This article defines and discusses one of these qualitative methods - the case research strategy. Suggestions are provided for researchers who wish to undertake research employing this approach. Criteria for the evaluation of case research are established and several characteristics useful for categorizing the studies are identified. A sample of papers drawn from information systems journals is reviewed. The paper concludes with examples of research areas that are particularly well-suited to investigation using the case research approach.
%0 Journal Article
%1 benbasat1987
%A Benbasat, I.
%A Goldstein, D.K.
%A Mead, M.
%D 1987
%I Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems Research Center Minneapolis, MN, USA
%J MIS Quarterly
%K case methodology empirical
%N 3
%P 369--386
%T The case research strategy in studies of information systems
%U http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0276-7783%28198709%2911%3A3%3C369%3ATCRSIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
%V 11
%X This article defines and discusses one of these qualitative methods - the case research strategy. Suggestions are provided for researchers who wish to undertake research employing this approach. Criteria for the evaluation of case research are established and several characteristics useful for categorizing the studies are identified. A sample of papers drawn from information systems journals is reviewed. The paper concludes with examples of research areas that are particularly well-suited to investigation using the case research approach.
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journal = {MIS Quarterly},
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timestamp = {2006-11-20T19:31:53.000+0100},
title = {The case research strategy in studies of information systems},
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