由於商業研究與自然科學相比具有不同的特點,所以上述方法步驟不容易應用於商業研究。 Tranfield et al. (2003)早期試圖將程序從醫學轉向商業研究。[6] Durach et al. (2017)開發了一個循序漸進的方法:根據他們在自己的學科中所取得的經驗,這些作者已經調整了方法學步驟,並制定了一個在商業研究中進行系統的文獻綜述的標準程序。[7]
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