frederic le play has used the case study method for first time.
frederic le play has used the case study method for first time.
who has used the case study method for first time?
frederic le play
case studies in management are generally used to interpret strategies or relationships, to develop sets of "best practices", or to analyze the external influences or the internal interactions of a firm. with several notable exceptions (e.g., janis on groupthink)









































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frederic le play first introduced the case-study method into social science in 1829 as a handmaiden to statistics in his studies of family budgets.









































in all these disciplines, case studies were an occasion for postulating new theories, as in the grounded-theory work of sociologists barney glaser (1930- ) and anselm strauss (1916-1996).
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incae is an acronym for "instituto centroamericano de administración de empresas", which means "central american institute of business administration" in spanish. the school is sometimes referred to as "harvard south" or as a "harvard sister school". although incae is independent, it adheres to the harvard case study method and curriculum. the case study method allow students to examine past and current business situations, which gives them two years' worth of indirect, real-world experience across industries and regions. the method offers students the opportunity to step into the shoes of managers, critique their decisions and provide alternative solutions. while the majority of cases are translations from harvard business school case studies, incae students are additionally provided with emerging market studies from latin america.
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