Research in auditing: main themes

Research Themes in Complex Informing

This paper introduces a six paper series that examines the manner in which complexity impacts the informing process. Two of these papers specifically consider how the objective complexity of the domain being studied changes the nature of the solution—with domains consisting of many interacting elements and changing criteria for success tending to produce highly rugged fitness landscapes that vi...

Recent Themes in Social Networking Service Research

The body of literature addressing the phenomenon related to social networking services (SNSs) has grown rather fast recently. Through a systematic and quantitative approach, this study identifies the recent SNS research themes, which are the issues discussed by a coherent and growing subset of this literature. A set of academic articles retrieved from the Web of Science database is used as the ...

Contemporary Themes in the Research Enterprise

This paper discusses themes associated with the enterprise of educational research, particularly as it applies to notions of ontology and epistemology in ‘quantitative’ and ‘qualitative’ methodologies. It begins by identifying the ‘space’ that educational research occupies in the contemporary social setting and indicates the growing complexities of the ‘real world’ which researchers contemplate...

Digital creativity: Research themes and framework

Digital creativity is defined as the creativity manifested in all forms that are driven by digital technologies. Due to its novelty and interdisciplinary nature, the scope, perspective, and main research themes of digital creativity study are still unclear to date. Therefore, we utilized the intellectual structure technique developed by the information scientist to help clarify the scope and th...

Sustainable entrepreneurship: definitions, themes and research gaps