The cycles of theory building in management research
By: Paul Carlile, Clayton Christensen
Contributors: Christensen, Clayton M.; Sundahl, David; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Edition: Rev.
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 02-016; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 02-016
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Description: Some scholars of management, organizations and markets expend significant energy disparaging and defending various research methods. Debates about deductive vs. inductive theory-building; case-based information versus large-sample data; and qualitative versus quantitative research are dichotomies that surface almost daily in the lives of those of us who conduct research and review the work of others. This paper asserts that some of this conflict might evolve toward cooperation if we better understood the process by which bodies of understanding are built within communities of researchers.
Notes: Revision of: The process of building theory / Clayton Christensen, David Sundahl. c2001.

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Includes bibliographical references.