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Re-examining the Consistency in fsQCA

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New Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management in Organizations (GIKA 2015)

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Fuzzy set Quality Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) is gaining popularity in social studies. FsQCA uses set theory to describe the sufficient relationship between the combination of antecedents and outcome. Hence, the assessment of the relationship is very important. One of the functions is called consistency. FsQCA consider the sufficient relationship as a subset relationship, which is different from the relationship in logic. This study aims to re-examine the function of consistency and propose a new function. A data set is used to demonstrate process. The new consistency suits logic theory and yields more combinations of antecedents than those of the current consistency.

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  1. Department of International Trade, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kun-Huang Huarng

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  1. University Polytechnic of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Daniel Palacios-Marqués

  2. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Domingo Ribeiro Soriano

  3. Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kun Huang Huarng

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Huarng, KH. (2015). Re-examining the Consistency in fsQCA. In: Palacios-Marqués, D., Ribeiro Soriano, D., Huarng, K. (eds) New Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management in Organizations. GIKA 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 222. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22204-2_10

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