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Ronald Stamper’s paper presents a well-written and systematic account of the subjectivist and social-constructivist view of information system concepts, which is enjoyable to read. It should be read by anyone interested in theoretical discourse around information system phenomena.
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Lyytinen, K. (2000). Comments on “Information Systems as a Social Science” by R.K. Stamper. In: Falkenberg, E.D., Lyytinen, K., Verrijn-Stuart, A.A. (eds) Information System Concepts: An Integrated Discipline Emerging. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35500-9_2
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