Which of the Following Methodological Approaches to a Research Project

Multiple Choice

Which of the following methodological approaches to a research project on interlocking directorates and global capitalism would be comparative research?

A) A researcher conducts a series of interviews with individuals on corporate boards to understand how business decisions for one firm may have to take into account the impact on other firms.
B) A researcher asks individuals on the street their opinions about (randomly) only one of the two following conditions: corporate misconduct in a U.S.-based firm,or corporate misconduct in a transnational corporation.
C) A researcher examines the differences in individuals' multiple memberships on corporate boards in the United States vs.in Europe.
D) A researcher distributes paper questionnaires to corporate board members at forty major transnational corporations asking them about their strategies to lower costs.