Theme 6: Qualitative and case study research (after)

At this week’s seminar we discussed a lot about what a case study really is and what it is not. It is important to not have a hypothesis like a question because then it is not a case study. A case study is also time limited but sometimes it can be difficult to see if it is a case study because of the case’s character. A typical case study is in a specific place, like a firm and over a limited time, for example one year. We also talked about advantages and disadvantages about case studies and whether field study is a case study or not. Another thing was if a case study needs to have more than one method. In the last part of the seminar, we talked about this actual course “method and theory” and what we have learned and as well about some difficulties we had with the philosophy in the beginning of the course.  It was good and interesting to get a clearer picture of what a case study is and to discuss different cases to get a deeper understanding.