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...economics, quantitative research (and mathematical formalism) enjoys more respect. This reflects the wide-held belief that science has to relate to numbers because only the latter imply precision. Nevertheless, it is important to highlight the fruitfulness and, often, the greater depth of understanding we can derive from qualitative procedures. Equally important, though,...

...economic sectors as we can see that there will be important differences between a business operating in the primary sector and one that provides a service. Nonetheless, it would also seem obvious that there may be big differences between businesses within the same broad economic sector. A farm and a coal mine will be very different although they are both in the primary...