This article examines different types of comparative research designs as applied to either prostitution or sex trafficking. I first present several comparative approaches that are found to be deeply flawed either because of the problematic assumptions of the analysts or because the data provided are insufficient to support the conclusions drawn. I then review research designs that compare two t...

The basis of a science of conduct must be fixed principles of action, enduring and stable motives. It is doubtful, however, whether this is fundamentally the character of human life. What men want is not so much to get things that they want as it is to have interesting experiences. And the fact seems to be that an important condition of our interest in things is an element of the unanticipated,...

Software localization is an important process for international acceptance of software products. However, software development and localization don’t always come together without friction. In our empirical software engineering research, we examine the interplay of software development and software localization by gathering and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data from professionals in re...

The author describes the problems and constraints experienced when researching an in-house team of system developers working on a groupware project. These constraints partly shaped the approach to field work and led to the need to use multiple methods of data collection. The developers themselves used many ways of coordinating the project which cut across established team structures and culture...

A key impact of organizational systems and new information technologies is that they enable new organizational forms the structural features or patterns of relationships and information flows of an organization. Consequently, research on organization systems can benefit from methods that are explicitly directed toward describing and measuring organizational forms and structures. This article pr...

The proliferation of mobile information and communication technologies has led to a profound change in the way people work, communicate, and collaborate and conduct business. However, businesses today are just beginning to recognize the importance and potentially transformative impact of enterprise mobility. While the concept of enterprise mobility continues to emerge in the management and tech...