In Search of Co‐variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies

By Joachim Blatter, Till Blume. 2008

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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In Management Science and Operations Research

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Citations in the corpus

• Designing Research With Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Approaches, Challenges, and Tools (2020, methodology): “…when exploring underresearched or undertheorized phenomena, illuminating causal mechanisms, suggesting alternative theoretical explanations, and extending or refining existing knowledge (Blatter and Blume 2008; e.g., Mikkelsen 2015; Rohlfing and Schneider 2013; Schneider and Rohlfing 2013, 2016).”