Making Contributions From Interpretive Case Studies: Examining Processes of Construction and Use

Barrett, Michael; Walsham, Geoff

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“…Within the context of researchers drawing upon earlier work of others, Barrett and Walsham (2004) present counter-intuitive results. In their study of the use made of Star and Ruhleder's paper (Star and Ruhleder, 1996) they note that there was little use made by later texts of the central theories and concepts which, from the title and content of the paper were meant to be key contributions.…”

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On the interpretative flexibility of hosted ERP systems

Cadili

Whitley

2005

The Journal of Strategic Information Systems

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This paper explores the interpretative flexibility of ERP systems through the study of a project to implement a hosted system for the Central Accounting Department of a large multinational. The paper presents intensive case study data around the decision to implement the system and analyses it in terms of the interpretative flexibility of the system. The paper questions the extent to which technological features of the new system influence the perceived flexibility of the system. q 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Section: Technology and Interpretive Flexibilitymentioning

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On the interpretative flexibility of hosted ERP systems

Cadili

Whitley

2005

The Journal of Strategic Information Systems

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“…I tried to address one aspect of this in Walsham (1995) in discussing how to generalize from interpretive studies, as outlined earlier in this paper. In a later work (Barrett and Walsham, 2004), we use these ideas and others to examine how papers aim to make contributions by examining processes of article construction by authors and use in the literature by citing papers, illustrated by a detailed examination of one particular paper, namely Star and Ruhleder (1996). We discuss, for example, ways of both reflecting the existing literature but identifying gaps; and framing material for particular audiences, highlighting what they should find interesting.…”

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Doing interpretive research

Walsham

2006

European Journal of Information Systems

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Interpretive research in information systems (IS) is now a well-established part of the field. However, there is a need for more material on how to carry out such work from inception to publication. I published a paper a decade ago (Walsham, 1995) which addressed the nature of interpretive IS case studies and methods for doing such research. The current paper extends this earlier contribution, with a widened scope of all interpretive research in IS, and through further material on carrying out fieldwork, using theory and analysing data. In addition, new topics are discussed on constructing and justifying a research contribution, and on ethical issues and tensions in the conduct of interpretive work. The primary target audience for the paper is lessexperienced IS researchers, but I hope that the paper will also stimulate reflection for the more-experienced IS researcher and be of relevance to interpretive researchers in other social science fields.

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“…The research methodology for this study is informed by qualitative interpretive case study (Walsham, 2006;1995;Klein and Myers, 1999;Barrett and Walsham, 2004). Interpretive case study research seeks to understand research phenomenon not as a given but as a social construction.…”

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Formation and Failure of an E‐Marketplace Pioneer in a Developing Country

Effah

2014

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The purpose of this study is to understand the formation and failure of an e-marketplace pioneer in a developing country. Much of the research on e-marketplaces focuses on the developed world. Within the limited literature on the developing world, the dominant focus has been on user adoption and related constraints. Little research thus exists on how emarketplaces are formed and whether they succeed or fail. This study therefore follows qualitative interpretive case study methodology to investigate the formation and failure of an e-marketplace pioneer in a developing country. The findings show that the e-marketplace was formed without a clear e-business model and without enough attention to the developing country environment. The failure was subsequently caused by inability to generate revenue and failure to renew domain name license. The paper advises potential entrepreneurs to pay attention to their local environment and develop e-business models with appropriate revenue options to guide their e-marketplace initiatives.KEYWORDS: e-business, e-business model, e-marketplace, interpretive case study, developing country, Ghana INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this study is to understand the formation and failure of an e-marketplace pioneer in a developing country. Continuing growth of the Internet and related Web technologies offers entrepreneurial opportunities for advanced e-business models such as emarketplaces (Truong and Bhuiyan, 2011). E-marketplace generally refers to an electronic platform that enables multiple buyers and sellers to exchange information about products and services and engage in economic transactions (Molla and Deng, 2009;O'Reilly and Finnegan, 2009). Since the dot-com era from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, e-marketplace has attracted much research attention in the e-business literature (see Standing et al., 2010;Wang et al., 2008). However, the bulk of this attention has been on the developed world.Relatively little empirical research therefore exists on e-marketplaces from the developing world (e.g. Pare, 2003;Pucihar and Podlogar, 2006;Humphrey et al., 2003). Within the limited developing country literature, the dominant focus has been on adoption and use by buyers and sellers and the challenges involved. As a result, not much empirical research exists on how e-marketplaces are formed and whether they succeed or fail. Researching e-marketplace formation and outcome is important because the findings can help researchers to understand the developmental phase of the technology before its adoption and use. Moreover, the findings can offer rich insight to potential entrepreneurs on how to found e-marketplace innovation in developing countty context while avoiding failure.This study therefore investigates the formation and failure of E-GhanaMarket (pseudonym), a pioneer e-marketplace start-up in the developing country context of Ghana. The research question motivating the study concerns how e-marketplaces in developing countries get formed and why they may fail. To address the research ...

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Making Contributions From Interpretive Case Studies: Examining Processes of Construction and Use

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

On the interpretative flexibility of hosted ERP systems

On the interpretative flexibility of hosted ERP systems

Doing interpretive research

Formation and Failure of an E‐Marketplace Pioneer in a Developing Country

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