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ECRM:
The European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management
Studies
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Volume 1 Issue 1 November 2002
Applying Data Analysis Techniques to the
Literature
Marguerite C Cronk, Harding University, USA,
rcronk@harding.edu and Edmond P
Fitzgerald, University of Southern Queensland, Australia,
edfitz@usq.edu.au |
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In information systems (IS)
research the literature is commonly used to identify a gap in current
knowledge and subsequently serve as the basis for hypothesis development.
However the application of selected qualitative data analysis principles
to literature may provide an alternative theoretical basis for
understanding the phenomenon being studied. In this research investigating
‘IS business value’, an approach similar in principle to the pattern
matching approach used in the analysis of qualitative case study data was
applied to the literature resulting in the uncovering of multiple
paradigms for assessing ‘IS business value’. As a consequence, instead of
arriving at a specific paradigm as the research outcome, an attempt was
made to develop a theoretical perspective that was capable of
accommodating diverse representations of ‘IS business value’.
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