Research Topics for Case Studies in Agribusiness Management and Economics

Abstract

The evolution and technique of case-study research are topics of much controversy in the fields of agricultural and applied economics. In spite of this, no case-study research studies based on the traditional case-study technique have been published. Although case-study research is a crucial methodological technique in the social sciences, graduate schools in applied economics and agriculture typically do not teach it. Discussing two distinct researchable issues that call for substantial data collection and are appropriate for research and dissertations is the goal. In order to better understand the relative shape of supply curves and their relative elasticities of supply for food goods, the first topic is to gather supply data for these products in order to inform the theoretical contributions in geographic indications. Understanding the depth of global agricultural supply networks in a relevant area like sustainability is the second topic. With individual enterprises as the focus of each data set, both topics would offer cross-sectional and time-series aspects in a comprehensive experimental design. Graduate degree programs have the option to concentrate on case-study research, which is appropriate for dissertations. This is particularly true for agribusiness economics and management graduate students who want to become teachers.