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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Group Case 3: MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 Executive Summary Assumptions The following are the assumptions we made through the whole analysis. The predicted revenues from 1983 to 1990 were assumed to follow the pattern in Exhibit 9A‚ despite the uncertainty of the higher access charge and competition increase. The marginal tax rate is 30% during that period. The firm must keep minimal cash balance of $100 million to support its operating activities. However
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The Business Enterprise Trust DO MOTOROLA (A) T he vote was eleven to one and Robert Galvin stood alone. It was 1979 and Galvin‚ the CEO and President of electronics giant Motorola‚ had just proposed to his Board of Directors that the firm make an extraordinary commitment to training its workers — from executives to shop floor employees. He recommended establishing a department devoted to educating employees with one major goal: improving product quality. Galvin had made the proposal
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aspects of the business environment. How is Business Architecture scoped? The way in which the business architecture is scoped depends on a number of factors. In some cases‚ the key elements of the business architecture may be done in other activities‚ such as the enterprise mission‚ vision‚ strategy and goals. In cases where little Business Architecture work has been done before‚ it is necessary to research‚ verify and gain buy-in to the key business objectives and the processes that the
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International School Of Business Management‚ Suresh Gyan Vihar University‚ Jaipur 2013 Economics of the Barmer Refinery Author - Dr. Ruchi Goyal‚ Associate professor‚ ISBM Dr. Trilok Kumar Jain‚ Dean‚ ISBM Large projects have many plus and minus points. Investing in large projects involves huge outflow of resources. These projects also have many un-wanted side effects on people living in neighboring areas. These projects also change the aspirations and consumption habits of
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“”HERO MOTO CORP”” Group “S3R” Shresth Kashyap Sushobhan Das Rajesh Verma Saikat Das ANNUAL Report (hero Moto Corp) Director Report Mar 2012 The‚ the Directors of Hero Moto Corp Ltd.‚ are delighted to present the 29th Annual Report for the financial year 2011-12. The Report is being presented along with the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended March 31‚ 2012‚ of its first complete financial year since embarking its solo journey.
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CBU Case Study Accounting today is much more complex and difficult to understand than it has been in the past. Due to the increasing complexity Accounting Information Systems have been created to alleviate some of the pressures facing accountants. According to Frederick Jones and Dasaratha Rama (2006)‚ Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are moving businesses from the functional approach to an integrated approach for managing transactions (p.684). Having knowledge and experience with the
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1-0 SUMMARY Jack Taylor began his business of Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 1962 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Following the successfully philosophy of‚ "Take care of your customers and employees first‚ and profits will follow"‚ Enterprise grew steadily to become the nation’s largest rent-a-car company. What separated Enterprise from its other competitors such as Hertz‚ Avis‚ and Alamo was the fact that the company focused on two segments of the home-city market rather than appealing to the airport-rental
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Engineering Management Student Learning Outcome Assessment Report Fall 2010 1. Department/Program Mission The mission of the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department is to Equip individuals with engineering‚ management and systems expertise to prepare them to be leaders in the identification and solution of technical and organizational problems that are complex and evolving Conduct innovative and pioneering research that continues to expand the body of knowledge in Engineering
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EMBA 685 Managing Information Technology Taught by Fazil Chouakri Case Study Assignment KL Worldwide Enterprises Inc.: Putting Information Technology to Work Submitted by Mark Lemoine September 14th‚ 2012 John Molson School of Business Concordia University Montréal‚ Québec‚ Canada Case Study Assignment - KL Worldwide Enterprises Inc.: Putting Information Technology to Work By Mark Lemoine Question #1: What would be your prioritized list of IT investments? Four IT investments
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