Purpose Lean remains popular in a wide range of private and public sectors continues to attract significant amount research. However, most this research is not grounded theory. This paper presents discusses different expert viewpoints on the role theory lean practice provides guidelines for future Design/methodology/approach Seven experienced authors independently provide their views question “...

Walsham (2000) urged Information Systems researchers to truly cover all levels of analysis from the individual to the societal in their research agenda. In this paper, we accept his challenge by proposing a research framework of four integrative levels of analysis: individual, group/activity, organizational, and societal. Each level is divided into two viewpoints: intra (single case) and inter ...