Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends, research outcomes, and future research implications

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-342

  Barratt, Mark ^a   Choi, Thomas Y ^a   Li, Mei ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Deductive; Inductive; Qualitative; Research methods; Testing; Theory; Theory building

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; DEDUCTIVE; INDUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE; RESEARCH METHODS; THEORY; THEORY BUILDING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

RESEARCH;

EID: 79952773294     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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