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The Application of Abductive and Retroductive Inference for the Design and Analysis of Theory-Driven Sociological Research

Meyer, Samantha B.; Lunnay, Belinda - In: Sociological Research Online 18 (2013) 1, pp. 12-12

social theory. This paper describes and demonstrates how to apply these tools to strengthen sociological theory …

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From Words to Numbers: How to Transform Qualitative Data into Meaningful Quantitative Results

Srnka, Katharina J.; Koeszegi, Sabine t. - In: Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr) 59 (2007) 1, pp. 29-57

In proposing a procedure for transforming qualitative data into quantitative results, we address the manifold requests for discovery-oriented research in the business disciplines. We present a systematic classification of combined qualitative-quantitative research designs and argue in favor of...

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Qualitative management accounting research in QRAM: some reflections

Burns, John - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 11 (2014), pp. 71-81

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a brief personal reflection upon, and celebrates, the 10th anniversary of Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management (QRAM). More specifically, the author highlights the journal's contributions towards advancing qualitative management accounting research...

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Grounded Simulation

Neumann, Martin - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 18 (2015) 1, pp. 9-9

This paper investigates the contribution of evidence-based modelling to grounded theory (GT). It is argued that … evidence-based modelling provides additional sources to truly arrive at a theory through the inductive process of a Grounded … Theory approach. This is shown by two examples. One example concerns the development of software ontologies of criminal …

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A Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship

Santos, Filipe - In: Journal of Business Ethics 111 (2012) 3, pp. 335-351

I propose a theory aimed at advancing scholarly research in social entrepreneurship. By highlighting the key trade …

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Corporate Sustainable Development: Testing a New Scale Based on the Mainland Chinese Context

Chow, Wing; Chen, Yang - In: Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2012) 4, pp. 519-533

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From significant difference to significant sameness: Proposing a paradigm shift in business research

Hubbard, Raymond; Lindsay, R. Murray - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 9, pp. 1377-1388

Complaints about the value of academic business research in addressing real world issues are common. A change in research paradigms—from significant difference to significant sameness—is necessary to improve this situation. The present paper challenges research orthodoxy as representing poor...

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Case study methodology: causal explanation, contextualization, and theorizing

Tsang, Eric W.K. - In: Journal of International Management 19 (2013) 2, pp. 195-202

methods of theorizing — interpretive sensemaking, contextualized explanation, inductive theory-building, and natural … contextualization is flawed and they mischaracterize the methods of inductive theory-building and natural experiment. To improve their … typology, I propose an alternative one by replacing the dimension of contextualization with that of theory development. The …

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Scott A. Shane: winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

Davidsson, Per; Wiklund, Johan - In: Small Business Economics 33 (2009) 2, pp. 131-140

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Epistemological evolution of corporate social responsibility in marketing

Alcañiz, Enrique Bigné; Herrera, Alejandro Alvarado; … - In: International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing 6 (2009) 1, pp. 35-50

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