DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCH IN BRAZIL ACCORDING TO INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PUBLISHING

This paper performs a literature review of research papers published by the Brazilian Academy of Information Management, with the purpose of analyzing how much the main design science (DS) research principles are applied and how they are put in practice. The research sample was extracted from 257 papers published in this area of study, from the annals of the EnANPAD, between 2008 and 2012. The expressed interest of the researchers in DS was noticed, taking into account the fact that there are research papers published related to the development of new artifacts. Such papers, however, did not address central aspects of DS, such as the association of an artifact with problems in the business environment, substantiating the use of an artifact by means of tests with variables associated with the problem.

本研究针对巴西信息管理学会(Brazilian Academy of Information Management)发表的学术论文开展文献综述，旨在分析设计科学(Design Science, DS)核心研究原则的应用程度与实践落地路径。本研究的样本取自2008年至2012年间收录于EnANPAD年会论文集的257篇该领域学术论文。研究观察到，学界对设计科学展现出明确的研究兴趣——已有多篇围绕新型人工制品开发的学术论文发表，但此类论文并未覆盖设计科学的核心维度：既未将人工制品与商业环境中的问题建立关联，也未通过结合问题相关变量的实证检验来论证人工制品的应用合理性。