Database research strategies include defining the research necessary to answer the research question. Consider the article "Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw" (Miller and Narayanan, 2001).
If you were an accountant for Intel, what specifically would be the relevant accounting research question with respect to the Intel Pentium chip flaw?
- What constrains Intel's decisions about how to account for the Pentium chip flaw?
- What do you need to know, estimate, and assume to answer the research question?
- What would you recommend to Intel management with respect to accounting for the Intel Pentium chip flaw? Why?