2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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John Peter Zenger was born on October 26‚1697 in Rhine country of Germany called the Palatinate. He was a German American printer. John was married to Anna Catherina Maulin. They got married in 1722 and they were married until 1746. John Peter Zenger died on July 28‚1746. John’s nationality was American German. He was known for the Zenger case. In 1711 Zenger was apprenticed for 8 years to William Bradford one of the pioneers of American printing (ushistory.org). When he completed his apprenticeship
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Week 3 Case Study: John & Jacob‚ Inc.‚ Online Trading System” Alison Richards MGMT410IN_F Human Resource Management November 10‚ 2011 1. In terms of utilizing the best methods where Edward is able to involve the brokers (users) in the development of the new online trading system he should require two of the brokers to stand as representation of the entire group. In terms of doing a questionnaire he has to make sure he have all the right questions is store to ask to get the appropriate answers
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Cisco Systems Uses Its Culture for Competitive Advantage Case Study 1. What are the observable artifacts‚ espoused values‚ and basic assumptions associated with Cisco’s culture? Explain. The above terms are also known as the three fundamental layers of organizational culture‚ each varying in outward visibility and resistance to change an each level influences another level. Observable artifacts are the most visible and also cosist of the physical manifestation of an organization’s culture (Kreitner
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few‚ are often sealed for a variety of reasons. However‚ when documents are sealed‚ or kept secret‚ in highly publicized cases it becomes very intriguing and mysterious with potential conspiracy implications. In this list I have gathered what I hope are 10 interesting unopened and opened documents that were sealed or not available to the public‚ for one reason or the other. CASE – 1 - DR. DAVID KELLY’S POST MORTEM David Kelly worked for the U.K Ministry of Defense as an expert in bio-weapons. He
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1. Identify Ethical Issues - John Spratt is the human resources director of StarCo Ltd.‚ who has recently begun a romantic relationship with a female employee; Jean Wakabashi. - Jean has applied for company health benefits‚ but does not qualify as she is applying for her son‚ who is autistic‚ to receive medical attention for his disorder. - John has the option to withhold part of Jean situation and provide her son with health benefits‚ however this would violate company policy‚ and could put John’s
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AACS4794 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Case Studies Case Study 1: A Giant Step for Mattress Giant (May 2007) Mattress Giant is one of America’s largest bedding retailers‚ with 240 stores in 14 states. For years‚ the company spent more than $20 million (about RM70 million) annually‚ about 10 percent of its revenue‚ advertising to people in their mid-30s‚ whose household income was $30‚000 - $40‚000 (about RM105‚000 - RM140‚000) per year .and who drove domestic car. As it
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CASE STUDY A DAY AT SEAGRAVES Dr. David Pope arrived at his office at 8:10 in a foul mood. One of his children kept him up half the night with a flu. He is usually able to spend a couple of hours in the evening at home reading reports from his department heads‚ but the sick child had precluded last night. His secretary greeted him cheerily and handed him three phone messages that have come in already. Dr. Pope was the director for engineering for the Seagraves Corporation. Two of the messages
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Quantitative Methods • Dance with Chance • Black Swan 4 QUANTITATIVE METHODS CASE MAPPING Chapter Basic Concepts of Scales & Measurements Detailed Syllabus Nominal‚ ordinal‚ interval and ratio scales. Review of central tendencies and dispersion Session Key Concepts 1 Scales Case Study College Canteen’s Decreasing Beverages’ Sales: Analysis Dilemmas Abstract Meant for ‘Scales of Measurement’‚ this case study presents Raghu’s • analysis dilemma‚ the owner-manager of Matrix canteen‚ which sells
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HBR CASE STUDY ON “THE BEST OF INTENTIONS” - John Humphreys Submitted To Prof. Neeta Jain FORE School of Management Analysis Submitted By – Aayushi Singh (221002) Anjali Gera (221001) Ankit Arora (221022) Deeptiman Dasgupta (221039) Gaurav Maheshwari (221049) Gagandeep Chawla (221046) Analysis 1 – Issues in the case The major issues in the case are: i. Discrimination between employees – a) On grounds of gender : Some territories of business at AgFunds were conservative and the customers
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