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Appendices

In: The Rise of Cass Business School

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  • Allan P. O. Williams

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Case histories need to record and recount as accurately as possible the unfolding history of the target institution, ensuring that significant events and personalities are covered, that is, those that have had a major influence on shaping the institution. Case studies as an example of a particular approach to research and theory building are more than case histories. The Cass history research straddles both categories. The case study as a research tool for challenging existing theory, and for gaining new insights and building new theory, has become respectable as a result of the efforts of several academics (Yin 1984; Pettigrew 1985; Eisenhardt 1989). Since case studies are examples of qualitative research there are dangers that the degree of subjectivity involved may result in unintended errors in data collection, analysis and interpretation. Precautionary measures can be taken by using several methods of data collection (e.g. ‘triangulation’), by recognising the theoretical assumptions being made when interpreting the data, and by checking the consistency and plausibility of findings against the relevant literature and other researchers.

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  • Allan P. O. Williams, 2006. "Appendices," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Rise of Cass Business School, chapter 16, pages 223-239, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62481-8_16
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230624818_16
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