A positivist criticism of positivist growth theory

Towards a Post-positivist Typology of Planning Theory

The post-positivist domination of planning theory in recent years has rightly highlighted the social and political context of theories. Its impact through various guises including collaborative, postmodern and neo-pragmatic approaches has been significant. However, one area that has been immune to these broad changes and interpretations is typologies of planning. Typologies provide heuristics f...

A Positivist Tradition in Early Demand Theory David Teira Serrano

In this paper I explore a positivist methodological tradition in early demand theory, as exemplified by several common traits that I draw from the works of V. Pareto, H. L. Moore and H. Schultz. Assuming a current approach to explanation in the social sciences, I will discuss the building of their various explanans, showing that the three authors agreed on two distinctive methodological feature...

Using a Positivist Case Study Methodology

This paper offers a rigorous step-by-step methodology for either developing or testing theories and contains specific and detailed guidelines for IS researchers to follow in carrying out positivist case studies. The methodology is largely inspired by the work of Yin (1994), Eisenhardt (1989), Miles and Huberman (1994) and several others who are strong proponents of and have wide experience in t...

Positivist Dogmas , Rhetoric , and the Education Science

Validation Guidelines for IS Positivist Research

Fourteen years ago, Straub (1989) raised the issue of whether IS positivist researchers were sufficiently validating their instruments. Since then, the IS profession has been exposed to many opportunities and challenges. E-Commerce has risen in prominence. Other management trends have passed through their cycles. Our new professional society, the Association of Information Systems, has been for...