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Designing Research With Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Approaches, Challenges, and Tools

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  1. Renato H. de Gaspi, 2024. "Developmental channels: (Incomplete) development strategies in democratic Latin America," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(4), pages 1210-1231, October.
  2. Xi Zhou & Minya Qi & Yunong Tian & Peijie Ye, 2025. "Influence Mechanism of Data-Driven Dynamic Capability of Foreign Trade SMEs Based on the Perspective of Digital Intelligence Immunity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-29, July.
  3. Popp, Thies R. & Feindt, Peter H. & Daedlow, Katrin, 2021. "Policy feedback and lock-in effects of new agricultural policy instruments: A qualitative comparative analysis of support for financial risk management tools in OECD countries," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  4. Tim Haesebrouck & Eva Thomann, 2022. "Introduction: Causation, inferences, and solution types in configurational comparative methods," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1867-1888, August.
  5. Virna Emily Tobing-David & Isbandi Rukminto Adi & Mu’man Nuryana, 2024. "Conditions of Sustainable Welfare: A Cross-Case Empirical Analysis of 22 Locality-Based Welfare Systems in Decentralised Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-27, February.
  6. Shuigen Hu & Yilin Cang & Yulong Jie & Xianbo Wang & Lie’en Weng, 2024. "How Business–Government Relationships Drive Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Study of 292 Cities in China Using NCA and TDQCA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-24, August.
  7. Schoderer, Mirja & Ott, Marlen, 2022. "Contested water- and miningscapes – Explaining the high intensity of water and mining conflicts in a meta-study," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
  8. Vera Hedwig Schmidt, Corinna & Rössig, Sarah-Alena & Ruth, Martin & Christina Flatten, Tessa, 2025. "The bright side of a dark personality – How dark triad traits influence entrepreneurial passion," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
  9. Fanbo Li & Hongfeng Zhang & Di Zhang & Haoqun Yan, 2023. "Structural Diffusion Model and Urban Green Innovation Efficiency—A Hybrid Study Based on DEA-SBM, NCA, and fsQCA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-29, August.
  10. Hanyang Cao & Yu Zhang, 2025. "Let Farmers Speak for Themselves: A Configurational Study on Farmers’ Participation in Digital Village Construction," SAGE Open, , vol. 15(4), pages 21582440251, November.
  11. Tim Haesebrouck, 2023. "Relevant, Irrelevant, or Ambiguous? Toward a New Interpretation of QCA’s Solution Types," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 52(4), pages 1737-1764, November.
  12. Pereira, Maria & Silva, Graça Miranda & Coelho, Filipe, 2026. "A fuzzy-set QCA approach exploring the role of public and private debt in shaping environmental performance," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
  13. Martyna Daria Swiatczak, 2022. "Different algorithms, different models," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1913-1937, August.
  14. Temouri, Yama & Wood, Geoffrey & Pereira, Vijay & Lewellyn, Krista B. & Reppas, Dimitrios, 2025. "Cross-country evidence of e-commerce SME internationalization and the role of policy," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(6).
  15. Martin Ferry, 2021. "Pulling things together: regional policy coordination approaches and drivers in Europe [‘PiS wchodzi w buty marszałków. Cel? Miliony z funduszy europejskich’]," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 40(1), pages 37-57.
  16. Manuel Fernández-Esquinas & María Isabel Sánchez-Rodríguez & José Antonio Pedraza-Rodríguez & Rocío Muñoz-Benito, 2021. "The use of QCA in science, technology and innovation studies: a review of the literature and an empirical application to knowledge transfer," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(8), pages 6349-6382, August.
  17. Etienne Lepers & Matthias Thiemann, 2024. "Taming the real estate boom in the EU: Pathways to macroprudential (in)action," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(2), pages 513-533, April.
  18. Yangjie Huang & Sihui Li & Xiyuan Xiang & Leilei Huang, 2024. "Analyzing the configuration of the National Innovation System for Innovation Capability: evidence from Global Innovation Index reports," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
  19. Grazia Pacillo & Nam Nguyen & Ekaterina Paustyan & Romina Cavatassi & Margarita Astralaga & Peter Läderach, 2024. "What drives the success and failure of climate change adaptation projects? A qualitative comparative analysis," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 29(8), pages 1-27, December.
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  21. Lei Shen & Cong Sun & Muhammad Ali, 2021. "Path of Smart Servitization and Transformation in the Textile Industry: A Case Study of Various Regions in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-15, October.
  22. Yangyang Zheng & Feng Liao & Mengling Tian, 2025. "Examining the factors influencing the digital transformation of new agricultural operating entities: insights from Zhejiang, China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
  23. Zhou, Tianxiao & Hu, Yuyao & Shan, Liping & Xiong, Changsheng, 2025. "What factors contribute to self-organized collective action for old village reconstruction? A qualitative comparative analysis of 36 villages in China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
  24. Claude Rubinson & Migara Jayawardena & Ryan Watkins & Joy Butscher & Noureddine Berrah, 2022. "Qualitative Comparative Analysis," World Bank Publications - Reports 37092, The World Bank Group.
  25. Francesco Veri, 2024. "Two-sample test for ambivalent subset relationship in fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(2), pages 1235-1253, April.
  26. James Mahoney & Laura Acosta, 2022. "A regularity theory of causality for the social sciences," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1889-1911, August.
  27. Vanessa Roger‐Monzó & Fernando Castelló‐Sirvent, 2023. "Soft power in global governance: fsQCA of thematic specialization strategies of European think tanks," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 14(2), pages 288-304, May.
  28. Yao Men & Yuanyuan Xu & Kaiyi Yang & Zijian Wang & Xiang Ji, 2025. "Institutional pressure, resource orchestration, and the digital government performance: a mixed methods study in the case of China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
  29. Dallas J. Elgin & Erin Erickson & Meredith Crews & Leila C. Kahwati & Heather L. Kane, 2024. "Applying qualitative comparative analysis in large-N studies: a scoping review of good practices before, during, and after the analytic moment," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(5), pages 4241-4256, October.
  30. Mengyuan Lu & Bin Guo & Xinyu Wang, 2025. "Revitalizing Idle Rural Homesteads: Configurational Paths of Farmer Differentiation and Cognition Synergistically Driving Revitalization Intentions," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-25, April.
  31. Di Paola, Nadia & Chari, Simos & Iannacci, Federico & Kraus, Sascha, 2025. "Configurational theory in business and management research: Status quo and guidelines for the application of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
  32. Nadia Di Paola, 2021. "Pathways to academic entrepreneurship: the determinants of female scholars’ entrepreneurial intentions," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(5), pages 1417-1441, October.
  33. Viallon, François-Xavier & Sarti, Francesco & Bombenger, Pierre-Henri & Varone, Frédéric & Trein, Josef Philipp & Kodjovi, Marie-Joëlle & Dubois, Jérôme & Fournis, Yann & Pineau, Pierre-Olivier, 2026. "Resource regimes and the success of local renewable energy projects," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
  34. Michael Baumgartner, 2022. "Qualitative Comparative Analysis and robust sufficiency," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1939-1963, August.
  35. Abeeku S. Edu & Eunice Ofosuhene & Divine Q. Agozie & Bright Akwasi Gyamfi & Simplice A. Asongu, 2025. "Optimizing Sustainable Resource Efficiency: A Fuzzy‐Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Practices in SMEs," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(3), pages 2799-2812, March.
  36. Zhiqiang Zhang & Yifan Bai, 2024. "Research on Whether Quality Policies Can Promote the High-Quality Development of China’s Manufacturing Industry and Its Configuration Paths in the Context of Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(21), pages 1-31, November.
  37. Yixin Lu & Shengguang Lin, 2024. "Digital transformation in college libraries: The effect of digital reading on reader service satisfaction," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(8), pages 1-22, August.
  38. Joshua A. Basseches & Michael C. Campbell & Heather Schoenfeld, 2024. "Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state‐level policy," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 105(2), pages 359-373, March.
  39. Olga Rataj & Serdar Türkeli, 2024. "Success Factors for Scaling Up and Raising Investment by Circular Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies," Circular Economy and Sustainability, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 1021-1046, June.
  40. Federica Rotondo & Francesca Abastante & Giancarlo Cotella & Isabella Maria Lami, 2020. "Questioning Low-Carbon Transition Governance: A Comparative Analysis of European Case Studies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-17, December.
  41. Fienitz, Meike & Siebert, Rosemarie, 2023. "Latent, collaborative, or escalated conflict? Determining causal pathways for land use conflicts," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
  42. Judith Glaesser, 2023. "Limited diversity and QCA solution types: assumptions and their consequences," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(4), pages 3485-3497, August.
  43. Juan Tan & Jinyu Wei, 2024. "RETRACTED ARTICLE: Configurational Analysis of ESG Performance, Innovation Intensity, and Financial Leverage: a Study on Total Factor Productivity in Chinese Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(3), pages 13803-13827, September.
  44. Waldkirch, Matthias & Kammerlander, Nadine & Wiedeler, Conrad, 2021. "Configurations for corporate venture innovation: Investigating the role of the dominant coalition," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(5).
  45. Susanne Hadorn & Fritz Sager, 2025. "Come together: Does network management make a difference for collaborative implementation performance in the context of sudden policy growth?," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(3), pages 690-705, July.
  46. Jinyan Wen & Donghua Tan & Honglue Wang & Yanxiao Gao, 2025. "How Do Alliance Networks Affect Firms’ Capability of Influencing Technological Standardization? Configuration Analysis Based on the TOE Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-21, October.
  47. Fernando Castelló-Sirvent & Marta Peris-Ortiz & Malar Llopis-Amorós & Pablo Pinazo-Dallenbach, 2024. "How does the COVID-19 economic crisis impact resilience? A configurational analysis of the spinoffs," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 1823-1848, September.
  48. Filippopoulos, Nikolaos & Fotopoulos, Georgios, 2022. "Innovation in economically developed and lagging European regions: A configurational analysis," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(2).
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