Aleksi AaltonenWhat Makes a Good Hypothesis?Some lessons learned about the important role of hypotheses in a research paper.4 min read·Mar 13, 2024----
Aleksi AaltonenData-driven, Data-based or Data Innovation?I offer a simple typology for thinking clearly about different types of innovation related to data.2 min read·Feb 12, 2024----
Aleksi AaltonenAll Data Are Wrong, but Some Are UsefulThe price of better data is increasing complexity, yet we can use more powerful information systems to contain the complexity.3 min read·Jan 18, 2024----
Aleksi AaltonenNYT vs OpenAI and Microsoft: Three Scenarios with a Big Impact on Our Digital EnvironmentSystematically harvesting millions of copyrighted documents and using them to build a competing product cannot be fair use, or can it?5 min read·Jan 3, 2024--1--1
Aleksi AaltonenAlgorithms, Humans, and the Duality of Data–A Futile Attempt to Define IS PhenomenaMy PhD supervisor Jannis Kallinikos once said that a field of research is defined by the phenomenon it studies, while an academic…3 min read·Aug 31, 2023--1--1
Aleksi AaltonenSocial Media Was Consuming Me — But I Took Back Control!Twitter and LinkedIn are useful tools for supporting your academic career, but avoid being drawn into the algorithmic games of Facebook.6 min read·Jan 26, 2022----
Aleksi AaltonenHow to Count the Review Rounds in a Peer-review Process?Confused how to communicate the status of your manuscript submitted to a peer-reviewed journal exactly? Here is how!2 min read·Jan 10, 2022----
Aleksi AaltonenGender Bias in Management Information SystemsSilvia Masiero and I reflect upon gender bias in the academic field of information systems.4 min read·Dec 8, 2021----
Aleksi AaltonenThere Is No Self-plagiarismPlagiarism is a gross academic misconduct that should be treated with zero tolerance – yet, there is no such thing as self-plagiarism.2 min read·Oct 4, 2021----
Aleksi AaltonenAcademia as CompetitionAcademics are almost always working. We love what we do and, I believe, many of us are like me who cannot stop thinking about my research…8 min read·May 25, 2021----
