The inductive realist model of theory generation: explaining the development of a theory of marketing ethics

AMS Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-73

  Hunt, Shelby D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Inductive realism; Philosophy of science; Scientific discovery; Scientific realism; Theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016671712     PISSN: 1869814X     EISSN: 18698182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13162-013-0040-2     Document Type: Review

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