Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research

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Digitalization, business models, and SMEs: How do business model innovation practices improve performance of digitalizing SMEs? (2019, background): “For instance, conventional regression-based analysis shows the results as linear relationships, whether positively or negatively related, whereas fsQCA presents the outcome as multiple configurations comprising combinations of causal conditions (Fiss, Cambré, & Marx, 2013).”
Optimal distinctiveness: Broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic management (2017, background): “Empirically, our reorientation suggests that scholars move beyond conventional modeling strategies based on interactions, and engage configurational approaches such as qualitative comparative analysis (Fiss, Cambré, and Marx, 2013).”
Studying configurations with qualitative comparative analysis: Best practices in strategy and organization research (2018, background): “In contrast, QCA theory and substantive knowledge about a phenomenon are considered the starting points for researchers to build a well-specified configurational model and calibrate its constitutive elements (Fiss, 2007; Fiss et al., 2013; Misangyi et al., 2017; Ragin, 1987, 2000, 2008).”