Table 3

Description of research methods

Research methodDescription
Theoretical and conceptual literature reviewDevelopment of a conceptual framework based on theory, standalone literature review, formulation of hypothesis and practical applications are often lacking
Case studyExamination of a phenomenon within its real-life context, investigating and verifying results in practice
Questionnaire/survey/interviewQuestionnaires, interviews, collection of factual data about a subject, a research subject
Quantitative/mathematical/analytical modelSimple numeric analysis (e.g. mean, percentage and standard deviation, etc.), as well as more sophisticated analysis (e.g. linear regression, analytical model, simulation), are used
SimulationExperiments on the reaction of a model, software programs and techniques

Source(s): Adapted from Seuring and Müller (2008), Staudt et al. (2015), Glock et al. (2017) 

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