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Research methods in business studies / Pervez Ghauri, Kjell Grønhaug.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow : Pearson Education, c2010.Edition: 4th edDescription: xx, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780273712046 (pbk.) :
  • 0273712047 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.072 GHA 22
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A concise, clear and comprehensive introduction to research methods, which equips students with a systematic approach to business research.

Written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates the importance of a scientific approach to business research and problem-solving projects. It shows students how to formulate a problem, choose a research method, argue and motivate, and how to collect, analyse and present the data.

The following online resources support the text:
For Instructors: PowerPoint slides

Previous ed.: 2005.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes index and references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Provisional TOC
  • Part 1 Challenges and Ambiguities of Business Research
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Research in business
  • Part 2 The Research Process
  • 3 The Process Perspective
  • 4 Research Problems
  • 5 Research Design
  • 6 Measurements
  • 7 Data sources
  • 8 Data Collection
  • 9 Sampling in empirical research
  • 10 Preparation and analysis of data
  • Part 3 Implementation
  • 11 Quantitative data analysis
  • 12 Qualitative Data analysis
  • 13 Writing the final report

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr. Pervez Ghauri is Professor of International Business at Kings College London.

Dr Kjell Gronhaug is Professor of Business Studies at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway..

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