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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CASE STUDY: FREE-PRODUCT CEOMPETITORS CHALLENGE MICROSOFT A Written Report Presented to Prof. Maria Theresa Requilman Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Intramuros‚ Manila In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master in Business Administration By Analyn P. Deogracias November 2014 BACKGROUND Microsoft is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington‚ that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ supports and sells computer
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The article “Welcoming a New Generation to College: The Millennial Students‚” by Elam‚ Stratton‚ and Gibson (2007) describes an overview of the current generation of pre-college and college age students‚ and furthermore provides their unique qualities and challenges to study. Beginning with a summary of the topic and then continuing about the history of the generations’ developments‚ including the G.I. generation‚ the Silent generation‚ the Boom generation‚ and the Generation X in the fields of
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CASE STUDY SOLUTION The Carter Cleaning Company Ahmed Ali ID: 11901 Chapter 4: Job Analysis Continuing Case: The carter cleaning company: The job description 1. What should be the format and final form of the store manager’s job description? Answer: The format noted in figure 4-6 could be a reasonable format to use. Students may recommend that Jen should include a “standards of performance” section in the job description. This lists the standards the employee is expected to achieve under each
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Case Study Analysis Framework - Written Analysis is organized in the following parts (developed by J. T. Kowalski) Step 1: Introduction State the full title of the case study‚ author names‚ year published Title: Contested Territory: Parents and Teachers Wrestle for Power in an Urban Neighborhood School located Within a Gentrifying Community Authors: David Mayrowetz‚ John Price Year Published: 2005 Describe the situation of the case Thomas Payne Elem. – had several concerns including: school
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Outline Details I. Time context. Specify the time context (month and year) if the case fact is explicit about it. The times context should tell us when the problem was observed‚ which requires the necessity of an action. A business problem requiring an action in pre-martial law days will have a different action if it were to be tackled today. Likewise‚ a business problem requiring an action that is different from the action to be taken during a period of stable prices
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A case study of intercultural communication in a multicultural classroom in the Brisbane Metropolitan area By Min Jeong Ko BA‚ BEd (primary) [postgraduate] 2008 Acknowledgement I would like to extend my gratitude to Associate Professor‚ John Lidstone without whom it would have been impossible for me to complete this study. I cannot emphasise enough how grateful I am for his encouragement and guidance throughout the times when I was lost and confused. With his endless effort and kindness
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Conclusion Lastly‚ the writer comes to the end of the chapter of conclusion from all of the chapters previously. This research focuses on mental disorder of anxiety and the treatment‚ defense mechanism. The writer discuss those in Into The Wild which is written by Jon Krakauer. In the novel‚ the writer finds two kinds of anxiety that are realistic anxiety and morality anxiety. For defense mechanism‚ the book contains of three levels of defense mechanism‚ which are immature‚ neurotic and mature defense
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Conclusion In this experiment‚ we measured the mass of 4 gasses; oxygen‚ carbon dioxide‚ helium‚ and lab gas. We took a Ziplock bag‚ and turned into a non-stretchy balloon‚ and filled with each gas and measured the apparent mass then calculated the actual mass‚ then find a ratio between the mass of oxygen and the other gasses. We tried to keep the pressure about the same each time so our calculations would be more accurate. We found out that the heaviest was carbon dioxide‚ and the lightest
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Research paper The impact of ICT on students’ study habits. Case study: University of Buea‚ Cameroon Tah Babila Mbah Fon’s Street‚ Bamenda‚ P. O. Box 422‚ Bamenda NWR‚ Cameroon. E-mail: prazbabs@yahoo.ca. Tel: +237 770 662 32. Accepted 19 September‚ 2010 This research aimed at investigating the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on students’ study habits. The research was conducted with two main purposes; Firstly‚ to investigate students’ familiarity and attitude towards ICTs
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