Case Study Methodology (POK)

This course aims at providing students and participants with the theoretical and practical information and guidelines to:

• Become knowledgeable about the definitions and main rules of qualitative research and case study;
• Define the case study methodology and understand its domain of application and its different types (descriptive, explanatory, exploratory);
• Identify and apply the key steps to conduct a case study, by means of a practical example of its application.

This course includes content to guide students and participants aiming at applying the case study methodology in all of its key steps:

• Setting the problem;
• Defining objectives;
• Framing the analysis in extant theories;
• Defining the methodology, which is further divided into the sub-steps of
• Deciding the unit(s) of analysis
• Selecting cases
• Collecting data
• Analyzing data
• Interpreting the findings
• Evaluating the case study and assessing the role of theory.