Empirical research is an important methodology for the study of conceptual modeling practices. The recently published article "Representing part-whole relations in conceptual modeling: an empirical evaluation" (Shanks et al. 2008) uses the lens of ontology to study a relatively sophisticated...

Case studies of the organizational implementation of traditional business computing have often emphasized the importance of context in research design and data analysis. The emergence of computing phenomena that pervade different contexts within and even beyond the organizational boundary...