and practice. Theories are considered to be important for a number of reasons, including their facilitation of the systematic treatment of a topic, their sense-making potential, their explanation and prediction of some aspects of human behaviour, and their ability to abstract our knowledge to the most fundamental and universal ideas, thereby demonstrating underlying patterns and conceptual relationships. Lee and Baskerville (2003, 2012) suggest that theory plays a role in the generalisation of research findings, since findings from one study can be generalised to theory (either by creating a new theory or by modifying an existing theory) and a theory can be validated in a context different to the one where it was originally developed, thereby leading to further generalisation of the ideas. Theory should therefore be practical, helping us to advance knowledge, guiding researchers towards the essential questions, and ultimately enlightening both the academy and practice (Poole & Van de Ven, 1989). However, theory should also be appropriate to the context where it is applied if we are to reach an accurate understanding about the phenomenon investigated. An inappropriately applied theory could be very dangerous since the assumptions that frame the theory may not exist in a context different to the one where it was created.Although the benefits of theory are well recognised, the actual process of theorising is less well understood.Mathiassen's (2017) reinterpretation of Van de Ven's (2007) work on engaged scholarship to propose a model for theorising is a useful example, as is Martinsons, Davison, and Ou's (2015) process theory for theoretical development.Theorising often blends concepts culled from a thorough review of both the literature and the focal phenomenon in a specific context.Theoretical perspectives reflect the circumstances of a particular context. For instance, The Art of War, a military treatise attributed to Sun Tsu, was written in a time characterised by conflict between royal authority and local feudal lords in the years preceding the formation of Imperial China. Aristotelian thought, which laid the foundations of western civilisation, can be traced back to Plato's Academy. Caliph Al-Ma'mun, who had a great interest in astronomy, sponsored Al-Khwārizmī's prolific work on mathematics. Machiavelli's The Prince was inspired by the political intrigues affecting the Florentine Republic. These ideas did not develop in a vacuum; they flourished in a propitious environment. Their intrinsic significance for understanding our world, combined with historical processes, in which political influence, economic pressure, and military power played a role, contributed to their dissemination and adoption as part of accepted "universal" knowledge. However, this accepted "universal" knowledge often overwhelms and confines, if not silences, local expressions of know...

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“…Our research approach is a qualitative case study [9] inspired by engaged scholarship [36,37]. In this type of research, the informant's role is not only about verification of factual data, but also in constructing the narrative and in some cases to be a qualified participant in discussing theoretical and practical implications [37].…”

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“…In this type of research, the informant's role is not only about verification of factual data, but also in constructing the narrative and in some cases to be a qualified participant in discussing theoretical and practical implications [37]. In this framing research becomes a collaborative approach between knowledgeable researchers and practitioners that together secures and improves the research findings [36,37]. One of the authors of this paper was central in the process of acquiring the technology as well as the preparation and implementation of organizational changes.…”

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Supporting Process Innovation with Lightweight IT at an Emergency Unit

Øvrelid

Halvorsen

2019

JID

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In this paper, we are studying the role of lightweight IT in process innovation. Our research question is how can lightweight IT support process innovation within an established e-health information infrastructure? Our empirical evidence is a qualitative case study at a primary care emergency service in Oslo. We provide two contributions. First, applying the lens of business process innovation to the literature on information infrastructures, we retain the value of the installed base, while we at the same time ad speed to the implementation project. Second, we demonstrate the role of lightweight technology in improving logistics and message interaction within and between health units. The lightweight technologies availability on the commercial market makes acquisition and implementation faster. Based on this, we briefly suggest a "bypassing strategy" where a new layer of technology is built separately from the existing infrastructure in order to effectively address process innovation efforts.

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Designing Engaged Scholarship: From Real-World Problems to Research Publications

Cited by 39 publications

References 16 publications

Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems

Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems

Promoting indigenous theory

Supporting Process Innovation with Lightweight IT at an Emergency Unit

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