Case Studies

Four Volume Set

Edited by:

Malcolm Tight

Series:
SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods

Other Titles in:
Research Methods & Evaluation (General)

December 2014 | 1 656 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This collection takes a dutifully contemporary approach to the exploration of the uses and interpretations of the case study across a multitude of disciplines and through various cultural perspectives. Exploring the case study from both methodological and theoretical perspectives, the texts included in the volumes illustrate how case study techniques are currently employed, and suggest how they might develop in the foreseeable future. Relevant to varied levels and scales of case study use, the aim of this collection is to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of where we are now with case study research, so that they may better judge their own applications of the case study.

From definitions to interdisciplinary methods, this set will address the practical case study by offering a structured selection of some of the best modern and classic writing on the case study in article form, together with a synoptic editorial introduction and overview of the field of research.

Volume One: The Origins and History of Case Study

Volume Two: Case Study Design

Volume Three: Issues with Case Study

Volume Four: The Use of Case Studies in Different Disciplines

VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF CASE STUDY

Statistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research

Ernest Burgess

The Case Study as a Research Method

Percival Symonds

The Theory of Case Studies

Paul Foreman

Case and Situation Analysis

J. Clyde Mitchell

‘Case Study’ in American Methodological Thought

Jennifer Platt

Part One: Contemporary Meanings of Case Study

Making the Case for Case Study

W. Robert Kenny and Adren Grotelueschen

What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good For?

John Gerring

What Is This a Case Of? Exploring Some Conceptual Issues in Case Study Research

Suzanne Wilson and Sigrun Gudmundsdottir

Redefining Case Study

Rob VanWynsberghe and Samia Khan

The Case Study Challenge: A New Approach to an Old Method

Tsilia Romm and Sophia Mahler

The Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant

Ianna Contardo and Robin Wensley

Part Two: The Relationship between Case Study and Other Methodologies

Survey/Variable-oriented Research

Integrating Case Study and Survey Research Methods: An Example in Information Systems

Guy Gable

Case Survey Methodology: Quantitative Analysis of Patterns across Case Studies

Rikard Larsson

Triangulation between Case Study and Survey Methods in Management Accounting Research: An Assessment of Validity Implications

Sven Modell

Turning the Tables: How Case-oriented Research Challenges Variable-oriented Research

Charles Ragin

Part Three: Other Methodologies

The Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant

Donna Baines and Ian Cunningham

The Extended Case Method

Michael Burawoy

Case Studies as Spurious Evaluations: The Example of Research on Educational Inequalities

Peter Foster, Roger Gomm and Martyn Hammersley

Case Studies as Natural Experiments

Allen Lee

Case Studies and Generalizability: Grounded Theory and Research in Science Education

Keith Taber

VOLUME TWO: CASE STUDY DESIGN

Part Four: Overall Design

Case Study in the Contemporary World of Research: Using Notions of Purpose, Place, Process and Product to Develop Some Principles for Practice

Ian Macpherson, Ross Brooker and Paul Ainsworth

A Case in Case Study Methodology

Christine Benedichte Meyer

Identification of Ambiguity in the Case Study Research Typology: What Is a Unit of Analysis?

Niels Grunbaum

Part Five: Types of Case Study

Case Study Principles for Different Types of Case

J. Barton Cunningham

Types of Case Study Work: A Conceptual Framework for Case-based Research

David Edwards

Case Studies: Types, Designs and Logics of Inference

Jack Levy

A Typology for the Case Study in Social Science Following a Review of Definition, Discourse and Structure

Gary Thomas

Part Six: Sampling/Selection

Process Sampling: A Method for Case Study Research on Administrative Behavior

Charles McClintock

Approaches to Sampling and Case Selection in Qualitative Research: Examples in the Geography of Health

Sarah Curtis et al.

Site Selection within Comparative Case Study and Ethnographic Research

Geoffrey Walford

Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options

Jason Seawright and John Gerring

Part Seven: Particular Kinds of Case Study

Using Stake’s Qualitative Case Study Approach to Explore Implementation of Evidence-based Practice

Sheryl Boblin et al.

Single-Outcome Studies: A Methodological Primer

John Gerring

The Comparative Case Study Approach in Public Administration

Robert Agranoff and Beryl Radin

Pedagogic Research into Singularities

Michael Bassey

The Case-Study Model: An Organizational Strategy for Cross-Cultural Evaluation

Gila Garaway

The ‘Too Few Cases/Too Many Variables’ Problem in Implementation Research

Malcolm Goggin

VOLUME THREE: ISSUES WITH CASE STUDY

Part Eight: Overviews

The Case Study Crisis: Some Answers

Robert Yin

Case Study as a Research Strategy: Some Ambiguities and Opportunities

Piet Verschuren

Five Misunderstandings about Case-Study Research

Bent Flyvbjerg

Part Nine: Generalisation

A Research Design for Generalizing from Multiple Case Studies

David Greene and Jane David

On Generalising from Single Case Studies: Epistemological Reflections

Colin Evers and Echo Wu

The Case: Generalization, Theory and Phronesis in Case Study

Gary Thomas

A Case Study of a Case Study: Strategies of Generalization and Specification in the Study of Israel as a Single Case

Lars Mjoset

Drawing Lessons from Case Studies by Enhancing Comparability

Attilia Ruzzene

Part Ten: Validity, Reliability, etc

What Passes as a Rigorous Case Study?

Michael Gibbert, Winfried Ruigrok and Barbara Wicki

Are Case Studies More Than Sophisticated Storytelling? Methodological Problems of Qualitative Empirical Research Mainly Based on Semi-Structured Interviews

Thomas Diefenbach

Validity and Generalization in Future Case Study Evaluations

Robert Yin

Part Eleven: Other Issues

Strategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis

James Mahoney

Cumulating the Intellectual Gold of Case Study Research

Jason Jensen and Robert Rodgers

Epistemology as Ethics in Research and Policy: The Use of Case Studies

John Elliott and Dominik Lukes

Part Twelve: Case Study and Theory

Building Theories from Case Study Research

Kathleen Eisenhardt

Eisenhardt’s Impact on Theory in Case Study Research

Katherine Ravenswood

The Normative Case Study

David Thacher

Doing Case Study: Abduction Not Induction, Phronesis Not Theory

Gary Thomas

Troubling Theory in Case Study Research

Martyn Hammersley

Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies: An Approach to Theory Building

Christina Hoon

VOLUME FOUR: THE USE OF CASE STUDIES IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES

Part Thirteen: Accounting

Case Study Research in Accounting

David Cooper and Wayne Morgan

Part Fourteen: Development

Value Chains, Partnerships and Development: Using Case Studies to Refine Programme Theories

Sietze Vellema et al.

Part Fifteen: Education

Case Study in Comparative Education: Particularity and Generalization

Lawrence Stenhouse

A Case Study of a Case Study: Analysis of a Robust Qualitative Research Methodology

Catherine Snyder

Part sixteen: Health

The Case Study as a Scientific Method for Researching Alternative Therapies

D. Lukoff, D. Edwards and M. Miller

Part seventeen: Industrial Marketing Management

What Makes a Good Case Study? A Positivist Review of Qualitative Case Research Published in Industrial Marketing Management, 1971–2006

Michael Beverland and Adam Lindgreen

Part Eighteen: Information Systems

Case Study Research: A Multi-Faceted Research Approach for IS

A.L.M. Cavaye

Rigor in Information Systems Positive Case Research: Current Practices, Trends and Recommendations

Line Dubé and Guy Paré

Part Nineteen: International Business

The Case Study as Disciplinary Convention: Evidence from International Business Journals

Rebecca Piekkari, Catherine Welch and Erikka Paavilainen

Part Twenty: Law

Evaluation Case Histories as a Parallel to Legal Case Histories: Accumulating Knowledge and Experience in the Evaluation Profession

Darrel Caulley and Irene Dowdy

Part Twenty-One: Operations Management

Case Research in Operations Management

Chris Voss, Nikos Tsikriktsis and Mark Frohlich

Part Twenty-Two: Psychoanalysis

The Psychoanalytic Case Study: A Method for Systematic Inquiry

Enrico Jones and Michael Windholz

Part Twenty-Three: Public Administration

The Single Case Study as Intellectually Ambitious Inquiry

Michael Barzelay

The Case Study Method for Research in Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Sylvie Chetty

Part Twenty-Four: Social Work

How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work

Eunjung Lee, Faye Mishna and Sarah Brennenstuhl

"The purpose of this four volume collection is to provide an accessible selection of the best writing on case study in the English language internationally. Such a collection is timely and highly relevant to students, researchers and academics in higher education, especially when the case illustrations being adopted in the collection would provide comparative perspectives and international insights to scholars who are interested in English language studies in Asia."

Professor Ka Ho Mok

Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

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