Edited by Melanie E. Hassett, Sheffield University Management School, UK and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

• Contents:1. Longitudinal Research in Organizations: An IntroductionMelanie E. Hassett and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Vignette: Nonresponse in Longitudinal Research: Charting the TerrainToon W. TarisPART I: LONGITUDITNAL RESEARCH AS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH2. Using Quantitative Longitudinal Data to Analyse the Relationship between Firm’s Internationalization and PerformanceMichael-Jörg Oesterle and Hannah N. Richta3. Planned Missing Data Designs for Longitudinal Organizational ResearchMijke Rhemtulla and Todd D. Little4. Temporal Design in Organizational ResearchJames P. Selig, Robert Hoy and Todd D. Little PART II: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH5. Studying Strategy Over Time through the Identification of Patterns of Actions: An Illustrative Case Study of the Strategies of Alcan and Alcoa from 1928 to 2007Yves Ploudre6. Longitudinal AutoethnographyPäivi Eriksson7. Narratives as Longitudinal and Process DataEriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos PART III: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS PROCESS RESEARCH8. In Search of Generative Mechanism: The Grounded Theory Approach to Process Theory BuildingZsuzsanna Vincze9. Challenges of Longitudinal Field Research in Process Studies on Business NetworksAino Halinen and Tuija Mainela10. Temporal Issues in Process ResearchCarlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio11. How to Escape an Unprocessual Legacy? A Viewpoint from International Business ResearchEriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Catherine Welch12. The Use of Time in the Design, Conduct and Write-up of Longitudinal Processual Case Study ResearchPatrick Dawson PART IV: CONDUCTING LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH13. Dealing with Unpredictability and Change in Longitudinal Studies of Organizations: A Priori versus Progressive Focusing ApproachEva A. Alfoldi and Melanie E. Hassett14. Planning Data Collection in Longitudinal Field Research: Small and not so Small Practical IssuesCarlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio15. Organizing and Executing a Longitudinally Based Research ProgramMichael A. SartorIndex

‘This Handbook is a very timely contribution to organization and business studies. Most calls for longitudinal research are made in sections of published work that deal with limitations of the study or suggestions for further research. This book places longitudinal research methods at center stage. With its practical, hands-on approach it guides us how to design a longitudinal study in and around organizations - whether qualitative or quantitative - and how to implement it. I warmly recommend this Handbook to ambitious senior and junior researchers. It makes the commonly presented excuses for not undertaking longitudinal research completely redundant.’