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Applications of case study research

Robert K. Yin
01 Jan 1993-
TL;DR: A Case Study of a Neighborhood Organization Initiation and Structure of the Organization Revitalization Activities and Their Support Relationship to Voluntary Associations and Networks Relationship to City Government Outcomes.
Abstract: Theory The Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies What is the Case Study Method? What is the Role of Theory in Doing Case Studies Exploratory Case Studies Case Selection and Screening: Criteria and Procedures Causal Case Studies I: Factor Theories Causal Case Studies II: Explanatory Theories Descriptive Scase Studies Conclusions Descriptive Case Studies A Case Study of a Neighborhood Organization Initiation and Structure of the Organization Revitalization Activities and Their Support Relationship to Voluntary Associations and Networks Relationship to City Government Outcomes List of Respondents and Annotated Bibliography Computer Implementation in a Local School System The Computer System in Operation Organizational Issues Explanatory Case Studies A Nutshell Example: The Effect of a Federal Award on a University Computer Science Department Essential Ingredients of Explanatory Case Studies: Three Drug Prevention Examples Simplified Case Example No. 1: "Town Meetings Galvanize Action Against Drug Dealing" Simplified Case Example No. 2: "Interagency Collaboration to Reduce BWI Incidents" Simplified Case Example No. 3: "Designated Driver Program, Delivered Through Vendors" "Transforming" a Business Firm Through Strategic Planning Company Profile and Conditions Leading to Change Strategic Plan Transforms the Business Chronology Sheriff's Combined Auto Theft Task Force The Practice and Its Funding Implementation of the Practice Outcomes to Date Chronology Cross-Case Analyses Technical Assistance for HIV/AIDS Community Planning Defining a Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Technical Assistance (TA) Documented Outcomes, Varieties of TA Studied and Possible Rival Explanations for the Outcomes Findings on Individual Hypotheses Regarding Reasons for Successful TA Delivery Proposal Processing by Public and Private Universities Introduction to the Study The Time Needed to Process and Submit Proposals Costs of Preparing Proposals Case Studies of Transformed Firms Why Study Transformed Firms? What is a Transformed Firm? What Kind of Transformation Did the Firms Experience? Did the Transformations Share Common Conditions Summary: General Lessons About Transformed Firms About the author
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Introduction to Case Study

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Winston Tellis1•
Fairfield University1
01 Jul 1997-The Qualitative Report
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. But they do not discuss the characteristics of the case methodology.
Abstract: This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem faced by Fairfield University, the characteristics of the case methodology, and lays the foundation for the selection of this research technique for the current study. The paper begins with an Introduction section to familiarize the reader with the case organization. The following section on Case Methodology explores the history, and some of the applications of the technique. The section ends with specific research protocols for researchers. This article is available in The Qualitative Report: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol3/iss2/4 Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis The Qualitative Report, Volume 3, Number 2, July, 1997

1,529 citations

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  • ...Yin (1993) listed several examples along with the appropriate research design in each case....

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  • ...Applications of case study methodology have been carried out in HighRisk Youth Programs (Yin, 1993) by several researchers....

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  • ...Hamel (Hamel et al., 1993) and Yin (1984, 1989a, 1989b, 1993, 1994) forcefully argued that the relative size of the sample whether 2, 10, or 100 cases are used, does not transform a multiple case into a macroscopic study....

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  • ...Yin (1993) presented Giddens' view that considered case methodology "microscopic" because it "lacked a sufficient number" of cases....

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Application of a case study methodology

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Winston Tellis1•
Fairfield University1
01 Sep 1997-The Qualitative Report
TL;DR: The methodology to accomplish those goals and objectives will be examined and the reader will become familiar with the specific techniques used in the current study, and supported by the literature that was reviewed in the previous article.
Abstract: In the preceding article (Tellis, 1997), the goals and objectives were presented and explained in detail. In this article, the methodology to accomplish those goals and objectives will be examined. The reader will become familiar with the specific techniques that are used in the current study, and supported by the literature that was reviewed in the previous article. That methodology will follow the recommendation of Yin (1994) and has four stages: Design the case study, Conduct the case study, Analyze the case study evidence, and Develop the conclusions, recommendations and implications. The article begins with an introduction, that includes some of the background information that is intended to inform the reader. Following that section, each step of the methodology will be explored in detail. Finally a summary will connect all the information in a concise manner. This article is available in The Qualitative Report: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol3/iss3/1 Application of a Case Study Methodology

1,466 citations

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Processes of a case study methodology for postgraduate research in marketing

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Chad Perry1•
University of Southern Queensland1
01 Oct 1998-European Journal of Marketing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present and justify guidelines for using the case study research methodology in honours, masters and PhD research theses, and so it should interest candidates and their supervisors.
Abstract: Qualitative research has not been viewed as a rigorous alternative to established quantitative methods in postgraduate marketing research. However, this paper reports on the Australian development of a successful, structured approach to using the case study methodology in postgraduate research. Its aim is to present and justify guidelines for using the case study research methodology in honours, masters and PhD research theses, and so it should interest candidates and their supervisors. First, appropriate positions on a range of scientific paradigms and core issues of induction and deduction are established. Then implementation of the case study methodology is examined, including the numbers of case studies and of interviews. Unusual but effective uses of theoretical replication to rigorously analyze case study data are illustrated from postgraduate theses. Finally, a framework is provided for constructing a thesis, emphasizing the key methodology chapter.

1,165 citations

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  • ...However, although case studies can also be used as a research methodology (Easton, 1994a; Parkhe, 1993; Tsoukas, 1989; Yin, 1993, 1994), no journal of research case studies or case study methods exists and the most common social science and evaluation research methods textbooks “hardly mention case…...

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  • ...The left hand and right hand sides of Figure 1 together show our preferred position of “confirmatory” case study research (Miles and Huberman 1994, p. 17; similar to Yin, 1993, p. 18)....

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  • ...The left hand side of Figure 1 shows the more inductive or “exploratory” approach (Yin, 1993, p. 5) to case study research....

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  • ...…can also be used as a research methodology (Easton, 1994a; Parkhe, 1993; Tsoukas, 1989; Yin, 1993, 1994), no journal of research case studies or case study methods exists and the most common social science and evaluation research methods textbooks “hardly mention case studies” (Yin, 1993, p. xi)....

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Effective case research in operations management: a process perspective

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I Stuart1, David M. McCutcheon1, Robert B. Handfield1, R McLachlin1, Danny Samson1 •
University of Victoria1
01 Sep 2002-Journal of Operations Management
TL;DR: A five step case-based research and dissemination process is presented and Guidance is given to future researchers for each step in the process.

1,067 citations

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  • ...…publications describing case research (Glaser and Strauss, 1967; McCutcheon and Meredith, 1993; Eisenhardt, 1989; Lee, 1989; Meredith, 1993, 1998; Yin, 1993, 1989), it still appears that the case research and publication process is not well understood.1 Generically, the research and…...

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Case Study: A Strategic Research Methodology

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Khairul Baharein Mohd Noor
30 Nov 2008-American Journal of Applied Sciences
TL;DR: This article reviewed the literature on case study as a strategic qualitative research methodology and explained the general concept of a case study, strengths and weaknesses of using this method knowing that theoretically case is exciting and data rich.
Abstract: This research reviews the literature on case study as a strategic qualitative research methodology. Although case studies have been criticised by some authors as lacking scientific rigour and do not address generalizability, this research, however, reiterated its appropriateness when dealing with a process or a complex real-life activities in great-depth. Case study has been commonly used in social science fields like sociology, industrial relations and anthropology eventhough generally was considered an underutilized strategy. Hence, this research explained the general concept of a case study, strengths and weaknesses of using this method knowing that theoretically case is exciting and data rich. Based on a study of four organizations and the researcher’s own experience, this article described matters on how case study was undertaken, gaining excess to those organizations and the systematic process of data collection and triangulation (multiple techniques). It was noted that combining multiple techniques for elicitng data in case study research actually strengthens and confirmed results.

1,030 citations

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  • ...The development of consistent findings, over multiple cases, can then be considered a very robust finding[ 13 ] ....

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