Business Research Strategies - an agenda for dicussion

Based on Bryman and Bell (2011), I prepare the following agenda for discussion of Business Research Strategies:

1. The nature of business research
• University-based vs transdisciplinary
2. The significance of theory in research
• grand theories vs middle-range theories
• Deductive theory vs inductive theory
3. Epistemology in Business Research
• Positivism, Interpretivism, and Realism
4. Ontology in Business Research
• Objectivism and constructionism
5. Paradigms in Business Research
6. Quantitative vs Qualitative Research Strategy
7. Factors that affect the conduct of Business Research
• Theory
• Values
• Practical considerations
• Epistemology
• Ontology
• Politics

Reference
Bryman, A. and Bell, E. (2011) "Chapter 1: Business research strategies", Business Research Methods, Oxford University Press