Introducing strong structuration theory for informing qualitative case studies in organization, management and accounting research

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-225

  Jack, Lisa ^a   Kholeif, Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Accounting; Case studies; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049100469     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465640710835364     Document Type: Article

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