@article { , title = {On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management}, abstract = {Researchers now use qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) beyond its original purposes in political and sociological sciences and apply this method of analysis in the field of management. This article offers a comprehensive and critical review of all the uses of QCA in management studies up until February 2015. This study shows how QCA extends beyond an empirical technique and how this method offers a genuine formalization of qualitative analysis, which opens new ways of knowledge production in management scholarship. This also study provides important implications for business management research.}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.125}, issn = {0148-2963}, issue = {4}, note = {The authors thank the anonymous reviewers, the special issue JBR editors, and the participants at the 2015 GIKA conference held in Valencia, Spain, for their careful reading and suggestions. Send correspondence to Anderson Konan Seny Kan, Toulouse Business School, 20 Boulevard Lascrosses,}, pages = {1458-1463}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Elsevier}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1367785}, volume = {69}, keyword = {Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), Management, Organization, Crisp-set, Fuzzy-set, Multi-value}, year = {2016}, author = {Konan, Anderson and Kan, Seny and Adegbite, Emmanuel and Omari, Sami El and Abdellatif, Mahamat} }