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CASE STUDY METHOD
CASE STUDY METHOD
Real life situation in real time
Limited in space and time
Immediate impact
Immediate relevance
RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY
Ontology: Who are you, who are you studying? Are they your equals or your subjects? What rights do you consider them to have?
Epistemology: What do you consider to be knowledge and how does this affect your data collection and analysis?
Validity, reliability: Have you found out what you say you found out? Can you convince others that you have done so? Can you generalise the results to another situation?
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
Quantitative research
Qualitative researchCase study research
Action researchO
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MAKING NON-SCIENCE INTO SCIENCE?
Get as many different views on the situation as possible (triangulate)
Demonstrate that the techniques and the way they will be used were decided in advance
Be scrupulously careful with recording and cataloguing all data.
Underpin your case with theory and derive theory from the case itself
CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY
Plan and chart techniques to be used
Identify site(s) for access & convenience
Schedule data collection
Regular review
EXAMPLE OF CASE STUDY RESEARCH DESIGN
FROM JOHNS & LEE-ROSS (1998) P. 148
Hackman and Oldham's Job Diagnostic Survey (1980)
Participant observation Semi-structuredinterviews
In-depth interviews
Results
Direct output from research method Information for research method formulation
RECORDING
Analysis is the key, so don’t gather anything until you know how you will use it
Notes vs Audiotape vs videotape: too little data or too much?
Investigative journalist in the field: cold scientist out
STORAGE AND CATALOGUING
Label, number, code
Transcribe, translate
Index, catalogue
General overview plus detailed scrutiny
DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A COMPARISON OF
TWO CASES
Compared Hay on Wye “Town of Books” with Stavanger “Town of Culture”
Objective: to contrast the factors underlying (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful tourism entrepreneurship
Methods:
Interviews with key entrepreneurs
Interviews with other stakeholders
Relevant news items and other literature
Johns, N. and Mattsson, J. (2005) Destination development through entrepreneurship: a comparison of two cases. Tourism Management. 26(4):605-616.
CONSIDERATIONS
Why is this a suitable situation for a case study?
Aims & objectives
Theoretical basis
Appropriateness of data collected
Appropriateness of data-gathering methods
Credibility/validity/reliability of findings
BUILDING REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERS ON BUSINESS PROGRAMMES: AN ACTION
RESEARCH STUDY
Faculty on Masters programmes at a Swiss hotel school
one specific issue: that students would be encouraged to become reflective practitioners.
Three academic years Centred around gathering student feedback Data gathered: course paperwork, student
course feedback, course and programme reports, committee minutes, interviews with students and faculty
Johns, N. And Henwood, J. A. (2008) Building reflective practitioners on business programmes: an action research study . Journal of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Education. Accepted awaiting publication.
BORDER TOURISM IN ISRAEL: CONFLICT, PEACE, FEAR AND
HOPE
The main aim of this research is to describe and analyse cultural elements that express the symbolic landscape of Israel's border-tourism attractions. The methodology selected is based on the naturalistic approach of landscape interpretation. A descriptive analysis is provided of the symbolism of elements in two case studies of border tourism in Israel. These places have grown into unique tourist attractions, and they illustrate the conflict or the co-operation between Israel and its neighbouring countries. Visits to Israeli border sites usual y entail observation and hold a special meaning f or tourists, either because they can sense the danger and fear of battles conducted in the past near the border, or because they have a close and clear look at the neighbouring country. On the other hand, these sites are also places of hope for a better future - one of peace and co-operation between the two sides. In many cases the observation points have Grown to signify both the core of the conflict and a prayer for peace, a special simultaneity of fear and hope.
Gelbman, A. (2008) Border tourism in Israe l: conflict, peace , fear and hope . Tourism Geographies. 10 (2) 193-213.
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE PARTNER SELECTION AND CHAIN PERFORMANCE
THROUGH THE LENS OF ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING
This study aims to investigate how international franchisors engage in exploratory and exploitative learning in the partner selection process and the implications for chain performance. Based on an embedded case study of a leading international hotel organisation, the findings reveal that the franchisor attempted a balanced learning approach in response to challenges caused by high cultural distance in international markets. However, the ‘crowd-out’ effect of exploration and exploitation created a ‘tension’: exploration emphasising adaptation to local needs dominated the partner identification stage in country markets, whilst exploitation stressing standardisation and efficiencies dominated the partner decision-making stage at division. As a result, a consistent brand image came at the cost of very cautious international expansion.
Wang, C. L. and Altinay, L. (2008) International franchise partner selection and chain performance through the lens of organisational learning. Service Industries’ Journal. 28 (2) 225– 238.