The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive view of the case study process from the researcher's perspective, emphasizing methodological considerations. As opposed to other qualitative or quantitative research strategies, such as grounded theory or surveys, there are virtually no specific requirements guiding case research. This is both the strength and the weakness of this approach. It is a strength because it allows tailoring the design and data collection procedures to the research questions. On the other hand, this approach has resulted in many poor case studies, leaving it open to criticism, especially from the quantitative field of research. This article argues that there is a particular need in case studies to be explicit about the methodological choices one makes. This implies discussing the wide range of decisions concerned with design requirements, data collection procedures, data analysis, and validity and reliability. The approach here is to illustrate these decisions through a particular case study of two mergers in the financial industry in Norway.

Christine Benedichte Meyer

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Field Methods (formerly Cultural Anthropology Methods) is dedicated to articles about the methods used by field workers in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities for collecting, managing, and analyzing data about human thought and behavior in the natural world. Articles should focus on innovations and issues in the methods used, rather than on reporting research or theoretical/epistemological questions about research. We welcome high-quality articles using qualitative and quantitative methods—from scientific or interpretative traditions—dealing with data collection and analysis in applied and scholarly research from writers in the social sciences, humanities, and related professions.

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A Case in Case Study Methodology

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