Faced with the challenge of multifaceted digital phenomena, researchers in IS and related
fields have increasingly adopted qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). However, in the …

Causal complexity has long been recognized as a ubiquitous feature underlying
organizational phenomena, yet current theories and methodologies in management are for …

This paper starts from the premise that the simultaneous increase in environmental
turbulence, the requisite speed of organizational change, and the intensified ubiquity of …

Purpose Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a promising, powerful method that is
increasingly used for IS research. However, the Information Systems (IS) discipline still lacks …

As of late, the use of “digital” as a qualifier to established research concepts is increasing.
However, we have yet to clearly establish what makes a “digital x” concept distinct from an …

New forms of digital trace data are becoming ubiquitous. Traditional methods of qualitative
research that aim at developing theory, however, are often overwhelmed by the sheer …

Most information systems (IS) research develops theory for explanation and prediction
based on a variance logical structure that assumes one-way, time invariant causal …

Set-theoretic methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in particular are case-
based methods. There are, however, only few guidelines on how to combine them with …

1 For each editorial, we follow a three-stage process. The Editor-in-Chief (Andrew Burton-
Jones) first selects a subset of experienced editors to run a masterclass for our board. The …

Events happen within the organizational world not by chance but for reasons. It is surely the
task of management research to try to explain why these events occur. This requires us to …