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understanding of literature
reviews
DR KATERINA NICOLOPOULOU, SENIOR LECTURER,
HUNTER CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Key references used
1. Hart, C (1998) Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination,
Sage Publications
2. Webster, J and Watson, R (2002) Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: writing a
literature review, MIS Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. xiii-xxiii/June 2002
3. Denyer, D and Tranfield, D. (2006) Using qualitative research synthesis to build an actionable
knowledge base, Management Decision, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp.213-227.
4. Jesson, J, Lydia Matheson, Fiona M Lacey (2011), Doing Your Literature Review: Traditional
and Systematic Techniques, Sage Publications
5. Rowley J., and Slack, F., (2004) Conducting a Literature Review, Management research news,
volume 27, no 6, pp 31-39
What is needed for a literature review (Hart, 1998)
BUT also-
-increased international collaborations, joint PhD -Looking for impact on:
programs Practitioners
Policy-makers
Collaborative inquiry across disciplines, departments, Research development
institutions Societal, economic,
technological, cultural
domains
(Camarinha-Matos and Afshamanesh, 2007).
Is all research ‘pluralistic’?