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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HP at Cultural Crossroads Case study analysis: SHUBHADIP BISWAS Section-A Pgdm 10-12 IILMGSM HP at Cultural Crossroads • Founded in 1938 in California as an electronic instruments company by Bill Hewlett and David Packard. The founders……. The product …. The logo then HP’s culture had over the years translated into a consensus-style culture that was proving to be a sharp disadvantage in the fast-growing Internet business era. HP needed a new leader to cope with rapidly changing
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The European sovereign debt crisis (often referred to as the Eurozone crisis) is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. In 1992‚ members of the European Union signed the Maastricht Treaty‚ under which they pledged to limit their deficit spending and debt levels. However‚ in the early 2000s‚ a number of EU member states were failing to stay within
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\ CASE STUDY National Foods Limited (NFL) History In 1970 the spice industry in Pakistan was unstructured‚ unbranded and loosely sold. It all started when the present management took over a small company called “National Food Laboratories Limited”. The company began its journey in a rented ware house in Dinar Chambers with the initial sales of only Rs. 16‚500 in the first year. The company created a spice mill and packaging plant
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CASE STUDY:CHAPTER 1 1. What job would you create? Why? A: The job of Manager in the workplace is to get things done through Employees. To do this Manager should be able to motivate employees. After discussing with my Manager of my Unit about the new position to help in my Department‚ I will create a new position for tracking accounts payable from clients or handling accounts payable to our service providers. If we hire someone then it will be more helpful to our department. We will Develop most
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by always keeping Portakabin’s values top of mind. IV. OBJECTIVES: To promotes its business in ways that clearly distinguish its products and services from those of its competitors. ’To provide peace of mind for our customers across Europe through quality buildings and services’. V. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION/ANALYSIS: Solution: *Television and radio
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The Preston plant of Rendall Graphics was located in Preston‚ Vancouver. The plant produced Precision coated papers for ink-jet printers which accounted for the majority of the plant’s output. It started to experience problems in the quality of their output of the ink-jet paper and had received feedback in late 1998 from Hewlett-Packard (HP) about the problem. The team at Preston worked to resolve the problem and in October of 1999 made recommendations for a revised and improved coating formulation
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Apple Inc. Case Study By: Executive Summary: Apple Inc. is a great computer technology company with a wide range of products that serve to every persons needs. Not only are their products great but so is their customer service as well. They are very loyal to their customers needs and are very good about honoring their warranties which are incredible deals. They are also steadily doing very well with their stocks and their net income over the past years. With their income up 364%
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IBM Business Process Management Success Stories IBM Business Process Management Success Stories IBM Business Process Management Success Stories Dear IBM Client‚ Thank you for your interest in learning more about how IBM customers like yourself are using BPM to make their business processes more efficient and easier to change. Our BPM approach provides you with the software‚ methods and tools proven by more than 5‚000 IBM BPM engagements worldwide in every industry to optimize business
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CASE STUDY #1 A Job Search Dilemma Eric‚ a second-semester senior‚ is looking for a job. Anxious about finding work in the worst economy in decades‚ he sends out scores of resumes for a wide variety of positions. The first call he gets is for a position that doesn’t really interest him‚ but he figures he should be open to every opportunity. He schedules an interview‚ which he aces. In fact‚ the recruiter offers Eric the job on the spot. He would like Eric to start as soon as possible. Should Eric
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