View source for Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain

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|Has statement=Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain
|Has evidence=Based on the account that we have developed, we are now able to explain how DSS are institutionalized in the forestry domain and why things have happened.
|Has consequences=Other existing approaches do not look behind the actors and why they do the things they do, contrary to Actor Network Theory they do not "trace" and thus they miss important connections.
|Has recommendation for action=Consider both human and technology actors at the same level and follow their associations. Describe traces left by group formation.
|Has domain=Ongoing development
|Has temporal scale=Long term (strategic)
|Has spatial context=Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
|Has spatial scale=Forest level, Regional/national level
|Has objectives dimension=Multiple objectives
|Has goods and services dimension=Market services, Non-market services
|Has decision making dimension=More than one decision maker/stakeholder
|Has country=Germany
|Has reference=See case
|Has related case=Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice
|Has related lesson=Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the network
|Has other relevant information=See case
|Has actor perspective=Developer/Architect, Researcher
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