Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research

By Jason Seawright, J. Gerring. 2008

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability

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Technological discontinuities and the challenge for incumbent firms: destruction, disruption or creative accumulation? (2013, background): “The two industries can, therefore, be seen as 'deviant' cases, i.e. cases that demonstrate a surprising pattern in relation to the general understanding of technological discontinuities, and, therefore, are useful when searching for alternative explanations (cf. Seawright and Gerring, 2008).”
Blockchain in global supply chains and cross border trade: a critical synthesis of the state-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities (2019, methodology): “This section presents a critical selection of pilot initiatives of blockchain identified by a combination of the influential case method and the diverse case method (Seawright and Gerring 2008).”
The Adaptation Policy Paradox : the Implementation Deficit of Policies Framed as Climate Change Adaptation (2013, methodology): “We have based this research on the methodology of comparative case studies (Seawright and Gerring 2008).”
Startups by recent university graduates and their faculty: implications for university entrepreneurship policy (2012, neutral): “Rather, the cases were selected to illustrate extreme environments (Seawright and Gerring, 2008).”
Blockchain and the circular economy: potential tensions and critical reflections from practice (2020, background): “There is no exclusive criteria involved in case selection; only if the case represents the population in the phenomena explanation and contains meaningful variations on the theoretical explorations (Seawright and Gerring 2008; Wacholder et al. 1992).”
The political logics of clean energy transitions (2018, background): “While the nascency of new industries limits the size of political actors with a direct material stake, clean energy technologies may still have support from coalitions of politicians, publics, or interest groups who see those 40 Seawright and Gerring (2008).”