Advances in Research Methods for Information Systems Research : Data Mining, Data Envelopment Analysis, Value Focused Thinking

Introduction -- Logical Foundations of Social Science Research -- Overview on Decision Tree Induction -- Using Decision Tree Induction for Theory Development -- A Hybrid Decision Tree-based Method for Exploring Cumulative Abnormal Returns -- An Ethnographic Decision Tree Modeling: An Exploration of Telecentre Usage in the Human Development Context -- Using Association Rules Mining to Facilitate Qualitative Data Analysis in Theory Building -- Overview on Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines -- Reexamining the Impact of Information Technology Investment on Productivity Using Regression Tree and MARS -- Overview on Cluster Analysis -- Overview on Data Envelopment Analysis -- Exploring the ICT Utilization using Data Envelopment Analysis -- A DEA-centric Decision Support System for Monitoring Efficiency-Based Performance -- Overview on the Value Focused Thinking Methodology -- Using Value Focused Thinking to Develop Performance Criteria & Measures for Information Systems Projects.