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	Multiple Case-Based Grounded Theory	Case Study Research
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1980s–1990s (integrative development)	1984 (seminal codification)
Ideatore	Synthesised from Kathleen Eisenhardt (multiple-case logic) and Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (grounded theory)	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)
Tipo	Qualitative research design combining case study and grounded theory	Qualitative research design
Fonte seminale	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
Alias	multi-case grounded theory, MCGT, comparative case grounded theory, cross-case grounded theory	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
Correlati	6	5
Sintesi	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.	Case study research is a qualitative research design that investigates a specific phenomenon, individual, group, organisation, or event in depth within its real-world context. Systematised by Robert K. Yin in 1984, it supports single-case and multiple-case designs and draws on multiple data sources — interviews, observation, documents, and artefacts — to build a rich, contextualised account of a bounded unit.