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research. Design/methodology/approach – The basis for exploring the opportunities and threats stemming from integration at the …. Robert K. Yin's case study methodology is chosen to represent an ostensive view whereas performative case study methodology …
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The discussion outlines the ways in which crisis emasculates traditional methodology as used in economics by making the … core assumptions of this type of analysis (temporarily) untenable. Our critique of traditional methodology is limited to … extend to 'realist deficiencies' of the mainstream science. Rather, support for an instrumental-pragmatic methodology is …
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This paper reviews the use of case study research in operations management for theory development and testing. It draws on the literature on case research in a number of disciplines and uses examples drawn from operations management research. It provides guidelines and a roadmap for operations...
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Information technology (IT) and total quality management (TQM) have significantly impacted on most organizations and each has been widely researched. However, there is little well‐founded empirical research on the relationship between the two, particularly on the way in which TQM is influenced...
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This research explores the learning process of entrepreneurs in relation to the parallel processes of personal and business development. Building on theories of individual learning and of the business life‐cycle, this paper discusses the impact of critical incidents from an individual...
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The significant growth of electronic commerce (EC) application is notable. More and more organizations are switching to online business to achieve better positions in the digital‐based competitive market. The process of EC is complex in nature and involves changes to business models and...
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Provides a response to the various calls which have been made by accounting researchers for detailed case studies of accounting practice. Provides a methodological study rather than a detailed case study. Aims to reposition the role of case studies in the continuing generation of alternative...
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Raises several points of contention with Humphrey and Scapens’ paper. Questions their chronology of the accounting research scene in the 1980s, points out the possible dangers of pursuing the eclecticism advocated by the authors, and finds a proper definition of accounting theory to be...
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