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Invernizzi, Diletta Colette, Locatelli, Giorgio, Brookes, Naomi J. and Allison, Davis (2020) Qualitative comparative analysis as a method for project studies : the case of energy infrastructure. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 133 . 110314. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2020.110314 ISSN 1364-0321.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110314
Abstract
Research based on real cases is very popular among researchers in the energy sector. There are well-established approaches for qualitative analysis of single or few cases (1-10 cases) as well as quantitative analysis of large databases (from 50+ cases). However, the “middle-ground” of analysing 10-50 cases is an unknown territory. Very few approaches exist to deal with numbers of cases that lie in the range of 10 -50. This paper shows how this “middle-ground” can be explored through Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), a methodology, that can be meaningfully applied to energy infrastructure projects (such as construction, operations, and decommissioning of power plants) in order to study causal inference (e.g. factors associated with outcomes). This paper exemplifies the potential of QCA by showing its application on an energy infrastructure phenomenon with a ‘middle-ground’ number of cases that requires exploration, that of nuclear decommissioning projects. These projects are becoming increasingly important to society, have multibillion US dollar budgets, and have an urgent requirement to match characteristics with project performance in order to avoid even further cost increase. This paper concludes by showing how QCA can be applied to energy infrastructure phenomenon with a similar number of cases of occurrence and thus provides a significant contribution to both scholars and practitioners alike.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Quantitative research, Nuclear power plants -- Decommissioning | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | ||||||||
Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1364-0321 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 133 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 110314 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110314 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 October 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2021 | ||||||||
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