This paper reports on an extensive effort to categorize existing quantitative research on information systems implementation. By examining approximately 5000 articles from five highly ranked journals, 359 different independent variables were found and analyzed according to the principle of the hermeneutic circle. The paper ends with a presentation of the resulting framework and suggested defini...

Auditory and acoustic descriptions and hermeneutic tonological analysis are presented for the lexical tone sandhi in two subsets of disyllabic tonal combinations in the Southern Wu dialect of Wenzhou. The effects of stress are shown to be an important factor in accounting for the tones in one of the combinations.

In our research on public perceptions of drugs in Dutch newspapers we have developed a leveled explorative historical research approach. We employ digital tools as “signposts” that indicate existing debates in newspapers that can be interpreted historically using a hermeneutic approach. Conceptualizing the ways we use text-mining tools as historians helps to align user needs with technological ...