Pre-understanding–our presuppositions of reality–underlies all research. Many researchers
probably also draw productively on their pre-understanding in their studies. However, very …

Research Summary: To understand the intermediary role of accelerators in the developing
regional entrepreneurial ecosystem of Bangalore, we analyze data from 54 interviews with …

Applying grounded theory, we comprehensively categorize capabilities needed for market-
shaping and synthesize them into a conceptual framework that describes the process and its …

Since the seminal article by Eisenhardt (1989), scholarly interest in case research has
mushroomed in operations management and organization sciences. Volumes of …

Deep and insightful interactions with the data are a prerequisite for qualitative data
interpretation, in particular, in the generation of grounded theory. The researcher must also …

Social media technologies have given rise to influencers who shape the purchasing
behaviors of their followers (peer consumers), thus enabling consumer-initiated social …

Although grounded theory and qualitative content analysis are similar in some respects, they
differ as well; yet the differences between the two have rarely been made clear in the …

This paper explains why the term'comprehensive research'appears to be more relevant
than'qualitative research'. Three great epistemological risks are outlined, as they relate to …

在过去的四十多年中, 作为一套完整和独立的研究方法论, 扎根理论在社会科学中被广泛应用于
诸多研究领域. 但是, 基于世界各地的研究者对扎根理论的原始版本缺乏了解和掌握 …

Classic Grounded Theory: Applications With Qualitative and Quantitative Data provides
practical “how to” guidance for doing grounded theory (GT) using the classic approach …