...) weak conceptual foundation, (3) poor research design, (4) flawed research method, (5) insufficient knowledge contributions and (6) poor paper crafting – which undermine systematicity and generativity. For each of the pitfalls, we put forward mitigation strategies, which collectively help improve...

.... Theoretically richer and practically more relevant research should result. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Research methods Social network analysis Supply chain management Lutz Kaufmann can be contacted at: kaufmann...

... in Vallendar, Germany. Her primary research focusses on research methods, leadership behavior, and cross-hierarchical relationship networks. Table I Distribution of research methodologies across the sample Regarding the development of survey instruments, our analyses show that only one...

...Dan Flint; Britta Gammelgaard; Susan L. Golicic; Donna F. Davis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how to implement mixed methods research in supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach A review of past journal analyses on research methods used in supply chain management...

... Group Publishing Limited 2012 Qualitative research Social constructionism Documentary method Interview analysis Distribution management Research methods Information management Acceptance of qualitative methods in logistics research has increased in recent years despite...

... as a whole. Grounded theory Supply chain research methods Theory development Research methods Supply chain management A broad theory capable of explaining and predicting supply chain management (SCM) phenomena is the first step in the evolution of SCM as an integrative business discipline...

... by the mystery development. Supply chain practice Mystery methodology Qualitative research Research methods Supply chain management Halldórsson and Arlbjørn (2005) argue that the manufacturer perspective is most common in SCM studies and question whether theorizing generated...

... at: stwagner@ethz.ch © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Research methodology Small sample studies Supply chain management Research methods Samples As indicated by Franke and Richey (2010) , small sample studies require the researcher to be extremely cautious about making...

... sought in other areas of business research, and we begin to more fully understand the phenomena we are trying to research. Triangulation of research methods lends greater empirical support to the theory in question”. Such methodological triangulation can compensate for the flaws, and leverage...

... of research methods should not only be influenced by the nature of the research question, but also by the researcher's view of reality (Arbnor and Bjerke, 1997 , p. 6). In fact, to some extent the view of reality, the ontology, determines the questions to be asked and the problems to be solved. The three...