Incorporating Space in Multimethod Research: Combining Spatial Analysis with Case-Study Research

Harbers, Imke; Ingram, Matthew C.

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“…In this study, we employed an exploratory case study approach justified by the dearth of theoretical and empirical knowledge concerning the globalisation strategies and roles of junior firms (Seawright & Gerring, 2008; Yin, 2014). After case selection, we used spatial analysis to inductively identify spatial patterns that provide insights into complex economic and social phenomena (Harbers & Ingram, 2017; Python & Brandsch, 2019), such as globalisation strategies of junior firms.…”

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Globalisation strategies and roles among Australian junior mining firms in Latin America

Nunez-Picado

Martinus

Sigler

2021

Geographical Research

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Australian junior mining firms’ globalisation strategies and roles inside the sector remain understudied in economic geography. Such firms are often overshadowed by larger global mining interests, whose operations drive most foreign direct investment, capital, and operational expenditure tied to resource extraction. Unlike large multinationals and state‐owned enterprises, junior firms are nimble, often untethered from path‐dependent national systems, less encumbered by statutory constraints or corporate structures, and less accountable to shareholders. This study sought to understand globalisation strategies and roles among junior mining firms by reference to a case study of 55 Australian junior firms in Latin America. We used spatial analysis to uncover three patterns of junior firm globalisation strategies and roles: specialised service providers supporting the further development of mature and emerging mining industries; regional spearheads opening new destinations; and mineral avant‐gardists developing new speculative industries that are critical to clean energy technologies. We conclude both that Australian junior firms play a crucial role in the development of critical resource basins in other nations and that there are significant forms of firm heterogeneity and functional integration at the core of mining globalisation that need to be more comprehensively incorporated in economic geography research.

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Globalisation strategies and roles among Australian junior mining firms in Latin America

Nunez-Picado

Martinus

Sigler

2021

Geographical Research

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“…Acknowledging the spatial nature of social science data offers researchers two pathways forward (Harbers and Ingram, 2017 b ). The first sees spatial dependence—along with other forms of dependence among observations—as a threat to inference.…”

Section: Acknowledging Spatial Dependence: Social Science As Spatial mentioning

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“…Against this background, a third argument for taking the spatial nature of social science data seriously is more practical or instrumental: treating social science data as spatial data gives researchers access to a range of tools that can be leveraged in the analysis. Regardless of whether spatial dependence is a threat to inference or of substantive interest, exploring data spatially allows researchers to better understand why phenomena are distributed unevenly or exhibit causal heterogeneity across space (Darmofal, 2015; Harbers and Ingram, 2017 b ). The point of departure for mixed-methods research is that combining quantitative and qualitative techniques yields insights beyond those gained from single-method approaches.…”

Section: Acknowledging Spatial Dependence: Social Science As Spatial mentioning

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Spatial Tools for Case Selection: Using LISA Statistics to Design Mixed-Methods Research

Ingram

Harbers

2019

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Mixed-methods designs, especially those in which case selection is regression-based, have become popular across the social sciences. In this paper, we highlight why tools from spatial analysis—which have largely been overlooked in the mixed-methods literature—can be used for case selection and be particularly fruitful for theory development. We discuss two tools for integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis: (1) spatial autocorrelation in the outcome of interest; and (2) spatial autocorrelation in the residuals of a regression model. The case selection strategies presented here enable scholars to systematically use geography to learn more about their data and select cases that help identify scope conditions, evaluate the appropriate unit or level of analysis, examine causal mechanisms, and uncover previously omitted variables.

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“…Myerson (2014) and Myerson et al (2015) tie internal political party structure to the stability of institutional reform, including decentralization itself, and to political stability more generally. Faguet (2017a and2017b) show how the move to multilevel governance in Bolivia fatally undermined a highly centralized political party system, populated by internally centralized parties. Decentralization facilitated the creation of new, regionally and locallyspecific parties and movements, undermining the national political party system, which disintegrated from the bottom up.…”

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“…For a more in-depth discussion of how to incorporate spatial dependence in comparative methodology seeGiraudy et al (forthcoming),Harbers and Ingram (2017a) andHarbers and Ingram (2017b).…”

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Measuring and theorizing regional governance

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Faguet

Harbers

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Territory, Politics, Governance

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This symposium engages two recent books on regional governance. The first sets out a measure of regional authority for 81 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific from 1950 to 2010. The second theorizes how regional governance is shaped by functional and communal pressures. These pressures are detected in many historical episodes of jurisdictional reform. These books seek to pin them down empirically. Community and efficiency appear to have tangible and contrasting effects that explain how jurisdictions are designed, why regional governance has become differentiated, and how multilevel governance has deepened over the past several decades.

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Incorporating Space in Multimethod Research: Combining Spatial Analysis with Case-Study Research

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Globalisation strategies and roles among Australian junior mining firms in Latin America

Globalisation strategies and roles among Australian junior mining firms in Latin America

Spatial Tools for Case Selection: Using LISA Statistics to Design Mixed-Methods Research

Measuring and theorizing regional governance

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