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Case research in operations management
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This paper reviews the use of case study research in operations management for theory development and testing. It draws on the literature on case research in a number of disciplines and uses examples drawn from operations management research. It provides guidelines and a roadmap for operations management researchers wishing to design, develop and conduct case‐based research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Voss, C., Tsikriktsis, N., & Frohlich, M.
- Venue
- International Journal of Operations & Production Management
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2002-02-01
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 195-219
- ISSN
- 0144-3577
- Cited by
- 2,963
- References
- 5
- Language
- en
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