Developing grounded theory in practice is not an easy task. The resulting quality is directly linked to the researcher’s ability in discovering categories, properties, and dimensions that build a relevant theory about a phenomenon. We show how art based knowledge adds value to the existing...

Although interest in the use of grounded theory methods has been increasing over the last decade, Urquhart, Lehmann, and Myers (2010) take note of the criticism that, in fact, such use has not yet produced higher levels of theory development in IS research. Along these lines, the current essay...

La méthodologie proposée par la théorie enracinée permet dans une optique idéale de proposer des résultats généralisables et objectifs. Néanmoins, de nombreuses critiques sont adressées aux recherches basées sur cette méthode. Les principaux reproches sont le manque de rigueur dans...

De nombreuses recherches ont mis en évidence les difficultés de la conduite d’une recherche utilisant la méthodologie de la théorie enracinée. D’une méthode prometteuse sur le plan de l’innovation et de la rigueur scientifique, elle peut apparaître comme un cauchemar pour le...

Grounded Theory (GT) methodology was originally proposed as an alternative to hypothetic deductive methods, aiming at creating new knowledge on the basis of the emergence of latent social patterns. While this ambition of creating fresh knowledge seems appropriate, there are difficulties inherent...

The literature of organizational capabilities has overlooked the role of values. We present an institutionalist view of the capability phenomenon accounting for the values occurring in three levels: in the action at routine level, at the organization level and at the institutional environment...

This article analyzes whether firm innovation is influenced by the transfer of knowledge among cluster firms. To test the hypotheses, we directly estimated the measurement and the structural model parameters where cooperation, workforce mobility, and institutions were defined as manifest...

Au Brésil, l'étude sur le processus du changement stratégique organisationnel, en général, ne considère pas les implications du changement dans la performance organisationnel. À son tour, les études qui ont comme objectif expliquer les variations de performance ne considèrent pas le...