Review of the book by L. N. Galenskaya “Legal Regulation Transnational Relations”. St Petersburg: Petersburg University Press, 2022. 316 p.

This paper offers a rigorous step-by-step methodology for developing 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 (2003), Eisenhardt (1989), Miles and Huberman (1994) and several others who are strong proponents of and have wide experience in this research appr...

Rather than embracing the notion that contextualism requires purely qualitative methodologies, Westerman and Yanchar argue that there is a place for quantification in post-positivist research. Both authors provide compelling arguments for this position. From our cognitive developmental perspective, we see this as a move toward a new level of integration in psychology. Whereas reactive shifts be...

We test three practitioner theories-in-use of business process redesign derived from the business process reengineering (BPR) literature using a positivist case study of a U.S. company that undertook BPR. The evidence refutes the domi-

Richards and Hamers (2009) aim in their paper to ‘consider the place of randomised controlled trials in nursing’. In doing so, they make a number of largely unsubstantiated observations about ‘those that reject the positivist approach to science’, assuming that ‘readers will be familiar with the case made by objectors’. In fact, the only source cited by Richards and Hamers for the arguments aga...

At the start of an empirical study into the patient care process (PCP) a number of ontological, epistemological and methodological challenges were identified. The PCP appeared to be an “objective”, manageable, reality which is carried out by individuals with their own “subjective” understanding of the process, its purposes, organisational constraints and their roles. The dual perception of the ...

A major characteristic that is often said to distinguish the scientific method from other approaches to knowledge is its objectivity. Conducting replication studies allows for critically testing of objectivity and therefore significantly contributes to scientific progress. This article deals with the nature of replicating positivist case study research and outlines that the replication of case ...