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Case study as a research strategy:Some ambiguities and opportunitiesPiet Verschuren a

a Department of Mathematical Sociology , University of Nijmegen , Thomas Van Aquinostraat 4, Nijmegen, 6525, HR,The NetherlandsPublished online: 26 Nov 2010.

To cite this article: Piet Verschuren (2003) Case study as a research strategy: Some ambiguitiesand opportunities, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6:2, 121-139, DOI:

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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D o w n l o a d e d b y [ N e w s a m L i b r a r y a n d A r c h i v e S e r v i c e s , I n s t i t u t e o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n ] a t 0 0 : 4 5 0 5 M a y 2 0 1 5

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