Research Methods in Strategic Management

Today, organizations use strategic management to gain sustainable competitive advantages and to boost productivity. Institutionalizing strategic management needs suitable research methods. The present aims to determine suitable research methods in strategic management. Case study presented here focuses on large-scale strategic management studies in Iran. This is a developmental-applied study in terms of research findings; an exploratory study in terms of research goals; and a qualitative study in terms of data used. Documentary method has been used to gather information which has been then analyzed through comparison of data and model. Case study and ethnographic research have been introduced as suitable methods to design, implement and control a strategy.