The case research strategy in studies of information systems

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 369-386

  Benbasat, Izak ^a   Goldstein, David K ^b   Mead, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study research; Data collection; Information systems; Qualitative methods; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249084997     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/248684     Document Type: Article

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