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Research Strategy and Approach. The current study focuses on exploring the way the Green Deals, in particular the CPGD and WRAP agreements work in general and how their efficiency is meas- ured. Due to the lack of previous research and the exploratory nature of the study, a thorough understanding of the phenomenon in place is needed for answering the main research questions and for knowledge creation in this fairly new re- search field. Hence, qualitative research approach was chosen as the most suita- ble alternative for the purpose of the study. Qualitative research is “an umbrella term for a wide variety of approaches to and methods for the study of natural social life” (Xxxxxxx et al. 2011). Unlike quantitative research which presents the results in a numerical form, the aim of qualitative research is to understand the meaning of a phenomenon from the per- spective of the involved parties (Merriam, 2014). In qualitative research deduc- tive, inductive or abductive reasoning can be employed. The deductive approach concludes from existing facts and proofs. In contrast, the inductive reasoning is based on exploration of the evidence and generation of knowledge. The third ap- proach, called abductive is built on “exploratory hunches based on clue”. (Xxx- xxxx et al. 2011.) Xxxxxxx (2014) considers the inductive approach suitable for a research which goal is gathering data for the purpose of building a concept or a theory. Usually, the research findings as a result of inductive approach are among others provided in the shape of themes, categories, and theory about a specific area of practice (Merriam, 2014). Thus, an inductive reasoning was cho- sen as most suitable in regard to the aim of the study.
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