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Proponents of case study have long recognised that there are different sorts of, or approaches to, case study. Box 2.2 sets out nine alternative typologies of case study: eight of them were suggested during the last two decades, along with an earlier categorisation. These are by no means the only typologies that have been suggested, although they include some of the most influential and most widely cited. It is clear that the more recent examples draw on the earlier examples (compare, for example, Eckstein and Levy). The nine examples given do, however, usefully illustrate the variety of considerations that different authors bring to bear, and the different terminologies used, as well as their common concerns.