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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SOLUTION TO CASE STUDY – HARSHA AT SIRSA Summary of Case The various units of Banarsi Das are scattered. Unit I is located near the grain store having Flour mill and standby power supply. Unit II is behind the railway station having Flour mill and maintenance workshop and Unit III is next to the bus stand having Bakery and Finished Goods Store. The above mentioned all sites are at some distance from one another and there is no scope for any expansion at any of the sites. Banarsi Das’s daughter Harsha
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North Country stars Charlize Theron as a female worker at an iron mining company in Northern Minnesota who is sexually harassed and leads a class-action lawsuit against her employer for failing to protect her and other female employees. "What Josey Aimes wants is a decent job so she can put food on the table and take care of her kids. What she gets is threatened‚ insulted‚ ogled‚ fondled‚ belittled‚ attacked and called filthy names. "Take it like a man‚" her callous male boss says. Instead‚ she takes
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While writing my personal development plan‚ I realized that I am currently in the process of finding my own true north. I still feel lost but with some of the guidance in this book‚ I am beginning to understand where my own compass lies. It was also nice to read that there is no one style of leadership that is correct and that there are no universal traits or characteristics to effective leadership. This insight provided by TN really gave me a positive outlook as I had always thought to myself‚ I
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Case studies for use in Groups (First in first served! Once a group has chosen a case study‚ it is no longer available for another group. Choose carefully‚ some are more difficult than others‚ offering the chance to shine! Remember: you need to carry out ethical due-diligence. Good recommendations foresee different possible outcomes and challenges.) 1. You are a management team at a bank that is feeling competitive pressures: the financial crisis has made international borrowings more expensive and
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Ikea Invades America 1. What factors account for the success of IKEA? a. Low priced functional furniture‚ thanks to a strong cost efficiency policy. IKEA’s global sourcing presence and the volumes they trade as the worldwide leader in furniture retail‚ provide them with economies of scale. b. Scandinavian innovative and democratic designs. c. Unique distribution concept‚ based on self-service‚ to make the customer save delivery time and money. All their furniture come unassembled in flat packaging
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The Lakota Sioux were the most feared Native Americans in North America and were known to be fearless warriors. They were farmers‚ hunters and gathers as well as known for their distinct look (black long hair‚ high cheekbones‚ large noses and powwows.). They spoke their language called Lakota‚ but it has become a lost art because not many speak it anymore. The Fort Laramie Treaty was one of the most important treaty that we are going to talk about. It was signed on September 12‚ 1851. This treaty
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peoples settled North America‚ and discuss the ways in which they became differentiated from one another over time. 2. Describe the founding of European nations’ first colonies in the New World. The information in our text shows many different opinions on how North America was settled. An example would be the discovery of the Kennewick man. The discovery of the skeletal remains opened the door to more opinions of North American Settlement. It is still believed that the initial North American settlers
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Business Project Management: Case study of a project P1 –Outline the stages of the project life cycle for a selected project London 2012 Games Construction Project London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games created the need for a major regeneration and constructions programme to provide the venues and infrastructure needed to stage the games. The project was extensive‚ technically and politically challenging and up against a fixed deadline of July 2012. The publicly funded body established in 2006
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Land and Climate of Florida Florida is part of the “Atlantic-Gulf Coastal Plain.” This huge region of land reaches across the coast from New Jersey to southern Texas. The Atlantic Coastal Plain of Florida covers the entire eastern part of the state. It is a truncated‚ smooth plain stretching from 30 to 100 miles in thickness. This is one of the three main land regions in Florida. The other two are the East Gulf Coastal Plain and the Florida Uplands. A fine strip of coral reefs‚ sand bars‚ and barrier
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