An Investigation of Antecedents for Data Governance Adoption in the Rail Industry—Findings From a Case Study at Thales

Introduction to the Minitrack on Self-management of Chronic Diseases and Conditions

“…First, general limitations lie in the nature of single case studies, i.e., in the limited transferability of results due to the focus on the case-specific situation of Catena-X. Therefore, the present individual case study should not be seen as a quantifiable or statistical evaluation of companies, but rather as a study with an exploratory character (Lis et al, 2022). Second, the application of the Motive-Incentive-Activation-Behaviour Model allows for a simple representation of the relationships between motives and incentives.…”

“…Against this background, in this study we choose a single case study approach which, as qualitative research methods in general, is particularly suitable when there is little prior knowledge about a phenomenon in practice (Darke et al, 1998;Eisenhardt & Graebner, 2007). While multi case studies are often used as a basis to generalize practical results and abstract scientific findings, there are also good reasons to conduct a single case study (Lis et al, 2022;Zrenner et al, 2019). These reasons are the possibility to study a complex phenomenon, in a more detailed and focused way, in contrast to the study of several cases (Gerring, 2006).…”