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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“Bro these guys are huge! We are about to get beat so bad. And look how fast they are.” Austin Blake was usually never intimidated. As the captain of the defense he was generally so stoic you would have thought there was no one he couldn’t beat. His attitude always inspired confidence and tenacity in us. He was our fearless leader. But today it seemed as if his lack of confidence was just a foreshadowing of yet another total mental and physical collapse of a team in the face of Westwood High school
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Global Strategy and Leadership SMA 要重 Module Module 1 - An introducing to strategy and leadership Introducing strategy and leadership The evolution of strategy Differentiating strategy Operational effectiveness Competitive strategy productivity frontier Figure 1.1 Reading 1.1 Are you sure you have a strategy? The elements of strategy Arenas Vehicles Differentiaors Staging Economic logic IKEA Table 1 Testing the quality of your strategy The emergence ( ) of strategy Developing
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Technology & Services Fast-track Pharmaceutical Facilities a report by NNE Being the first to market has been the key to success in almost every manufacturing industry. This increasingly applies to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Pharmaceutical companies want to be able to get their discoveries into production as soon as the last regulatory hurdle in the clinical trials has been passed. “The biotech industry is going to become similar to the electronics industry”‚ Hans Ole Voigt
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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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through various motivational perspectives and theories. Each sales representative’s situation is individually addressed. The author then reflects on practical application of motivational theories in his personal work environment. Omega Pharmaceuticals manufactures and distributes Obstetrics-Gynecology drugs to wholesale distributors. Omega utilizes an internal sales office with twelve independent sales representatives to market its products to wholesale distributors and doctor’s offices.
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Introduction: The Reliable Pharmaceutical Service is a privately held company incorporated in 1975 in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. It provides pharmacy services to health-care delivery organizations that are too small to have their own in-house pharmacy. The Reliable pharmaceutical industry (RPS) has been doing well but with the coming of new technology and software implementation RPS has lost its effective business. Order-entry‚ billing‚ and inventory-management procedures are a hodgepodge of manual
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the Cola Wars? Steve M. McKelvey Overview of the Soft Drink Industry Coca-Cola: The Defending Champion Since its inception in the late 1800s‚ Coca-Cola has experienced meteoric growth‚ progressing from nine glasses per day to nearly 4.5 billion cases on an annual basis ("Top 10‚" 2004). Today‚ Coca-Cola offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries and controls the highest market share (44%) in the soft drink market ("Top 10‚" 2004). In addition to its leading global market-share‚ Coca-Cola also
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Sweeper"‚ William Blake displays the despondent urban life of a young chimney sweeper during the coming of the industrial revolution in order to emphasize the theme of innocence through Marxism and to inform people of the harsh working conditions during the times of child labor promoting political reform. William Blake was born in London on November 28‚ 1757‚ to James and Catherine Blake. From early childhood‚ Blake spoke of having visions. He learned to read and write at home. Blake expressed a wish
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Part A: Management’s Risk Assessment Business: Pharmaceutical Company I planned to start GetWell Pharmaceutical Company dealing in manufacture medicinal products‚ such as headache and cold remedies etc‚ as well as on demands of the customers at competitive rates in the market. Get Well Pharmaceutical Company will increase its market share in general and target a specific segment of the market related to dread disease through enhancement of research and development work. Objective: It can be described
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