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ajis02-448	Shanks, Graeme	Guidelines for Conducting Positivist Case Study Research in Information Systems	2002	10	.pdf	application/pdf	6220	291	37	Case study research needs to be distinguished from the use of case studies as teaching devices, where the purpose is to illustrate particular situations and provide a framework for discussion amongst students (Yin, 1994, p. 10). Case study research may involve inductive theory building or have clear a priori definitions of variables to be studied and the ways in which they can be operationalised (Benbasat et al., 1987; Yin, 1994, p. 34).	cache/ajis02-448.pdf	txt/ajis02-448.txt