Therefore, in order to provide some up-to-date insights into this controversial issue, the current paper seeks to investigate and document some aspects of case-study research. Case study research Critical realism MIS Causality Case study research is the most popular research method for researchers in industrial marketing. Show page numbers . In Mingers et al. realist ontology. Critical realism has been advocated as the preferred paradigm for case study research (Easton, 2010). For Bhaskarians criticism is warranted on the basis of the analyst’s privileged under- CR in their foreword to a special issue of MISQ on critical realism and information systems research. Abstract- Case-study as a qualitative research is a strongly debatable research strategy among all academicians and particularly practitioners. . The strengths of critical realism is often described in contrast to the paradigms of positivism and interpretivism. . The principles are derived directly from the ontological and epistemological assumptions of critical realism. While the case study method has traditionally been classed as soft research, the properties described above actually make case studies particularly difficult to execute well (Yin, 2009). Critical realism simultaneously confronts the central concerns of both natural and social science regimes. However despite a number of attempts the problem of satisfactorily justifying the use of case research remains. interpretive, and critical/postmodern (Gephart, 2004). Campbell is a critical realist in a quite, quite different sense from Bhaskar and his emancipatory colleagues. This makes critical realism of particular interest in the study of information 1 Those that accept and welcome a diversity of research paradigms and methods are often called . However despite a number of attempts the problem of satisfactorily justifying the use of case research remains. therefore as against each other. ... Download PDF . Case study research has a long history within the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, dating back to the early 1920's. critical realism: It is the “critical” element that causes the confusion. Abstract Case study research is the most popular research method for researchers in industrial marketing. This paper is a humble attempt to discuss and clarify research terminologies and help novice researchers choose appropriate research methodologies and methods as seen compatible with the positivist, interpretive, and critical paradigms. evaluating critical realism-based explanatory case study research within the information systems field. Changing research methodology: Two case studies of Critical Realism informing social work doctoral research INTRODUCTION: Critical Realism (CR) has much to offer to social work research because of its recognition of the existence of objective and subjective realities. There are five strategies that can be used to facilitate the employment and description of retroductive inference, regardless of whether the research is in line with critical realism (Danermark et al. We demonstrate the utility of each of the principles through examples drawn from existing critical realist case studies.