Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building
Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building
Michael Gibbert, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, The Netherlands
Case study research is a versatile approach that allows for different data sources to be combined, with its main purpose being theory development. This book goes a step further by combining different case study research designs, informed by the authors' extensive teaching and research experience. It provides an accessible introduction to case study research, familiarizes readers with different archetypical and sequenced designs, and describes these designs and their components using both real and fictional examples. It provides thought-provoking exercises, and in doing so, prepares the reader to design their own case study in a way that suits the research objective. Written for an academic audience, this book is useful for students, their supervisors and professors, and ultimately any researcher who intends to use, or is already using, the case study approach.
- Explains archetypal and sequenced case study designs and their intricacies in a conversational manner
- Provides examples from prior research as well as from everyday life, allowing readers to observe and understand the first-hand application of concepts discussed
- Provides tools for active learning, upgrading readers' involvement in case study approach from a theoretical level to a practical level
- Presents novel insights and analysis of case study research
Product details
February 2023Paperback
9781009010245
179 pages
228 × 152 × 11 mm
0.28kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to case study research
- 2. Building blocks of case study research
- 3. Of talking pigs and black swans: single holistic case study design
- 4. Do it again: the evidentiary basis of case studies is plural
- 5. The natural experiment, aka the single embedded design
- 6. Do it again (and again): multiple embedded case study design
- 7. Sequencing case study designs: inductive-deductive
- 8. More on sequencing case study designs: deductive-inductive
- 9. A parting (optimistic) note.
