Scope definition |
Case study design; define an appropriate research question |
Rowley (2002)Rowley, J. (2002). Using case studies in research. Management Research News, 25(1), 16-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170210782990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170210782...
; Barratt et al. (2011)Barratt, M., Choi, T. Y., & Li, M. (2011). Qualitative case studies in operations management: trends, research outcomes, and future research implications. Journal of Operations Management, 29(4), 329-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.06.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.06....
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Number of cases |
Definition of the appropriate number of cases |
Eisenhardt (1989)Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Building theories from case study research. Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 532-550. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/258557. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/258557...
; Eisenhardt & Graebner (2007)Eisenhardt, K. M., & Graebner, M. E. (2007). Theory building from cases: opportunities and challenges. Academy of Management Journal, 50(1), 25-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.24160888. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.24160...
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Selecting the cases |
Definition of representative cases |
Sousa-Zomer et al. (2022)Sousa-Zomer, T. T., Abreu, J. L., Cauchick-Miguel, P. A., Tortorella, G. L., Piran, F., & Lacerda, D. P. (2022). What passes as a rigorous case research in operations management: an analysis of two decades of empirical research. In European Operations Management Association (Org.), 29th International EurOMA Conference. Brussels, Belgium: EurOMA.
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Data collection |
Time for collecting data; access to organizations; researchers’ skills |
Darke et al. (1998)Darke, P., Shanks, G., & Broadbent, M. (1998). Successfully completing case study research: combining rigour, relevance and pragmatism. Information Systems Journal, 8(4), 273-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2575.1998.00040.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2575.19...
; Baškarada (2014)Baškarada, S. (2014). Qualitative case study guidelines. Qualitative Report, 18(4), 1-18.
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Data analysis |
Organization of data; data coding, pattern matching, data triangulation |
Rowley (2002)Rowley, J. (2002). Using case studies in research. Management Research News, 25(1), 16-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170210782990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170210782...
; Barratt et al. (2011)Barratt, M., Choi, T. Y., & Li, M. (2011). Qualitative case studies in operations management: trends, research outcomes, and future research implications. Journal of Operations Management, 29(4), 329-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.06.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.06....
; Sousa-Zomer et al. (2022)Sousa-Zomer, T. T., Abreu, J. L., Cauchick-Miguel, P. A., Tortorella, G. L., Piran, F., & Lacerda, D. P. (2022). What passes as a rigorous case research in operations management: an analysis of two decades of empirical research. In European Operations Management Association (Org.), 29th International EurOMA Conference. Brussels, Belgium: EurOMA.
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Generalization |
Types of generalization; rationale of single case study adoption |
Flyvbjerg (2006)Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800405284363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778004052843...
; Tsang (2014)Tsang, E. W. K. (2014). Generalizing from research findings: the merits of case studies. International Journal of Management Reviews, 16(4), 369-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12024...
; Sousa-Zomer et al. (2022)Sousa-Zomer, T. T., Abreu, J. L., Cauchick-Miguel, P. A., Tortorella, G. L., Piran, F., & Lacerda, D. P. (2022). What passes as a rigorous case research in operations management: an analysis of two decades of empirical research. In European Operations Management Association (Org.), 29th International EurOMA Conference. Brussels, Belgium: EurOMA.
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