Methoden vergleichen

	Multiple Case-Based Grounded Theory	Vergleichende Fallstudie
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1980s–1990s (integrative development)	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)
Urheber	Synthesised from Kathleen Eisenhardt (multiple-case logic) and Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (grounded theory)	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Typ	Qualitative research design combining case study and grounded theory	Qualitative / mixed research design
Wegweisende Quelle	Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Building theories from case study research. Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 532–550.	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Aliasnamen	multi-case grounded theory, MCGT, comparative case grounded theory, cross-case grounded theory	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis
Verwandt	6	4
Zusammenfassung	Multiple case-based grounded theory is a qualitative research design that embeds grounded theory's inductive coding logic inside a structured multiple-case framework. Rather than generating theory from a single site or interview pool, researchers iteratively collect and analyze data across two or more purposefully selected cases, using constant comparison both within and across cases until theoretical saturation is reached. The result is a substantive theory grounded in rich, cross-site empirical evidence.	Comparative case study is a qualitative research design in which two or more bounded cases are studied in depth and then systematically compared to identify similarities, differences, and patterns across contexts. Rooted in Yin's replication logic and Stake's multiple case framework, it is particularly suited to questions that ask how or why a phenomenon unfolds differently — or similarly — across distinct settings, populations, or time periods.