Successfully completing case study research: Combining rigour, relevance and pragmatism

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-289

  Darke, Peta ^a   Shanks, Graeme ^a   Broadbent, Marianne ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b 620 Bourke Street   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346705821     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1998.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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