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Chapter 6 - Do It Again (and Again)

Multiple Embedded Case Study Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2023

Lakshmi Balachandran Nair ,
Michael Gibbert  and
Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair
Affiliation:
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy
Michael Gibbert
Affiliation:
Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, The Netherlands
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Summary

Here we discuss the multiple embedded case study design and the levels and cases involved in it. The design’s capacity to undertake between- and within-case comparative analyses are deliberated upon afterwards. Multiple embedded designs offer a variety of design possibilities, which we discuss in this chapter. The potential of the design for high internal validity is considered afterwards. Lastly, the design’s weaknesses, including the lack of contextual depth, the smaller number of explanatory variables, and the access difficulties to the cases/embedded units, are detailed.

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Multiple embeddedLevel of analysisEmbedded unitsInternal validityBetween-case analysisWithin-case analysisAccess difficulties
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Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building
A New Sourcebook for Rigorous Social Science Researchers
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Do It Again (and Again)
  • Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy, Michael Gibbert, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, The Netherlands
  • Book: Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building
  • Online publication: 02 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023283.006
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  • Do It Again (and Again)
  • Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy, Michael Gibbert, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, The Netherlands
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  • Online publication: 02 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023283.006
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  • Do It Again (and Again)
  • Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy, Michael Gibbert, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Management Research, The Netherlands
  • Book: Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building
  • Online publication: 02 February 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023283.006
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