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The power of an intellectual account: developing stories of the digital age

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Commentary on Is Theory King? Questioning The Theory Fetish in Information Systems By David Avison and Julien Malaurent

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Henfridsson, O. The power of an intellectual account: developing stories of the digital age. J Inf Technol 29, 356–357 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2014.18

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