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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Netflix‚ Inc.‚ (NASDAQ: NFLX) is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States‚ Canada[5]‚ and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos‚ California. It started its subscription-based digital distributionservice in 1999[6] and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100‚000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25‚ 2007‚ Netflix announced the billionth
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS Chapter 1: Foundations of Information Systems in Business CASE I: 1. How do information technologies contribute to the business success of the companies depicted in the case? The information technologies contribute to the business success of the companies through immediate responds‚ first to the needs of the customers on how the company will satisfy each and every customers and the monitoring of the fast changing trends in business through the use of information technology
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CASE STUDY INTRODUCTION Today ’s fast-paced‚ competitive business environment has resulted in "rediscovery" of the human resource management function as a group that may be able to enhance firm competitiveness and performance by being "strategic" (Dyer & Kochan‚ 1995; Ulrich‚ 1997). Strategic Human Resource Management is a term describing an integrated approach to the development of Human Resource Strategy that will enable the organization to achieve its goals (Armstrong‚ 2005). Whiles strategy
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operating income with a larger amount of Operating Expenses. This means that the previous management was not able to monitor their expenses and have not had an aid for the 2 problem which is why it incurred such loss. Mr Oscar Mendoza could use this case as his basis of main focus for leasing and putting up again the hotel business. Using initiative and being efficient in a way that the utilities which are to be used in the business should not necessarily be expensive. The
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“Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.” – John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that “actions are right in proportions as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Sparknotes Editors). There are a few important aspects of this definition. It presents utility
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CASE STUDIES Submitted for course SSC 130 Essentials of Psychology February 20‚ 2013 Assignment number 05020600 THE CASE STUDY OF: THE FALLEN ATHLETE (P.79) 1. In the story‚” The right side of Tim’s body was paralyzed and he was having great difficulty trying to talk”. Thus‚ it suggests that the left hemisphere of Tim’s brain suffered during his stroke‚ because language processing occur more in the left side if the brain. In general‚ the left hemisphere concentrates
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Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation E Ink Case Study Analysis Bronikowski‚ Jasinski‚ Yoder February 10‚ 2012 Executive Summary E Ink is an attractive investment for venture capital. The company has a skilled management team that has proven able to overcome the complex technical issues of commercializing an emerging technology. As a result‚ E Ink’s current film technology is well positioned to become the dominant design in markets where E Ink has large market shares and high
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[pic] Mission Analysis • PSO‚ in their mission statement clearly state that they aim to lead the energy market through quality products and services. • • They intend to do this by creating a workforce of professionally trained‚ highly motivated people. • • They aim to create a friendly‚ team-oriented culture and acknowledge and reward good performance‚ innovation and creativity for personal growth and development of employees. • • They plan to use
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OB1 Case Study on Ethical Dilemma (Batch 17) You are the Divisional Sales Manager for a large hi-tech company in a very competitive industry. Your company sales volume is down for almost six months and your Director is putting pressure on you to increase the sales. You are in search for a topflight‚ experienced sales representative to add to your sales force‚ and you interviewed a prospective candidate. From the moment he walked confidently into your office‚ you felt that this
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