During the past two decades, a set of systematic comparative case analysis techniques has
been developing at a steady pace. During the last few years especially, the main initial …

The last decade featured the emergence of a significant and growing literature concerning
comparative-historical methods. This literature offers methodological tools for causal and …

There is a growing interest in ecosystems as an approach for understanding the context of
entrepreneurship at the macro level of an organizational community. It consists of all the …

Social phenomena can rarely be attributed to single causes--instead, they typically stem
from a myriad of interwoven factors that are often difficult to untangle. Drawing on set theory …

An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies. They draw on
established practices as well as on recent innovations in case study methodology and …

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations first edition was winner of the ISA-
Northeast's Yale H. Ferguson Award, and the ISA Theory Section's Best Book of the Year …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal
inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as …

As a relatively new methodological tool, QCA is still a work in progress. Standards of good
practice are needed in order to enhance the quality of its applications. We present a list from …