Applied multi-case research in a mixed-method research project: Customer configuration updating improvement

Information Systems Research Methods, Epistemology, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 120-139

  Jansen, Slinger ^a   Brinkkemper, Sjaak ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78049528464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-040-0.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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