The Delphi method is recommended for exploratory research in emerging research areas. Despite earlier suggestions for using the Delphi method for theory creation, few analytical tools are provided for this purpose. However, Grounded Theory is especially devoted to creating theories from qualitative data. This paper describes an enhanced Delphi method which integrates data analysis techniques fr...

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Many researches on how price bundling affects bundle purchasing in the marketing field have been discussed, but an analytic evaluation of customer value offered by product bundles is still lacking. By combining „Delphi method‟, „Fuzzy analytical network process‟ (FANP) and „Extent analysis‟, an integrated decision making method has developed and applied in evaluating cosmetic bundles. Based on ...

Cross-impact analysis is a method for revising estimated probabilities of future events in terms of estimated interactions among those events. This Report presents anelementary cross-impact model where the cross-impacts are formulated as relativeprobabilities. Conditions are derived for the consistency of the matrix of relative probabilities of n events. An extension also provides a nec...

tion techniques, such as predictive deconvolution or Radon transforms, fail in the presence of complex structures. A technique popularized by the Delphi consortium offers an attractive alternative in 2-D because it is theoretically independent of subsurface structure and can therefore attack all surface-related multiples regardless of their complexity. The Delphi approach can be summarized by t...

Purpose – To critically review the use of Delphi techniques in qualitative research for utilising ‘expert’ opinions and to explore through a detailed example, how Policy Delphi can be used by hospitality researchers as an alternative to the more widely used Normative Delphi. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reflects on the research methodology of a project that explored organisational c...

The use of the term 'expert' occurs widely in healthcare research, in the context of national guidelines and consensus methods for the development of clinical protocols. Within consensus methods of research, especially Delphi panel techniques, the use of 'experts' is fundamental to reliability. Yet literature fails to debate the practicalities of defining 'experts' for use within Delphi panel r...