Table 4 Methodological choice and research context for digital banking research (%).
Panel and period | 1983–1995 | 1996–2005 | 2006–2015 | 2016–2020 | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panel A: Research approach | |||||
Qualitative | 100.00 | 35.87 | 20.88 | 31.74 | 28.94 |
Quantitative | 0.00 | 64.13 | 78.76 | 67.95 | 70.75 |
Mixed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
Panel B: Research design | |||||
Empirical | 0.00 | 51.30 | 58.17 | 49.22 | 51.84 |
Conceptual | 60.00 | 23.48 | 10.05 | 18.11 | 16.05 |
Review | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.81 |
Modelling | 40.00 | 24.35 | 31.03 | 31.83 | 31.30 |
Mixed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Panel C: Data collection technique | |||||
Case study | 0.00 | 3.19 | 3.08 | 1.06 | 2.16 |
Interview | 66.67 | 29.79 | 18.29 | 16.93 | 18.65 |
Archival | 0.00 | 6.38 | 8.03 | 8.29 | 8.01 |
Survey | 0.00 | 55.32 | 69.57 | 69.31 | 68.21 |
Laboratory | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.41 | 2.00 |
No data collected/reported | 33.33 | 5.32 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.96 |
Panel D: Data analysis technique | |||||
Descriptive | 75.00 | 60.42 | 71.23 | 69.04 | 69.22 |
Regression | 0.00 | 8.33 | 20.72 | 18.03 | 18.26 |
Other | 0.00 | 5.56 | 7.29 | 11.57 | 10.03 |
No data analysis conducted/reported | 25.00 | 25.69 | 0.77 | 1.36 | 2.49 |
Panel F | |||||
Theory building | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Theory verification | 0 | 12.50 | 4.81 | 9.41 | 8.11 |
Application | 100 | 88.89 | 93.27 | 87.06 | 88.92 |
Panel G | |||||
Single country | 0.00 | 72.00 | 84.82 | 85.25 | 42.81 |
Multi country | 0.00 | 28.00 | 15.18 | 16.83 | 7.71 |
Developing country | 0.00 | 35.00 | 68.40 | 72.90 | 35.03 |
Developed country | 0.00 | 65.00 | 31.60 | 27.10 | 14.45 |
