weaknesses of the case study method

... compare the use of case studies and other research methods, look at the different types of case studies, and the different types of case information used. 2.1 The case study vs other research ... we will look briefly at the epistemological basis of the case study. Many of the criticisms of the case study method relate to the highly labour intensive nature of this research strategy. ... categories: The exploratory (traditional form) the descriptive and the explanatory. A further description of the latter two follows. 3.1 Traditional criticisms of the case study Criticism of the case...

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... only 17.2 percent of the total by the end of 1999. z  Globalization: the Role of Institution Building in the Financial Sector _ The Case Study of China ... negotiated price. The trade of inter-bank bond market relies on the securities booking system of the CGSDTC and the bond trading system of the inter-bank lending centre. The trading system of the national ... In the case of the latter, commercial banks trade with investors at the prices they offer through their outlets, and provide depositing and clearing services to the investors. B. Roles of the...

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... adequately meet the needs of the poor. A large proportion of those not covered are outside the labour force, the majority (70%) of them women. These statistics highlight the prevailing gender ... 6. These show that, the higher the level of economic activity, the lower is the level of economic dependency. The economic dependency rate declines from an average of 130% to 110% over the ... Economic Profile of the Elderly 17 2.1 The importance of retirement income 17 2.2 Constructing a socio economic profile of the elderly 18 2.3 Labour force trends by age 19 2.4 Sources of income...

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... estimate the value of improved wastewater treatment to the residents of the case study municipality. Our case study is the Chanderganore municipality, located in West Bengal along the banks of the ... in the Ganga via reduction of the amount of untreated raw sewage deposited therein through the improvement of the capacity and technology of the sewage treatment plants (STPs), and (ii) whether ... contributes, though they strongly felt it was the authorities‟ role to improve the water quality in the Ganga, not the 2 The aim of this study is to investigate (i) whether and how much the Indian...

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... m g is the mass of the gas in the bulb; c pg , the specific heat of the gas; m w ,themass of the wall of the bulb; c pw , the specific heat of the wall; h f , the heat transfer coefficient between the ... h p is the heat transfer coefficient from the metallic part to the gas; A p , the surface area of the metallic part in contact with the gas; h g , the heat transfer coefficient of the gas to the wall; ... A g , the surface area of the gas in contact with the wall; h w , the heat transfer coefficient from the wall to the atmosphere; A w , the wall area in contact with the atmosphere;  p and  w , the...

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... studies might make use of theories, their aim is not to contribute to the development of those theories but rather to use them in practice. Within the group of theory-oriented case studies, most ... this fundamental principle of theory development in this book is that a common criticism of case study research concerns the alleged “lack of generalizability” of the results of a case study. We think it ... use of theories or theoretical notions, their aim is not to contribute to the development of those theories. We use the label “practice-oriented” for this category of case studies. The results of...

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... to align the behavior and capabilities of the workforce with the priorities of the business.” (Guthridge, Komm, & Lawson, 2006, p. 2 of 3) Over the next five years, as the aging of the labor ... Pitt-Catsouphes is the Co-Principal Investigator of the Boston College National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development and the Age & Generations Study. She is the founder of the Sloan ... an awareness of the aging of the workforce to implementing adaptive responses. At a Glance: The National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development The National Study of Business Strategy...

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... Monte Carlo is often seen as a “competitor” to other methods of macroscopic calculation, which we will call deterministic and/or analytic methods. Although the proponents of either method sometimes ... transport. This use of the Monte Carlo method is depicted in Figure 1.6. In this case, theory can not provide a sufficiently precise and entire mathematical description of the microscopic and macroscopic ... macroscopic physics. Theory can, however, provide intuition for the design of the measurement. Monte Carlo methods are an adjunct to this process as well, serving in the analysis of the experiment...

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... purchase Intention. Another example of a study which offered a good way of understanding brand equity in the service industry is the study of Prasad and dev. (2000). Their study was based on a ... chapter the results of the study will be presented. The chapter begins with a brief background of the two restaurants, followed by the analysis of the data we collected from our respondents with the ... of the result. There are several ways of assessing external validity, for example taking of random sampling as it is done in politics. • Internal validity has to do with the design of the study, ...

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