Journal of Operations Management 20 (2002) 419–433 Effective case research in operations management: a process perspective I. Stuart∗ ‚ D. McCutcheon‚ R. Handfield‚ R. McLachlin‚ D. Samson Faculty of Business‚ University of Victoria‚ P.O. Box 1700‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8W 2Y2 Received 8 August 2001; received in revised form 26 October 2001; accepted 11 March 2002 Abstract Despite many calls for case-based operations management research‚ the successful publication rate of such articles
Premium Research Scientific method Case study
processes and the story types that we conventionally use to endow the events of our lives with culturally sanctioned meanings." The myth we know as the Boston Tea Party was not always the coherent narrative we recognize today. With each passing generation‚ different groups have appropriated the public memory of the Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor to forward their own agendas. Specifically‚ women’s suffragists throughout
Premium American Revolution Boston Tea Party United States Declaration of Independence
The truth of the accounts that took place December 16‚ 1773‚ a day remembered by Americans as The Boston Tea Party‚ is one that is disputed. It seems as though there is a basic story of American patriots dressed as Indians‚ carrying tomahawks and hatchets boarding three ships in the Boston Harbor and throwing overboard over 300 cargo containers full of British East-Indian Company tea that was sent by England to tax the colonies without agreement. These acts were carried out without damage to any
Premium Boston Tea Party
Boston Marathon Bombings: A Legal Interpretation The two explosions that tore through the Boston Marathon nearly two years ago were like the second starting gun on April 15‚ 2013‚ a race against time to identify and capture the terrorists responsible. Bostonians were relived after an extensive manhunt ended in the apprehension of the Boston Marathon suspects‚ but which raised a host of legal issues including the potential consequence of authorities’ decision not to read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights
Premium United States Marathon Massachusetts
problem of smuggling tea in the colonies. All of this was seen by the colonists as an attempt to damage their commerce‚ often driven by the smuggling of tea. The solution was the action of protest remembered as the Boston Tea Party. In order to understand the cause for the protest of the Boston Tea Party‚ it’s important to investigate the continuous increase of the taxes on sugar‚ on coffee‚ on wine and on paper imposed from Great Britain. The colonists that participated in this act of rebellion belonged
Premium United States Thirteen Colonies American Revolution
KFC VS Boston market The companies I used for my observations are KFC and Boston Market. Both restaurants specialize in chicken meals but the two companies take very different approaches to gain the competitive advantage over the competition. KFC is most known for its fried chicken original and spicy Dark or light meat. Boston market is known for its Rotisserie style chicken original and spicy light or dark meat. They’re both easy on the wallet and have menu options for individual meals and
Premium Meat Fast food Pork
that had impacted many lives. This event is known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was considered to be a street fight that took place when a mob started to throw snowballs‚ stones and sticks at a squad of British soldiers. In the end‚ five colonists resulted in death. This was caused by the developing tensions in the American colonies that had been growing ever since the Royal troops had first appeared. I believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of self-defense. I say this because‚
Premium American Revolution Thirteen Colonies United States Declaration of Independence
Death of a Salesman Boston Hotel room (Act 2) In Arthur miller’s death of a salesman‚ Biff and Willy had a complicated relationship along these years. This all happened and started when Biff caught Willy having an affair with other woman. From that moment‚ Biff gave up on this future and his dream of getting into the University of Virginia‚ and his relationship and admiration to his father. The Boston hotel room retreat scene late in Act 2 is significant because it changed Biff’s goals‚ his
Premium Hotel Hotels Motel
Plateaus. The first plateau in the Ozark Mountain is the Boston Plateau which is up to 2‚600 feet. It is located in the northern part of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Some people might know this plateau as the Boston Mountain‚ because of their ruggedness. Boston Mountain is one of the highest plateaus in the Ozark region. The rock type is sandstone and shale. Oak and hickory forests are the type of forests Boston has. There are many rivers in the Boston Plateau such as white river and the little red river
Premium Life
1. Introduction An organization’s operations function is concerned with getting things done i.e. producing goods and/or services for customers. Effectively‚ the main objective of the operations function is to produce those goods and services required by customers whilst managing resources as efficiently as possible. 2. RELATINSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS The operations function lies at the heart of any organization and interacts with all the other functions. Although
Premium Operations management Management