1. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Jainal Chisty Technology Innovation Management June 25th, 2009

2. The DateYour emailSlide 2 What is QCA? QCA originates from comparative sociology, where there is a strong tradition of case oriented work alongside quantitative research Case-oriented researchers are critical of quantitative research for ignoring the gap between the results of quantitative research and in-depth knowledge of cases QCA aims to bridge the gap between quantitative analysis and specific case knowledge

3. The DateYour emailSlide 3 QCA defined QCA is a method that bridges quantitative and qualitative analysis QCA provides powerful tools to analyze causal complexity QCA is ideally suitable for small to intermediate N research designs QCA brings set-theoretic methods to social inquiry

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