What passes as a rigorous case study?
| Autor: | Winfried Ruigrok, Michael Gibbert, Barbara Wicki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Management science
Computer science Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Construct validity Test theory Business studies External validity business studies Case study in psychology Quality (business) Business and International Management Sophistication Reliability (statistics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Strategic Management Journal. 29:1465-1474 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0266 0143-2095 |
| Popis: | This article investigates the methodological sophistication of case studies as a tool for generating and testing theory by analyzing case studies published during the period 1995-2000 in 10 influential management journals. We find that case studies emphasized external validity at the expense of the two more fundamental quality measures, internal and construct validity. Comparing case studies published in the three highest-ranking journals with the other seven, we reveal strategies that may be useful for authors wishing to conduct methodologically rigorous case study research. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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