Case Study Research for Business
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Case Study Research for Business

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Case Study Research for Business

About this book

The only case study research textbook written exclusively for students of Business and related disciplines.

Using a step-by-step approach, Case Study Research for Business takes you right through the case study research process from research design and data collection using qualitative and quantitative methods, to research analysis, writing up and presenting your work.

Key features:

- Takes a multidisciplinary approach to case study research design by drawing on research philosophies to improve student understanding of these critical research traditions and hence provide firmer theoretical foundations for their research

- Coverage of contemporary topics such as research ethics and access

- Packed with practical examples from all areas of business

- Pedagogical features include vignettes, exercises and ?cases? which directly relate to business research

Case Study Research for Business will prove a valuable resource for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students of business and related disciplines.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781849207775, 9781849207768
eBook ISBN
9781446281208
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business
Case Study
Research
for Business
Jillian Dawes Farquhar
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© Jillian Dawes Farquhar 2012
First published 2012
Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.
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Summary of Contents

 
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1    What is Case Study Research?
Chapter 2    Philosophical Assumptions of Case Study Research
Chapter 3    Developing Your Case Study Research Strategy
Chapter 4    Access and Ethics in Case Study Research
Chapter 5    Data Collection
Chapter 6    Managing and Analysing Data
Chapter 7    Quality in Case Study Research
Chapter 8    Writing and Presenting Your Research
Index

Contents

About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 What is Case Study Research?
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Relationships in research
Case study research?
What can case study research achieve?
One or more than one?
Prejudice against case study research
Ethical research
Summary
Further reading
References
Chapter 2 Philosophical Assumptions of Case Study Research
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Research traditions
Research logic
Case study research and philosophical assumptions
Summary
Further reading
References
Chapter 3 Developing Your Case Study Research Strategy
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Developing your research question and objectives
Designing your research
Developi...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Title 1
  4. Copyright
  5. Summary of Contents
  6. Contents
  7. About the Author
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 What is Case Study Research?
  10. Chapter 2 Philosophical Assumptions of Case Study Research
  11. Chapter 3 Developing Your Case Study Research Strategy
  12. Chapter 4 Access and Ethics in Case Study Research
  13. Chapter 5 Data Collection
  14. Chapter 6 Managing and Analysing Data
  15. Chapter 7 Quality in Case Study Research
  16. Chapter 8 Writing and Presenting Your Research
  17. Index