Reflections on the use of case studies in the accounting, management and organizational disciplines

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Lee, Bill ^a   Collier, Paul M ^b   Cullen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350299668     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465640710835337     Document Type: Editorial

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