Management Decision: Volume 39 Issue 7

The iterative theory‐building process: rationale, principles and evaluation

Inge Kerssens‐van Drongelen

Many methodology sources suggest that a researcher should in advance frame the research project and make a choice among these options and should subsequently stick to his or her…

Qualitative case study research. The case of a PhD research project on organising and managing new product development systems

Petra C. de Weerd‐Nederhof

Discusses methodological aspects of case study research and qualitative data collection and analysis. Discusses the choice of a research strategy and data collection and analysis…

Balancing large scope and project manageability in a qualitative research design

Miia Martinsuo

Doctoral thesis research projects are often limited in their resources and time. Complex research topics and qualitative research designs often, however, call for a large scope…

Qualitative research requires quality concepts of its own

Caroline Stenbacka

This article consists of two parts, starting with a discussion about generally accepted quality concepts in research, criticising them from the qualitative perspective. The…

Construction and triangulation: weaponry for attempts to create and test theory

Tauno Kekäle

One of the main criteria of any PhD thesis is that it must provide new knowledge – either new results in support of a theory, or point to a new theory. New theories, typically…

The quantitative journey in a qualitative landscape: developing a data collection model and a quantitative methodology in business network studies

Enrico Baraldi, Roberta Bocconcelli

The point of departure for this article is a newly established international research project focusing on industrial networks in the European furniture industry. The article…

To put your cards on the table – collection of data through silent interviews

Maria Österåker

Recognises that often researchers really need interviewees to become informants rather than respondents, to tell stories rather than answer structured questions. Presents a…

Measurement or the semantics of numerical information

Ronald Stamper

It is unwise, though common practice, to base decisions on numerical values without knowing how they can be justified as correctly describing aspects of reality. Scientists have…

Looking for good research in management – a publisher’s case study

John Peters, Keith Howard

Management is not a science. There are too many variables for it to be anything other than the exercise of contextual judgement in situations which are understood as well as…