Producing and using case material for research and teaching: a workshop for partners in know-how transfer projects

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 22-30

  Nelson, Edwin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Case studies; Training techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986117302     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090599610128854     Document Type: Article

References (22)

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2. For example, The European Case Clearing House, Cranfield University, CranffieId, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.
3. Gibb, Y. and Nelson, E.G., “Transferring know-how across cultures: the challenge of creating shared mental models”, unpublished work, Durham University Business School, Durham, 1995.
4. Denotes programmes still at the research and development stage.
5. For more discussion of the definition of a “case” see [6,7].
6. Merriam, S.B., Case Study Research in Education: A Qualitative Approach, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 1988.
7. Yin, R.K., Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage, Newbury Park, CA, 1989.
8. The adaptation of original material for teaching purposes may affect its authenticity as research evidence.
9. Lincoln, Y.S. and Guba, E.G., Naturalistic Enquiry, Sage, Beverly Hills, CA, 1985.
10. Neuman, W.L., Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA, 1991.
11. Roethlisberger, F.J. and Dickson, W.J., Management and the Worker, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1939.
12. Research by Dinah Bennett, Small Business Centre, Durham University Business School, and David Hall, David Hall Associates, resulting in the book by Hall[16].
13. Hall, D, The Hallmarks for Successful Business, Mercury Books, London, 1992.
14. Kallio, J., “How do micro businesses cope with critical incidents during the first years of business development?” unpublished dissertation, Durham University Business School, Durham, 1994.
15. Gill, J. and Johnson, P., Research Methods for Managers, Paul Chapman, London, 1991, p. 116.
16. Znaniecki, F., The Method of Sociology, Farrar and Rinehart, New York, NY, 1934.
17. Professor Manfred Kets de Vries of INSEAD, for example, has produced some remarkable case studies incorporating interviews with well-known entrepreneurs for the European Foundation for Management Development’s annual case study competition.
18. Nelson, E.G. and Taylor, J., “New ventures and entrepreneurship in an eastern European context: a training and development programme for managers in state-owned firms”, Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 19 No. 9, 1995, pp. 12-22.
19. A useful starter bibliography for case research methods includes [18,23,24].
20. Cresswell, J.W., Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, California, Sage, London, 1994.
21. Richardson, B., Montanheiro, L. and O'Cinneide, B., How to Research, Write, Teach and Publish Management Case Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, 1995.
22. Armstrong, P.J., Goodman, J.F.B. and Hyman, J.D., Ideology and Shopfloor Relations, Croom Helm, Beckenham, 1981.