The two QCAs: From a small-N to a large-N set theoretic approach

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-75

  Greckhamer, Thomas ^a   Misangyi, Vilmos F ^a   Fiss, Peer C ^a  

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Author keywords

Case oriented research; Comparative analysis; Configurational methods; Fuzzy sets; QCA; Set theoretic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981489467     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0000038007     Document Type: Chapter

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