Interpretive research aiming at theory building: Adopting and adapting the case study design

Qualitative Report

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-60

  Andrade, Antonio Díaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

And grounded theory; Case study; Interpretive approach; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549097213     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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