What passes as a rigorous case study?
分析了1995-2000年间10本管理学期刊中的案例研究，发现它们偏重外部效度而忽视内部效度和构念效度，并对比顶级期刊与其他期刊的策略，为如何做严谨案例研究提供参考。
Abstract This article investigates the methodological sophistication of case studies as a tool for generating and testing theory by analyzing case studies published during the period 1995–2000 in 10 influential management journals. We find that case studies emphasized external validity at the expense of the two more fundamental quality measures, internal and construct validity. Comparing case studies published in the three highest‐ranking journals with the other seven, we reveal strategies that may be useful for authors wishing to conduct methodologically rigorous case study research. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.