Combining theory-testing and theory-building analyses of case study data

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alaranta, Maria ^a  

^a TURKU CENTRE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; Paradigms; Theory building; Theory testing; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

PARADIGMS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RESEARCH PROCESS; SOCIAL BENEFITS; THEORY BUILDING; THEORY-TESTING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TRIANGULATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870645742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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