Acpil imprint: 5 books

Although the case study research method is increasingly important and used by many researchers it is still not well understood. Case Study Research in the Quick Guides Series explains the main issues which have to be considered before case study research is undertaken, as well as providing check...

Grounded theory is probably the most successful method proposed to social scientists in the 20th century, and this can only be partly attributed to the fact that it is democratised theory development making this available to all competent researchers. The ideas elucidated by Grounded Thoery...

Inerviews, focus groups and questionnaires are everyday tools of the academic resedracher in Business and Management Studies. Most research degrees and may academic peer reviewed journal papers have employed one or more of these techniques. Ironically the knowledge and skills requied to use these...

There are always challenges in writing up your research. Sometimes the problem is to do with the process of the actual writing itself and other times it concerns how to ensure that all the aspects of the research which have to be mentioned in a research dissertation are included in the right place...

What harm can come from a little fraud, perpetrated to help a struggling charity that supports abused children? Murder. It is not clear how many murders there have been. And the Garda Síochána struggle to put the pieces of the puzzle together. The caper started when Professor Finn...