A definition of theory: research guidelines for different theory‐building research methods in operations management
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Operations Management
- Vol. 16 (4) , 361-385
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00019-9
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