I had the "luxury" of being invited to present a guest seminar on Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and the logic of necessity in causality at my alma mater, Hanyang University! Developed by Dr. Jan Dul, NCA has shown rapid growth in the field of tourism & hospitality since its first application in 2019 (https://lnkd.in/gtdkr2gn), offering researchers a method to theorize/test necessity-based causal relationships. This causal approach is valued for its strong predictive capabilities and parsimony.
NCA works for both experimental and observational studies. It also complements PLS-SEM effectively (check Richter et al., 2020, https://lnkd.in/gzTQiPPu), integrated within the SmartPLS software for analysis.
Since 2020, I have been serving on the NCA development team.