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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ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases This page intentionally left blank g F O U R T H E D I T I O N ENGINEERING ETHICS Concepts and Cases CHARLES E. HARRIS Texas A&M University MICHAEL S. PRITCHARD Western Michigan University MICHAEL J. RABINS Texas A&M University Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases‚ Fourth Edition Charles E. Harris‚ Michael S. Pritchard‚ and
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The Right to Bear Arms Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a complete stranger who is in your house‚ threatening to harm you‚ and your family‚ and you cannot do anything about it. Imagine‚ not being able to go target shooting or hunting‚ because there are laws passed to prevent you from owning a firearm. The truth is‚ more and more people in this country are trying to restrict law-abiding people from owning firearms due to the overwhelming rise in gun related crimes. As law abiding
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Case Study on Local Motors : Designed by the Crowd‚ Built by the Customer Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. Dindayal Swain Ruchika Mahapatra DECLARATION I hereby declare that the case study on “LOCAL MOTORS : DESIGNED BY THE CROWD‚ BUILT BY THE CUSTOMER – A Case Study” submitted to International Business Institution‚ Bhubaneswar is a record of original work done by me. Miss Ruchika Mahapatra PGDM 2013-15 INDEX NAME PAGE NO. Background of the Company 1
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the purchasing power reduced (globalissues.org 2009). European and American where the recession seems to have handed the most impact‚ because more than 50% customers of MC were from both area. According to this situation of recession‚ this project study will help MC to analyses the current situation from many angles and make suggestions about the firm’s marketing practices. The objective is to help MC improve the profits and cross over the low ebb. (T‚ Branigan. 2009) First part of this essay is
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The major role of the healthcare financial manager is to ensure compliance. There are guidelines required for patient billing and coding which is the lifeline of the revenue cycle for hospitals that must be adhered. For example‚ when physicians submit bills that may have questionable charges it is one of their responsibilities to make sure it is accurate and if not that the error is unintentional. Take for instance a physician in Colorado accused by the U.S. Attorney of fraud. “The doctor billed
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An Analytical Study on Titan v/s Timex with respect to STP and Consumer Behaviour Prepared for: Prof. Subrat Sahu (Marketing Management) By Khushboo Mandot Roll no: 23 SKIPS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL November 13‚ 2008 Prof. Subrat Sahu Marketing Management SKIPS Dear Sir‚ I have completed the report that you requested. This report examines the differences between Titan and Timex with respect to its segmentation‚ targeting and positioning strategies as well
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CASE STUDY 2 INTERACTIVE SESSION : TECHNOLOGY IS THE IPAD A DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY ? 1. Evaluate the impact of the iPad using Porter’s competitive forces model. Traditional Competitor The traditional competitor for iPad are televisions‚ newspapers‚ books‚ music store and magazine. Supplier The iTunes music store changed the customer perception of album and music bundle. Now‚ customers have drastically reduced their consumption of album. Prefer to download one song at time. Customer
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1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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Health Care Solutions Case Study Answers 1. Assess the current strategy of HCOS toward its most critical market (mid-sized physician office). The current strategy of HCOS towards mid-sized physician’s offices is to increase their market share and profits by expanding the operation to the point that HCOS is nearly everywhere that there are mid-sized physician’s offices. This “increased market share by expansion” approach has worked for the most part. They have expanded operations to cover almost
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