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Research Methodology

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In this chapter, an appropriate approach and methodology for in the research project is developed. How the methodology is then translated into an operational investigation procedure is set out in the next chapter.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Schwandt (1994) uses the German terms in reference to Max Weber (1947), who first made this distinction with respect to the social sciences.

  2. 2.

    a, b, c… refers to endnotes.

  3. 3.

    This is the position of the inquirer vis-à-vis the research subjects, especially with respect to the impact any research findings may have on them.

  4. 4.

    Josephson et al. (1994) would classify it as an ‘abductive’ method.

  5. 5.

    Mostly in the form of a demonstration of information systems or business operations features.

  6. 6.

    Denzin et al. (1994) canons for good interpretive/descriptive research.

  7. 7.

    The historical accounts were then corroborated by as much documentary evidence as possible.

  8. 8.

    Another set of frameworks are the relationships between ‘basic social processes’ and ‘social structural units’, Glaser (1978, p. 109–113)

  9. 9.

    Glaser & Strauss (1967, pp. 113ff) and Glaser (1978, pp. 128ff). There are some modifications to this in order to adapt it to the case-based study. They are detailed in the next chapter.

  10. 10.

    Literally translated ‘bracketing out’, it refers to putting part of a mathematical expression in brackets to prepare for its elimination from an equation.

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Lehmann, H. (2010). Research Methodology. In: The Dynamics of International Information Systems. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5750-4_4

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