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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ACF: CONGOLEUM CORPORATION Summary Congoleum Corporation has three product market segments: home furnishings‚ shipbuilding and automotive and industrial distribution. In 1979‚ First Boston Corporation bid for an LBO of Congoleum for a price per share of $38. The purpose of this analysis is to assess Congoleum as a LBO candidate and determine whether the offer made by First Boston Corporation is fair. 1. Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt
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and Potential Treatment I Case Studies Brenda L. Brown Axia College of University of Phoenix Causes and Potential Treatment II Case Studies Case Study I: Josephine a 47 year old woman whom I label her with the disorder of Schizoid
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| Principles of Economics‚ 6th Edition | An extraordinarily high rate of inflation | ii) | | | | Case Study 1 1. The Case Study 01 article described Zimbabwe as experiencing “galloping hyperinflation”. According to your textbook‚ what is the definition of hyperinflation? Consequences: | Explainations | i) Price | | ii) Stock Market | | 2. According to the Case Study 1 article‚ what is happening in Zimbabwe due to the hyperinflation? List two points. 3. Describer the
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Case Study: Launching Inspired Dining Experiences at The Bay‚ Canada’s Iconic Department Store It was an inspired afternoon that had our Strategic Objectives team revelling in just how delectable our job can be. After setting Canadian foodies all a-Twitter in early 2011 with the announcement it was re-imagining its foodservice options from coast to coast‚ The Bay‚ Canada’s leading department store finally opened its first two new dining destinations‚ Bannock and Foodwares Market‚ at its flagship
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COMPARITIVE MAAGEMENT International Corporation M.MASOOD AHMED QAMAR 01-111081-086 BBA 7th C SUBMITTED TO: SIR COL.MANZOOR AWAN 5/6/2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY PROFILE 1 HISTORY 2 Introduction: 2 Products and Innovation: 2 SWOT ANALYSIS: 4 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: 5 Mission statement: 5 Policies: 5 Formal Structure: 7 Organization Division: 8 ORGANIZATION CULTURE: 10 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: 11 Ways in which Strength are Exploited: 12
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Marriott Corporation Jacob Piquette Jingjin Cen Chen Huo Wenkao Wu Accurately Measuring Debt Capacity For Marriott Corporation While management was correct in some aspects of measuring debt capacity for Marriott Corporation‚ the method used to obtain the ratio of 6.64 did not include the debt from the previous repurchase‚ grossly overstating the ratio and leading to believe that Marriott Corporation had a large unsused portion of debt capacity. This is shown in Exhibit 5. After thorough analysis
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Facts: The parties to the lawsuit are Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (the defendants) and the National Labor Relations Board (the plaintiffs). The National Labor Relations Board found the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation to violate the principles of National Relations Act of 1935. Thus‚ they decided to charge and order Jones & Laughlin‚ the executives of the Steel CORP‚ to drop all practices within their corporation that violated the principles of the National Labor Relations Act and to follow
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SELECTA I. Summary Selecta was unknown and a dying brand when RFM Corporation bought it in a bid to contest Magnolia¡¦s monopoly of the Philippine ice cream market. And when RFM Corporation bought Selecta in 1990‚ the company through its winning formula of high-quality‚ marketing innovation‚ modern production technology and strong distribution network was able to capture 39% of the ice cream market from 1% Nationwide after more than 2 years from taking over the ownership. With the increasingly
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Managerial Accounting and Control Semester 2‚ 2011 Individual Case Study Kanthal A (Weight: 10% of Final Grade) Due Date for submission: 4pm Friday 2nd September‚ 2011 Each student needs to complete a case study write-up and submit by the due date following the submission requirements outlined in the course profile (and provided below). Students need to address the following questions in their case study write-up for the Kanthal A case: 1. Describe the competitive environment in which
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