The Naturalistic Case Study in the investigation of Local Productive Arrangements (APL) of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Authors

  • Anderson Diego Farias da Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-9300
  • Fernando Gomes de Paiva Junior Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2594-8040.2017.231697

Keywords:

Qualitative Methodological Approaches, Case Studies, Local Productive Arrangements, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Abstract

The Case Study (EC) involves a divergent conceptual scenario and can be used in diverse research forms in the field of organizational studies with respect to the value and plausibility of the application of this method of investigation in Local Productive Arrangements (APL). In this theoretical-methodological essay, we discuss the conceptual interpellation of the naturalistic EC of Robert Stake amid its possibilities and limitations of use, illustrated through the analysis of the Local Productive Arrangement (APL) of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of the State of Pernambuco (Brazil), entitled Porto Digital. By moving from an approach based on the logic of Yin's (2005) functionalist explanation for the treatment of Stake (2005), this view of naturalistic case study represents the opportunity for the development of the interpretive studies that enable the increase of the related knowledge to cooperative business environments contemplating new ICTs.

Author Biographies

Anderson Diego Farias da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutorando em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) e Visiting PhD Student pela École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal - Canadá).

Nelson da Cruz Monteiro Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Professor do Centro Acadêmico do Agreste (CAA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Fernando Gomes de Paiva Junior, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Professor do Departamento de Ciências Administrativas (DCA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

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