Case Study Research
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...The reliability[2] and validity of case research data will be enhanced by a well-designed research protocol (Yin 1994)....
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...Leonard-Barton (1990) compares the necessary interviewing skills with those of an investigative reporter....
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...Yin (1994) has described in detail case research design, and Glaser and Strauss (1967) described the grounded theory method....
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...Experiment Quasi-experiment Multiple case studies Large-scale sample of population...
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...In studies involving a large number of sites where multiple single interviewers are used, it is important that early interviews are done in pairs or teams....
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...Yin (1994) is critical of some case study research, stating that ‘‘too many times the case study investigator has been sloppy and has allowed equivocal evidence on biased views to influence the direction of the findings and conclusions.’’...
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...The main arguments against it have been that case studies provide little basis for scientific generalization (Yin, 1994). For example, Weick (1969, p. 18) >expresses the opinion that case studies are too situationspecific and, therefore, not appropriate for generalization. In the second edition of the same book, however, he concludes, with reference to ‘noted investigators’, that case studies ‘‘are better tools than first imagined’’ (Weick, 1979, p. 37). The reason for the revised attitude to case studies was an evolving insight that ‘‘findings are unstable over time.’’ Weick (1979, p. 37) recommends, in line with Cronbach (1975), that researchers should ‘‘try harder to make interpretations specific to situations....
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...The main arguments against it have been that case studies provide little basis for scientific generalization (Yin, 1994)....
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...According to Yin (1994), it is applied extensively in as widely ranging subject areas as psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, history, economics, urban planning, public administration, public policy, management, social work, and education....
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...Combining sources of evidence, while shifting between analysis and interpretation, usually denotes triangulation (Yin, 1994; Denzin, 1978)....
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...the case is selected to predict contrasting results for predictable reasons (Yin 2003)....
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...Case study methodology handbooks are superfluously available in e.g. social sciences (Robson 2002; Stake 1995; Yin 2003) which literature also has been used in software engineering....
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...5 we discuss specific data collection methods, where we have found interviews, observations, archival data and metrics being applicable to software engineering case studies (Benbasat et al. 1987; Yin 2003)....
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...social sciences (Robson 2002; Stake 1995; Yin 2003) which literature also has been used in software engineering....
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...Yin proposes several alternative structures for reporting case studies in general (Yin 2003)....
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2,267 citations
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...With very few exceptions (e.g. General Electric, ABB, Otis, Caterpillar, etc.), the manufacturers’ transition into services has been relatively slow and cautious (VDMA, 1998)....
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...To explore ®rms’ transitions, we employed an inter-disciplinary research approach that included interviews, and a detailed archival assessment of the organizations’ experience in integrating services into their product offering (Eisenhardt, 1989; Yin, 1984)....
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...The other cases (AT&TOlivetti, GE-SNECMA) were added to the sample as theoretical replications and extensions (Yin, 1984; Leonard-Barton, 1990) to challenge and refine the initial framework....
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