This book outlines a taxonomy of development practice using the notion of reflexivity, and examines it in the case of two countries at opposite ends of the development spectrum: Vanuatu and Singapore. The methodological approach, which gives greater voice to people in developing countries, has...

Die Beurteilung der Krankenhausqualität als Herausforderung im Gesundheitswesen -- Die Hintergründe für die zunehmende Diskussion über Qualitätsinformationen im Krankenhaussektor -- Der Untersuchungskontext der vorliegenden Arbeit -- Die Grundlagen der Untersuchung -- Die Konzeption der...

Die Bedeutung von Preis-Promotions im Zusammenhang mit dem Verkauf von Neuwagen hat in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Derartige Maßnahmen werden von nahezu allen Herstellern und Händlern eingesetzt und ermöglichen es Konsumenten bis zu 50 % im Bezug auf den Listenpreis zu sparen....

This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then...

1. Hosting a Successful Metamodern Party: Mixed Methods Management Research on the Web 2.0+; Anna K. Zarada, George G. Panigyrakis and Eugenia Tzoumaka -- 2. Why Consumer Psychology Needs Neurophilosophy; Paul M. W. Hackett and Gordon R. Foxall -- 3. Emotivity and Ephemera Research; Kip Jones --...

This fully revised 3rd edition offers an introduction to optimal control theory and its diverse applications in management and economics. It brings to students the concept of the maximum principle in continuous and discrete time by using dynamic programming and Kuhn-Tucker theory. While some...

This book examines multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) and presents the Sequential Interactive Modelling for Urban Systems (SIMUS) as a method to be used for strategic decision making. It emphasizes the necessity to take into account aspects related to real world scenarios and incorporating...

This book deconstructs the case study, describes the case writing process and explains how a good case study is composed. It is a reference book that accompanies case writers on their case writing journey. It serves as a guide for writers to develop case studies for teaching, research, and...

Develops scenario planning methods in ways that link scenario analysis to improved decision making, engage time-poor senior decision makers, attenuate decision makers’ tendency to deflect responsibility for bleak, negative scenario outcomes, and enhance causal analysis within...

This edited three volume edition brings together significant papers previously published in the Journal of information Technology (JIT) over its 30 year publication history. The three volumes of Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems celebrate the methodological pluralism used to...