This special issue addresses questions of causality and validity of different solution types in
configurational comparative methods (CCMs). First, what main parameters characterize the …

Although the policy performance field acknowledges the importance of adopting a long‐term
decision making perspective to attain more sustainable policy outcomes, it overlooks the …

Cities around the world are betting on sustainable transitions as a formula to respond to
some of the challenges they face. Within transitions, the acceleration phase has been little …

A state-of-the-art comprehensive exposition of combining Qualitative Comparative Analysis
(QCA) and case studies, this book facilitates the efficient use and independent learning of …

This study assesses the extent to which the two main Configurational Comparative Methods
(CCMs), ie Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Coincidence Analysis (CNA) …

Research on corporate social innovations (CSI) acknowledges the tensions caused by
different stakeholder expectations but is silent on the strategies multinational enterprises …

Nicht nur Verbände lobbyieren, sondern auch Regionen: Ausgehend von der
Interessengruppen-und Lobbyingforschung wagt die Autorin eine Neubetrachtung des …

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a set-theoretic comparative method that treats
cases as configurations of conditions, aiming to identify those conditions and/or …

Qualitative comparative analysis is increasingly popular as a methodological option in the
evaluator's toolkit. However, evaluators who are willing to apply it face inconsistent …

In the early 2000s, Latin America witnessed a resurgence in debates concerning the state's
economic role, coinciding with a political transformation as new parties emerged to power …