由于商业研究与自然科学相比具有不同的特点,所以上述方法步骤不容易应用于商业研究。 Tranfield et al. (2003)早期试图将程序从医学转向商业研究。[6] Durach et al. (2017)开发了一个循序渐进的方法:根据他们在自己的学科中所取得的经验,这些作者已经调整了方法学步骤,并制定了一个在商业研究中进行系统的文献综述的标准程序。[7]
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^Durach, C.F., Kembro, J. & Wieland, A. (2017). A New Paradigm for Systematic Literature Reviews in Supply Chain Management. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 53 (4), 67–85.