...unterschiedlichste Methoden gewonnen werden.27 Damit soll der Definition von Yin (1984) gefolgt werden: "A case study is an empirical inquiry that: • investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context: when • boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and...

...di linguaggio, intendendo sia quelle tecnologiche che quelle formali. 6.2. Strategie del caso studio "A case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident"]...

...although they exist and function within a context of surrounding circumstances. tBromley, 1986, pp. 7-8) A case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context; when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and...

...case studies as "an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident" ( 1 994, p. 1 3). Yin's defining work and related treatments further note that there are several uses...

...chose a case-study approach because, following Yin (1994:13), "a case study is an empirical enquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within...between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident." I carried out the research between January and June zoo4, following a structured research design and...

...perspective. Case Study Research A very useful definition of the case study is that provided by Yin (1989): "A case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates...contemporary phenomenon within its real life context; when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and in which multiple source...

...case study as "an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident" (p. 13). Similarly, Scholz and Tietje (2002) define a case study as "an empirical inquiry that investigates...

...Methodology Research design The method used in this research was a case study. Yin (2003) stated that a case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the adult learner is valued within...

...aspects that are relevant to the research problem at the time' (1988: 258). Yin (1984: 23) stresses that a case study is an empirical inquiry that: • investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, when • the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident,...

...1991). There are numerous definitions, but Yin (1994) defines the scope of a case study as follows: A case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident...