Given that movie attendance has been dropping significantly in recent years, movie theaters have been struggling to find additional sources of revenue. And with movie studios trying alternative release strategies—particularly by shortening the window from theatrical release to release in DVD and through video-on-demand—theater owners are now facing even more competitors for potential moviegoers...

In Information Systems (IS), the ethical conduct of research may be something which we take for granted or perhaps simply ignore. Given the seriousness of ethical dilemmas that can arise, however, it is important to pay attention to ethical issues. In this essay, a personal perspective is given on the nature of ethics in Information Systems research. The philosophical theories of teleology and ...

Mixed methods research involves the use of qualitative and quantitative data in a single research project. It represents an alternative methodological approach, combining qualitative and quantitative research approaches, which enables nurse researchers to explore complex phenomena in detail. This article provides a practical overview of mixed methods research and its application in nursing, to ...

Action research (AR) has developed extensively since the 1970s. We reviewed AR literature within information systems (IS) discipline and found 16 different methods, which constitutes a problematic situation for researchers. describe critique those methods before integrating their strengths to improve method that is most frequently practiced in IS: canonical action (CAR). The existing set of pri...

the purpose of this research is content analysis and evaluation of scientific production of entrepreneurship with thematic approach and methodology. the research covers 92 articles published in the journal of entrepreneurship development in the period 1387-1390.the findings from content analysis of this journal suggest that the dominant themes in research are corporate entrepreneurship and busi...

The discourse of the discussion in research articles is regarded to be of considerable significance—as in this section the findings are interpreted in light of previous research and the authors’ argumentations are put forward as a major contribution (see Hyland, 1999). For this reason, the content and structure of the discussion section have been explored in several studies; however, little att...