Case Studies

Malcolm Tight is a Professor in the Educational Research department at Lancaster University.

"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."

• VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF CASE STUDYStatistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research - Ernest BurgessThe Case Study as a Research Method - Percival SymondsThe Theory of Case Studies - Paul ForemanCase and Situation Analysis - J. Clyde Mitchell‘Case Study’ in American Methodological Thought - Jennifer PlattPart One: Contemporary Meanings of Case StudyMaking the Case for Case Study - W. Robert Kenny and Adren GrotelueschenWhat Is a Case Study and What Is It Good For? - John GerringWhat Is This a Case Of? Exploring Some Conceptual Issues in Case Study Research - Suzanne Wilson and Sigrun GudmundsdottirRedefining Case Study - Rob VanWynsberghe and Samia KhanThe Case Study Challenge: A New Approach to an Old Method - Tsilia Romm and Sophia MahlerThe Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant - Ianna Contardo and Robin WensleyPart Two: The Relationship between Case Study and Other MethodologiesSurvey/Variable-oriented ResearchIntegrating Case Study and Survey Research Methods: An Example in Information Systems - Guy GableCase Survey Methodology: Quantitative Analysis of Patterns across Case Studies - Rikard LarssonTriangulation between Case Study and Survey Methods in Management Accounting Research: An Assessment of Validity Implications - Sven ModellTurning the Tables: How Case-oriented Research Challenges Variable-oriented Research - Charles RaginPart Three: Other MethodologiesThe Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant - Donna Baines and Ian CunninghamThe Extended Case Method - Michael BurawoyCase Studies as Spurious Evaluations: The Example of Research on Educational Inequalities - Peter Foster, Roger Gomm and Martyn HammersleyCase Studies as Natural Experiments - Allen LeeCase Studies and Generalizability: Grounded Theory and Research in Science Education - Keith TaberVOLUME TWO: CASE STUDY DESIGNPart Four: Overall DesignCase 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 AinsworthA Case in Case Study Methodology - Christine Benedichte MeyerIdentification of Ambiguity in the Case Study Research Typology: What Is a Unit of Analysis? - Niels GrunbaumPart Five: Types of Case StudyCase Study Principles for Different Types of Case - J. Barton CunninghamTypes of Case Study Work: A Conceptual Framework for Case-based Research - David EdwardsCase Studies: Types, Designs and Logics of Inference - Jack LevyA Typology for the Case Study in Social Science Following a Review of Definition, Discourse and Structure - Gary ThomasPart Six: Sampling/SelectionProcess Sampling: A Method for Case Study Research on Administrative Behavior - Charles McClintockApproaches 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 WalfordCase Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options - Jason Seawright and John GerringPart Seven: Particular Kinds of Case StudyUsing Stake’s Qualitative Case Study Approach to Explore Implementation of Evidence-based Practice - Sheryl Boblin et al.Single-Outcome Studies: A Methodological Primer - John GerringThe Comparative Case Study Approach in Public Administration - Robert Agranoff and Beryl RadinPedagogic Research into Singularities - Michael BasseyThe Case-Study Model: An Organizational Strategy for Cross-Cultural Evaluation - Gila GarawayThe ‘Too Few Cases/Too Many Variables’ Problem in Implementation Research - Malcolm GogginVOLUME THREE: ISSUES WITH CASE STUDYPart Eight: OverviewsThe Case Study Crisis: Some Answers - Robert YinCase Study as a Research Strategy: Some Ambiguities and Opportunities - Piet VerschurenFive Misunderstandings about Case-Study Research - Bent FlyvbjergPart Nine: GeneralisationA Research Design for Generalizing from Multiple Case Studies - David Greene and Jane DavidOn Generalising from Single Case Studies: Epistemological Reflections - Colin Evers and Echo WuThe Case: Generalization, Theory and Phronesis in Case Study - Gary ThomasA Case Study of a Case Study: Strategies of Generalization and Specification in the Study of Israel as a Single Case - Lars MjosetDrawing Lessons from Case Studies by Enhancing Comparability - Attilia RuzzenePart Ten: Validity, Reliability, etcWhat Passes as a Rigorous Case Study? - Michael Gibbert, Winfried Ruigrok and Barbara WickiAre Case Studies More Than Sophisticated Storytelling? Methodological Problems of Qualitative Empirical Research Mainly Based on Semi-Structured Interviews - Thomas DiefenbachValidity and Generalization in Future Case Study Evaluations - Robert YinPart Eleven: Other IssuesStrategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis - James MahoneyCumulating the Intellectual Gold of Case Study Research - Jason Jensen and Robert RodgersEpistemology as Ethics in Research and Policy: The Use of Case Studies - John Elliott and Dominik LukesPart Twelve: Case Study and TheoryBuilding Theories from Case Study Research - Kathleen EisenhardtEisenhardt’s Impact on Theory in Case Study Research - Katherine RavenswoodThe Normative Case Study - David ThacherDoing Case Study: Abduction Not Induction, Phronesis Not Theory - Gary ThomasTroubling Theory in Case Study Research - Martyn HammersleyMeta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies: An Approach to Theory Building - Christina HoonVOLUME FOUR: THE USE OF CASE STUDIES IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINESPart Thirteen: AccountingCase Study Research in Accounting - David Cooper and Wayne MorganPart Fourteen: DevelopmentValue Chains, Partnerships and Development: Using Case Studies to Refine Programme Theories - Sietze Vellema et al.Part Fifteen: EducationCase Study in Comparative Education: Particularity and Generalization - Lawrence StenhouseA Case Study of a Case Study: Analysis of a Robust Qualitative Research Methodology - Catherine SnyderPart sixteen: HealthThe Case Study as a Scientific Method for Researching Alternative Therapies - D. Lukoff, D. Edwards and M. MillerPart seventeen: Industrial Marketing ManagementWhat Makes a Good Case Study? A Positivist Review of Qualitative Case Research Published in Industrial Marketing Management, 1971–2006 - Michael Beverland and Adam LindgreenPart Eighteen: Information SystemsCase Study Research: A Multi-Faceted Research Approach for IS - A.L.M. CavayeRigor in Information Systems Positive Case Research: Current Practices, Trends and Recommendations - Line Dubé and Guy ParéPart Nineteen: International BusinessThe Case Study as Disciplinary Convention: Evidence from International Business Journals - Rebecca Piekkari, Catherine Welch and Erikka PaavilainenPart Twenty: LawEvaluation Case Histories as a Parallel to Legal Case Histories: Accumulating Knowledge and Experience in the Evaluation Profession - Darrel Caulley and Irene DowdyPart Twenty-One: Operations ManagementCase Research in Operations Management - Chris Voss, Nikos Tsikriktsis and Mark FrohlichPart Twenty-Two: PsychoanalysisThe Psychoanalytic Case Study: A Method for Systematic Inquiry - Enrico Jones and Michael WindholzPart Twenty-Three: Public AdministrationThe Single Case Study as Intellectually Ambitious Inquiry - Michael BarzelayThe Case Study Method for Research in Small and Medium-Sized Firms - Sylvie ChettyPart Twenty-Four: Social WorkHow to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work - Eunjung Lee, Faye Mishna and Sarah Brennenstuhl