Exploring the topology of the plausible: Fs/QCA counterfactual analysis and the plausible fit of unobserved organizational configurations

Strategic Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-296

  Soda, Giuseppe ^a   Furnari, Santi ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864674161     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127012452826     Document Type: Article

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