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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DEMAND FOR TEA EXCEEDED THE SUPPLY‚ DRIVING UP ITS PRICE (A Case Study Analysis) Presented to the Faculty of NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY Manila‚ Philippines under the advisory of Prof. IRENEO R. AGUILAN In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject MACROECONOMIC THEORY 1st Semester‚ AY 2012-2013 Presented by Baja‚ Mark Joseph E. Buenaventura‚ Ariel B. Gabito‚ Charlene T. Tullao‚ Perlene Marie G. Young‚ Camela M. September 10‚ 2012
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Chapter Case Study WEIGHT WATCHERS VS. JENNY CRAIG 1 Ever wanted to lose weight? For about 71 million Americans‚ the answer is yes.2 For weight-loss companies‚ that’s the right answer. The weight-loss industry‚ worth over $46 billion in 2004‚ is growing steadily because lifestyles and food choices are working against the desire to lose weight. Most Americans spend their days sitting in front of a computer and their evenings sitting in front of a television. Restaurant meals‚ prepared foods
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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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Apple Case Study -- The advantages and disadvantages of Non-GAAP earnings relative to GAAP earnings based on subscription accounting Advantage: 1. Management believes investors will benefit from greater transparency in referring to these non-GAAP financial measures when assessing the Company’s operating results‚ as well as when forecasting and analyzing future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures can be a supplement to the Company’s GAAP financial measures‚ which helps analyst know more about
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Case Analysis # 4 -- Elaine Decides to Try Her Hand at Investing Elaine Tolbert is a 28-year-old management trainee at a large chemical company. She is single and has no plans for marriage. Her annual salary is $34‚000 (placing her in the 15 percent tax bracket)‚ and her monthly expenditures come to approximately $1‚500. During the past year or so‚ Elaine has managed to save around $8‚000‚ and she expects to continue saving at least that amount each year for the foreseeable future. Her company pays
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THE EUROPEAN TOUR OPERATORS CASE Table of contents Contents 1 PESTEL Analysis 4 1.1 Political Factors 4 1.2 Economic factors 4 1.3 Social Factors 5 1.4 Technological factors 5 1.5 Environmental Factors 5 1.6 Legal Factors 6 2 Porter’s Five Forces 6 2.1 Force.1 Threats of New entrants 6 2.2 Force.2 Threat of substitute products or services 6 2.3 Force.3 Bargaining power of buyers (Customers) 7 2.4 Force.4 Bargaining power of suppliers 7 2.5 Force.5 Intensity
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the measurement of personality. This report will present two of these approaches and further discuss‚ compare‚ and contrast a personality measure of each approach. The personality approaches and measures under focus are the well known trait model‚ Big Five and its widely used measure‚ the Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-PIR) (Costa & McCrae‚ 1992)‚ and the also commonly applied‚ but at the same time often criticized‚ Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) (Myers‚ 1962)
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chapter I FOUNDATIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN BUSINESS The 2004 Athens Olympics Network: Faster‚ Stronger - and Redundant Lufthansa:Taking Mobile Computing to the Skies While Keeping the Mobile Workforce Connected Aviall Inc.: From Failure to Success with Information Technology Continental Airlines:This Callis Being Monitored chapter 2 COMPETING WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GE‚Dell‚ Intel‚and Others:The Competitive Advantage of InformationTechnology The U.S.Department of Commerce:
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Internship Report Customer Satisfaction: A Study on Bank Alfalah Limited Exam Roll: 020016 Internship Report on Customer Satisfaction: A Study on Bank Alfalah Limited Prepared For: Chairman Internship Placement Committee Prepared By: Exam Roll No.: 020016 Registration No.: 18122 4th Year‚ 8th Semester Batch No.: 12th‚ BBA Program Academic Session:
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