TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marschan-Piekkari,Rebecca
AU  - Welch,Catherine
TI  - Rethinking the case study in international business and management research
SN  - 9781848441842 :
AV  - HD62.4 .R473 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Management
KW  - Research
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Business
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Case method
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CASE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 1. Pluralism in International Business and International Management Research: Making the Case Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch 2. The Career of a Case Researcher: An Interview with Christopher Bartlett Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch 3. The View from the Editorial Office: An Interview with Pervez Ghauri Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch PART II: MULTIPLE PARADIGMS FOR THEORIZING 4. Critical Realism and Case Studies in International Business Research Ricardo Morais 5. 'There is No Alternative' - Or Is There? A Critical Case Study Approach for International Business Research Pasi Ahonen, Janne Tienari and Eero Vaara 6. Sumantra's Challenge: Publish a Theory-testing Case Study in a Top Journal Gabriel Szulanski and Robert J. Jensen 7. Using Multiple Case Studies to Generalize from Ethnographic Research Mary Yoko Brannen 8. Beyond the Inductive Myth: New Approaches to the Role of Existing Theory in Case Research Poul Houman Andersen and Hanne Kragh PART III: ALTERNATIVE CASE STUDY DESIGNS 9. Case Selection in International Business: Key Issues and Common Misconceptions Margaret Fletcher and Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki 10. Case Selection Informed by Theory Trevor Buck 11. Mixed-method Case Studies in International Business Research Leila Hurmerinta and Niina Nummela 12. The Single MNC as a Research Site Jon Erland Lervik 13. When Truth is the Daughter of Time: Longitudinal Case Studies in International Business Research Susanne Blazejewski 14. Theorizing Process through Punctuated Longitudinal Case Study Research Anna Soulsby and Ed Clark PART IV: THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES AND ANALYTICAL METHODS 15. Blurring the Boundaries between Case Analysis and Ethnography: Reflections on a Hybrid Approach to Researching Multinational Corporations Raza Mir 16. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: Taking a Holistic Approach to Ethnographic Case Studies in International Business Fiona Moore 17. Digging Archeology: Postpositivist Theory and Archival Research in Case Study Development Albert J. Mills and Jean H. Mills 18. Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: New Questions for Documents in International Business Case Research April Wright 19. Comparative Historical Analysis in International Management Research Ayse Saka-Helmhout PART V: TAKING ACCOUNT OF DIVERSE CONTEXTS 20. Fleas on the Backs of Elephants: Researching the Multinational Company Tony Edwards, Phil Almond and Trevor Colling 21. International Research Teams and Collective Case Studies: An Abductive Approach Asta Salmi 22. How to Use Ethnographic Case Studies to Decipher National Cultures? Philippe d'Iribarne 23. Doing Case Studies in China: Two Perspectives Perspective No 1: The Chinese Researcher Now Living Abroad Hui Tan Perspective No 2: A Confessional Tale by a Western Researcher Matti Nojonen 24. Conducting Processual Studies in Transition Economies: Reflections on a Case Study Martin Johanson
N2  - This important and original book places the case study in international business research in its historical context, critically evaluates current case study practices in the field and proposes a more pluralistic future for case research within international business and international management research
ER  -