Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Brian Boyd is Chair Professor and Head of Management of the City University of Hong Kong College of Business.T. Russell Crook is the First Tennessee Foundation Professor in the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. Jane K. Lê holds the Chair of Strategic Management at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.  Anne Smith is the King and Judy Rogers Professor in Business and Management Department Head at Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

• Chapter 1: WHY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT REMAINS AS IMPORTANT AS EVER: EDITORIAL FOREWORD; Jane Le, Anne Weaver, Brian Boyd and T. Russell Crook Chapter 2: THOUGHTS ABOUT RESEARCH, INSPIRATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND FUTURE RESEARCH; Kathleen M Eisenhardt Chapter 3: IF I HAD A MAGIC WAND: REFLECTIONS ON DEVELOPING A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; Dennis Gioia Chapter 4: VIDEOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS IN DIFFICULT TO ACCESS SUBJECT POOLS: DEMONSTRATING WITH CEOS; Aaron Hill, Oleg Petrenko, Jason Ridge and Federico Aime Chapter 5: THE RESEARCH DESIGN CANVAS: A TOOL FOR CREATING BETTER STUDIES; David Ketchen, Donald Bergh and Brian Boyd Chapter 6: HOW VISUAL METHODS CAN ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT; Eric Knight and Sotirios Paroutis Chapter 7: PERFORMING PROCESS RESEARCH; Chahrazad Abdallah, Maria Lusiani and Ann Langley Chapter 8: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: PRESENTING 12 'DESIGNS-IN-USE'; Jane Le and Torsten Schmid Chapter 9: QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN ENTREPENEURSHIP: EXPLORING THE APPROACH AND NOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE; Petteri Leppanen, Jeremy Short and Aaron McKenny

Scholars of business explore aspects and impacts of methodology in research on business strategy and management. Among their topics are why research methodology in strategy and management remains as important as ever, videometric measurement of individual characteristics in difficult to access subject pools: demonstrating with corporate executive officers, how visual methods can enhance the understanding of strategy and management, an integrative review of qualitative strategy research: presenting 12 Designs-in-Use, and qualitative comparative analysis in entrepreneurship: exploring the approach and noting opportunities for the future.