Table Of Contents:

• VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF CASE STUDY
• Statistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research
• The Case Study as a Research Method
• The Theory of Case Studies
• Case and Situation Analysis
• ‘Case Study’ in American Methodological Thought
• Part One: Contemporary Meanings of Case Study
• Making the Case for Case Study
• What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good For?
• What Is This a Case Of? Exploring Some Conceptual Issues in Case Study Research
• Redefining Case Study
• The Case Study Challenge: A New Approach to an Old Method
• The Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant
• 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
• Case Survey Methodology: Quantitative Analysis of Patterns across Case Studies
• Triangulation between Case Study and Survey Methods in Management Accounting Research: An Assessment of Validity Implications
• Turning the Tables: How Case-oriented Research Challenges Variable-oriented Research
• Part Three: Other Methodologies
• The Harvard Business School Story: avoiding knowledge by being relevant
• The Extended Case Method
• Case Studies as Spurious Evaluations: The Example of Research on Educational Inequalities
• Case Studies as Natural Experiments
• Case Studies and Generalizability: Grounded Theory and Research in Science Education
• 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
• A Case in Case Study Methodology
• Identification of Ambiguity in the Case Study Research Typology: What Is a Unit of Analysis?
• Part Five: Types of Case Study
• Case Study Principles for Different Types of Case
• Types of Case Study Work: A Conceptual Framework for Case-based Research
• Case Studies: Types, Designs and Logics of Inference
• A Typology for the Case Study in Social Science Following a Review of Definition, Discourse and Structure
• Part Six: Sampling/Selection
• Process Sampling: A Method for Case Study Research on Administrative Behavior
• Approaches to Sampling and Case Selection in Qualitative Research: Examples in the Geography of Health
• Site Selection within Comparative Case Study and Ethnographic Research
• Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options
• Part Seven: Particular Kinds of Case Study
• Using Stake’s Qualitative Case Study Approach to Explore Implementation of Evidence-based Practice
• Single-Outcome Studies: A Methodological Primer
• The Comparative Case Study Approach in Public Administration
• Pedagogic Research into Singularities
• The Case-Study Model: An Organizational Strategy for Cross-Cultural Evaluation
• The ‘Too Few Cases/Too Many Variables’ Problem in Implementation Research
• VOLUME THREE: ISSUES WITH CASE STUDY
• Part Eight: Overviews
• The Case Study Crisis: Some Answers
• Case Study as a Research Strategy: Some Ambiguities and Opportunities
• Five Misunderstandings about Case-Study Research
• Part Nine: Generalisation
• A Research Design for Generalizing from Multiple Case Studies
• On Generalising from Single Case Studies: Epistemological Reflections
• The Case: Generalization, Theory and Phronesis in Case Study
• A Case Study of a Case Study: Strategies of Generalization and Specification in the Study of Israel as a Single Case
• Drawing Lessons from Case Studies by Enhancing Comparability
• Part Ten: Validity, Reliability, etc
• What Passes as a Rigorous Case Study?
• Are Case Studies More Than Sophisticated Storytelling? Methodological Problems of Qualitative Empirical Research Mainly Based on Semi-Structured Interviews
• Validity and Generalization in Future Case Study Evaluations
• Part Eleven: Other Issues
• Strategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis
• Cumulating the Intellectual Gold of Case Study Research
• Epistemology as Ethics in Research and Policy: The Use of Case Studies
• Part Twelve: Case Study and Theory
• Building Theories from Case Study Research
• Eisenhardt’s Impact on Theory in Case Study Research
• The Normative Case Study
• Doing Case Study: Abduction Not Induction, Phronesis Not Theory
• Troubling Theory in Case Study Research
• Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies: An Approach to Theory Building
• VOLUME FOUR: THE USE OF CASE STUDIES IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
• Part Thirteen: Accounting
• Case Study Research in Accounting
• Part Fourteen: Development
• Value Chains, Partnerships and Development: Using Case Studies to Refine Programme Theories
• Part Fifteen: Education
• Case Study in Comparative Education: Particularity and Generalization
• A Case Study of a Case Study: Analysis of a Robust Qualitative Research Methodology
• Part sixteen: Health
• The Case Study as a Scientific Method for Researching Alternative Therapies
• 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
• Part Eighteen: Information Systems
• Case Study Research: A Multi-Faceted Research Approach for IS
• Rigor in Information Systems Positive Case Research: Current Practices, Trends and Recommendations
• Part Nineteen: International Business
• The Case Study as Disciplinary Convention: Evidence from International Business Journals
• Part Twenty: Law
• Evaluation Case Histories as a Parallel to Legal Case Histories: Accumulating Knowledge and Experience in the Evaluation Profession
• Part Twenty-One: Operations Management
• Case Research in Operations Management
• Part Twenty-Two: Psychoanalysis
• The Psychoanalytic Case Study: A Method for Systematic Inquiry
• Part Twenty-Three: Public Administration
• The Single Case Study as Intellectually Ambitious Inquiry
• The Case Study Method for Research in Small and Medium-Sized Firms
• Part Twenty-Four: Social Work
• How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work