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Historicism in narrative reviews of strategic management research
Novicevic, Milorad M.; Harvey, Michael G.; Buckley, M. … - 2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of methodological issues that accompany the articles reviewing past research in strategic management. Design/methodology/approach – The topic of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of historicism in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441645
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Rhetoric, repetition, reporting and the “dot.com” era: words, pictures, intangibles
Davison, Jane - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (2008) August, pp. 791-826
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to theoretical and empirical work on the rhetoric of narratives and …) plc. Design/methodology/approach – The study constructs a conceptual framework of repetition in signifiants (from rhetoric … discretionary narratives and pictures in contemporary annual reporting. It would also benefit from the assessment of readership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318092
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A proposed role for models and simulations in management research
Perrons, Robert K.; Platts, Ken - 2006
Overall, computer models and simulations have a rather disappointing record within the management sciences as a tool for predicting the future. Social and market environments can be influenced by an overwhelming number of variables, and it is therefore difficult to use computer models to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483246
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Management innovation at discovery stages : a challenge for management research
David, Albert; Hatchuel, Armand - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861454
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Application of metric conjoint analysis in family business research
Hanisch, David N.; Rau, Sabine B. - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 5 (2014) 1, pp. 72-84
Strategic decisions are important because they influence the strategic direction, competitive positioning and performance of firms. However, these decisions are difficult to research, especially in family firms, as their top managers are even less forthcoming than those of their non-family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010875393
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Doors and boundaries: A recent history of the relationship between research and practice in UK organizational and management research
Caswill, Chris; Wensley, Robin - In: Business History 49 (2007) 3, pp. 293-320
 - namely the tension between the goals and rhetoric of excellence and relevance. One episode which illustrates these issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223807
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Projective techniques: Are they a victim of clashing paradigms?
Bond, Derek; Ramsey, Elaine; Boddy, Clive R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper reviews the concept and historical development of projective techniques. It considers why, given the importance of their psychoanalytical foundations to the underlying paradigms of management theory, they have been generally marginalised as a mainstream business and management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294689
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Differentiated realities? A response to Andrew Sayer and Bob Scapens and ChunLei Yang
Llewellyn, Sue - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 5 (2008) April, pp. 21-26
Purpose – The paper aims to provide a response to commentaries in this issue by Andrew Sayer, and Robert W. Scapens and ChunLei Yang on “Case studies and differentiated realities” a paper by Sue Llewellyn published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management Vol. 4 No. 1, 2007....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366068
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Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management – the journey so far
Northcott, Deryl; Doolin, Bill - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 5 (2008) April, pp. 5-10
Purpose – The paper's aim is to reflect on the progress of the journal Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management since its inception in 2004. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the type of contributor to the journal, the subjects published and the qualitative research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366079
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Pluralist ontology: comments on Llewellyn (2007)
Scapens, Robert W.; Yang, ChunLei - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 5 (2008) April, pp. 15-20
Purpose – The aim is to provide a commentary on “Case studies and differentiated realities”, a paper by Sue Llewellyn, published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2007. Design/methodology/approach – Examines the ontological statements in Llewellyn's paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366086