Heinz-Karl Klein (25 November 1939 — 18 June 2008) was a professor and scholar who made fundamental contributions to the philosophical foundations of the field of

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, and the subfields of

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, and interpretive research in information systems. He is a widely cited scholar in these areas. Dr. Klein earned his Dipl. Kfm. (equivalent of an MBA) and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Business Administration,

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. In 1998, he received an honorary doctorate from the

University of Oulu The University of Oulu () is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 14,200 students and 3,800 staff. 21 International Master's Programmes are offer ...

for his academic contributions to the development information systems research in Finland. He received the Paper of the Year award for 1999 from

MIS Quarterly ''Management Information Systems Quarterly'', referred to as ''MIS Quarterly'', is an online-only quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in management information systems and information technology. It was established in 19 ...

, the leading journal in the field of

.MIS Quarterly website with Paper of the Year awards
From 2001 to 2004 he was a doctoral program director at

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

. In his last years he was Invited Chair at

Salford Business School Salford Business School is located 3 km west of Manchester city centre in the Maxwell Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford. As a business school it offers business management courses, business services and business ...

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, and adjunct professor at the School of Management of

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

. He has also held a variety of research and teaching appointments at major research Universities in Germany, Canada, Finland, Denmark, New Zealand, and South Africa.

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Binghamton University obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Heinz 1939 births 2008 deaths American sociologists Information systems researchers American people of German descent Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academics of the University of Salford Binghamton University faculty