Case Study Research

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Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Miriam Wilhelm (Universitet Groningen)

Date:

01.10.2012, 14:00 – 17:30
02.10.2012, 14:00 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:

In this course participants will learn to design, conduct and publish case studies.

After participating in this course students will gain enhanced knowledge on the process of conducting a case study. Students must not possess prior knowledge with actual case study research but they should work on a research question that is in principle suitable for a case study design.

Day 1: Learning about case studies

  • Case study design
  • Case study process
  • Quality criteria for case study research

Day 2: Doing case studies

  • Paper discussion
  • Publishing with case studies

Literature
Eisenhardt, K.N. (1989): Building theories from case study research. Academy of Management Review, 14(4): 532-550.

You have to register for the 6th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.