PART I - How to do research in SCM

Soares, Anabela; Childe, Stephen

Abstract

This introduction to PART I aims to help you understand the different chapters of the handbook in the context of the SCM research cycle to guide you in your reading. No matter what your chosen research area in SCM is, the research stages and process will be the broadly the same including the same common developmental steps (as illustrated in figure 1). In practice it is not unusual to repeat activities and it is not essential to follow the logic exactly, but it provides a good understanding. These stages are typically ordered in this way in a deductive research approach. Inductive research has different requirements but includes similar stages with a slightly different order (see Randall and Mello, 2012 to learn more).

• Online Publication Date: Oct 18, 2022
• Publication Date: Oct 18, 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 21, 2022
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Pages: 2-23
• Series Title: Handbooks of Research Methods in Management series
• Book Title: Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management
• ISBN: 9781788975858
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975865.00007
• Keywords: Supply chain research; Supply chain methods; Supply chain methodology; Supply chain management research; Handbook; Guide
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