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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the furniture industry. Application of Lean in the job shop environment stumbles on a variety of obstacles‚ primarily due to the high product mix‚ which explains why extensive utilization of lean is not reported in the journals for this industrial sector. Most of the reported applications and documentations are discussing lean in cases where there are a few families of high volume products and processes involved. The reports mainly fail to detail the ways waste is removed. The recommendations are far
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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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CASE STUDY AND ANALYSIS I. TITLE OF THE CASE “Andy’s Recipe” II. POINT OF VIEW Andy Garafallo III. TIME FRAME Present IV. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION A. Company Background Andy Garfallo an Italian restaurant owner and manager‚ whose restaurant is celebrating 25th anniversary and continuously offering his recipe for success since founded. Andy is a type of manager who is not only a boss but a manager and a teacher as well. But just like any other business Andy is also confronted
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the managerial decision-making process What is SWOT? * S strengths * W weaknesses * O opportunities * T threats 2.2 Case study on Strategic management process In this case‚ I have study internationally known home furnishing retailer‚ which is (IKEA) the larger furniture retailer in this world. The purpose of this case study is to analyze the objectives and strategies used by IKEA‚ SWOT analyzing and discuss major issue that the company faced. IKEA is a privately-held
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MGMT 497 Sample Case Study: Costco Five-Forces Analysis of the Competition in the Wholesale Club Industry Rivalry Among Existing Players—a strong competitive force All wholesale clubs (Costco‚ Sam’s Club‚ and BJ’s Wholesale) offer low prices to attract members and provide them with considerable cost savings enough to more than cover membership fees. The rivalry among them is vigorous and will remain so: All 3 club rivals are aggressively pursuing top-line revenue growth (chiefly by opening
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON XYLYS: EXPLORING CONSUMER PERCEPTION ABOUT PREMIUM WATCHES IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:- Professor Dr. D.D Swain Iliyas ahmad Associate Professor (Marketing) 1st Year PGDM DECLARATION I Iliyas ahmad‚ student of IMI Bhubaneswar PGDM 2012-2014 1st batch
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Center SOLVENCIA Country Risk Case Study © CCMP-2008 Country Risk Analysis : Solvencia & Casino Bank- Bouchet Michel-H‚ CERAM Global Finance Center TABLE of Contents 1. Case Presentation and Introduction- Pedagogical support note 2. Country risk case study: Solvencia and Casino Bank 3. Excel spreadsheet 4. Annex: questions and answers regarding international bond issue and country risk 5. Case correction 1: Final Country Risk Report 6. Case Correction 2: Excel spreadsheets‚
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KCCB Missing Masterpiece Case Study Summary This case is all about a well reputed commercial television station named KCCB‚ which was famed for its local programming and news; fell back on schedule of airing a documentary which was misplaced. This was the leading station until a year ago; KCCB had the highest concentration ratio from the entire industry‚ but later on they tended to feel that they are losing the game sluggishly as the competitors carry out all sorts of tactics to improve their base
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A Review of the IDEO Process Ron Moen October 25‚ 2001 Innovation is now the centerpiece of corporate strategies and initiatives. However‚ barriers to creativity abound. Innovation and structure are like oil and water. Bureaucracy does not allow risk. Experts can inadvertently block an innovation by saying‚ “It’s never been done that way.” IDEO is a widely admired‚ award-winning design and development firm in Palo Alto‚ California. For founder David M. Kelley and his colleagues‚ work is
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