03.05.2017, 15:34
Hi,
I am adding to this thread as my research involves comparing 2 cases.
I have 23 interviews from the first case (domestic M&A) and 12 interviews from the second case (international M&A). The interviews represent 3 groups of people (acquirer, acquired firm, and neutral). Other than interview transcripts, there are press releases, annual reports, and notes. I am now coding the interviews from the smaller case. I plan to write a case summary of this, then code and analyze the bigger case.
I am worried about how complex things could get when it comes to coding, analyzing and writing the bigger case summary, and later when comparing the two cases. So far, I have 2 document groups (domestic M&A and international M&A) and 3 document sets (acquirer, acquired firm, and neutral). There may be more document groups and sets later, e.g., for acquisition experience, ethnicity.
I found this post from which I've learnt about document and code variables. However, I don’t see how to use them for my cases. What is the advantage of using document and code variables vs. document groups and sets? Is there a video or tutorial with some examples?
Thank you.