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ajis02-383	Doolin, Bill	Alternative Views of Case Research in Information Systems	1996	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5652	263	38	.1, No. 1 ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF CASE RESEARCH IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Kill Doolin School of Management Studies, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand E-mail: wrd@waikato.ac.nx ABSTRACT This paper discusses the differences between a positivist research philosophy and one which is increasingly emerging in IS research - an interpretive research philosophy, as they relate to case research, by examining selected case studies drawn from recent published IS case research. Each perspective places a different emphasis on case research, reflecting different ways of viewing reality and the pursuit of valid knowledge.	cache/ajis02-383.pdf	txt/ajis02-383.txt