Title:	ADVOCATING A DESK CASE-STUDY RESEARCH APPROACH IN CHINESE INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH: PROPOSITION OF A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Author(s):	Lihong Zhou, Miguel Baptista Nunes, Liguo Luo, Wenwen Liu
ISBN:	978-972-8939-73-1
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes, Guo Chao Peng, Jörg Roth, Hans Weghorn and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2012
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Case-study survey, China, Desk research, Inductive approach, Information systems, Qualitative research
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	63
Last Page:	70
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Chinese information systems (IS) research is limped by a presumption that a scientific IS study should follow a quantitative approach and statistic analyses. On the other hand, qualitative approach is generally viewed as “too soft” or not scientific enough. As a qualitative approach, desk case-study research approach has been widely accepted and applied in a number of IS research in the West. However, in China, this approach is merely considered as an effective approach for teaching, but not valid for scientific research investigations. Thus, Chinese IS research have neglected a number of important experiences, viewpoints and lessons, which can be elicited from IS case-studies occurred in the past. This paper generally aims at introducing and discussing the desk case-study approach in IS research. It is expected that by formulating a rigorous research framework and specifying incremental processes of theory development, this research approach could be accepted and used by Chinese IS scholars in the future.
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