Conducting Case Studies

Martinson, Karin; O'Brien, Carolyn

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“…A case study is a method for developing a complete understanding of a process, programme, event or activity (Martinson and O’Brien, 2010: 163). Yin provides a more elaborate ‘two-fold technical definition’ that focuses first on the scope, followed by the technical characteristics of a case study:A case study is an empirical enquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon in depth and within its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident.…”

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“…Case studies can be used to provide description, to test theory or to generate theory (Eisenhardt, 1989: 534). According to Martinson and O’Brien (2010: 164), they can be descriptive, explanatory or exploratory. The present research focus is exploratory , meaning that it is aimed at ‘defining the questions and hypotheses of a subsequent and larger study’ (Martinson and O’Brien, 2010: 164).…”

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The contribution of higher education-based technology start-up incubators to the co-production of knowledge, innovation and growth

Buckley¹,

Davis²

2018

Industry and Higher Education

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Start-up incubators are one of a number of micropolicy interventions used by states to support their technology entrepreneurs. Since 2000, the number of incubators in the United States has almost trebled while that in Europe has more than doubled. This article outlines the challenges involved in attempting to evaluate the contribution of the higher education technology start-up incubator process. It advocates theory-based evaluation (TBE) methodology as a possible solution for effective evaluation (and policy learning) in complex research settings such as this, where a study is unable, for myriad reasons, to meet the stringent requirements of experimental research design. TBE delivers findings on the contribution of the multiple factors influencing a result, thus showing whether the incubation process made a contribution to an observed result and in what way. An exploratory case study is used in this article to illustrate how the proposed TBE approach could work.

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The contribution of higher education-based technology start-up incubators to the co-production of knowledge, innovation and growth

Buckley¹,

Davis²

2018

Industry and Higher Education

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“…More specifically, descriptive case studies allow one to see what has happened and why, allowing deeper examination and evaluation. An extensive description and analysis based on systematic and detailed data collection, preferably from firsthand accounts, will allow for a comprehensive understanding of the process (Martinson and O'Brien, 2010).…”

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A Model Based Approach to School Shootings: Every Second Counts!

Arslan¹,

Olsen²

2016

Int. J. Criminol. Sociol.

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The cycle of violence invading our nation's schools has necessitated the training of law enforcement agencies. A breakdown in communications could mean an incident spirals out of control and results in catastrophic unnecessary loss of lives. Active communication can be accomplished between officers and their superiors, so that decisions are made in a manner that best pursues a rapid end to the threat posed by the perpetrator, and a rapid extraction of the injured. Authors have developed an effective nine-step response model for law enforcement agencies after examination of the real-time cases, infamous school-shooting incidents, in the United States.

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“…The developmental evaluation approach 28 proposes the active participation of the research team (research assistants and principal investigators) within the partner HSSC. This participant observation will contribute to keeping the HSSC informed periodically of the results of the evaluative process and to observe changes occurring in the field 40 to better assess transformation processes. 33 Participant observation will take place during quarterly meetings (principal investigators) with the Director-generals, CM programme directors and two clientele representatives in the HSSC and during meetings of the committees designated to organise care for high users (research assistants).…”

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“…The analysis of documents on the subject of programme implementation will serve to corroborate and complete the information obtained through the other data collection methods. 40 Two main sources of documents will be used: documents on the CM programme of high users of services and meetings records of the committees designated with the organisation of care for high users. 4.…”

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Partners for the optimal organisation of the healthcare continuum for high users of health and social services: protocol of a developmental evaluation case study design

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IntroductionCase management allows us to respond to the complex needs of a vulnerable clientele through a structured approach that promotes enhanced interaction between partners. Syntheses on the subject converge towards a need for a better description of the relationships between programmes and their local context, as well as the characteristics of the clienteles and programmes that contribute to positive impacts. The purpose of this project is thus to describe and evaluate the case management programmes of four health and social services centres in the Saguenay-Lac- Saint-Jean region of Québec, Canada, in order to inform their improvement while creating knowledge on case management that can be useful in other contexts.Methods and analysisThis research relies on a multiple embedded case study design based on a developmental evaluation approach. We will work with the case management programme for high users of hospital services of each centre. Three different units of analysis will be interwoven to obtain an in-depth understanding of each case, that is: (1) health and social services centre and local services network, (2) case management programme and (3) patients who are high users of services. Two strategies for programme evaluation (logic models and implementation analysis) will guide the mixed data collection based on qualitative and quantitative methods. This data collection will rely on: (1) individual interviews and focus groups; (2) participant observation; (3) document analysis; (4) clinical and administrative data and (5) questionnaires. Description and comparison of cases, and integration of qualitative and quantitative data will be used to guide the data analysis.Ethics and disseminationThe study protocol was approved by the Ethics Research Boards of the four health and social services centres (HSSCs) involved. Findings will be disseminated by publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and policy and practice partners in local and national government.

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Conducting Case Studies

Cited by 14 publications

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The contribution of higher education-based technology start-up incubators to the co-production of knowledge, innovation and growth

The contribution of higher education-based technology start-up incubators to the co-production of knowledge, innovation and growth

A Model Based Approach to School Shootings: Every Second Counts!

Partners for the optimal organisation of the healthcare continuum for high users of health and social services: protocol of a developmental evaluation case study design

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