The Multiple Case Study Design: Methodology and Application for Management Education

Most organizations today operate in volatile economic and social environments and qualitative research plays an essential role in investigating leadership and management problems. This unique volume offers novice and experienced researchers a brief, student-centric research methods text specifically devoted to the multiple case study design.

The multiple case study design is a valuable qualitative research tool in studying the links between the personal, social, behavioral, psychological, organizational, cultural, and environmental factors that guide organizational and leadership development. Case study research is essential for the in-depth study of participants’ perspectives on the phenomenon within its natural context. Rigorously designed management and leadership case studies in the extant literature have a central focus on individual managers’ and leaders’ stories and their perceptions of the broader forces operating within and outside their organizations.

This is a comprehensive methodology book exploring the multiple case study design with step-by-step and easily accessible guidelines on the topic, making it especially valuable to researchers, academics, and students in the areas of business, management, and leadership.

Daphne Halkias is Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow at École des Ponts Business School in Paris, France.

Michael Neubert is Associate Professor in Business and Management Studies and a Member of the Academic Council at UIBS in Zurich, Switzerland.

Paul W. Thurman is Professor of Management and Analytics at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.

Nicholas Harkiolakis is on the Faculty of the School of Technology at Northcentral University, San Diego, California, USA.