@ARTICLE{26543120_26561722_2008, author = {Tatiana Dolgopyatova}, keywords = {, case-studies, in-depth interviewsempirical surveys}, title = {Firm-Level Empirical Surveys: Tools and Practice}, journal = {HSE Economic Journal }, year = {2008}, volume = {12}, number = {3}, pages = {400-432}, url = {https://ej.hse.ru/en/2008-12-3/26561722.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {The third topic of the lecture course «Firm-Level Empirical Surveys: Tools and Practice» is presented in this issue. The topic «Qualitative information: tools for collection and analysis of data» includes two lectures and describes existing methodolo­gy and application of qualitative research to firms behavior studies: in-depth interviews, case-studies and focus groups. Special attention is paid to organization of an empirical survey as a set of in-depth interviews with top-managers of enterprises including methodology, field-work procedures and questionnaires. Limitations and advantages of top-managers interviewing as a tool of collecting qualitative information and its possible distortion are discussed.}, annote = {The third topic of the lecture course «Firm-Level Empirical Surveys: Tools and Practice» is presented in this issue. The topic «Qualitative information: tools for collection and analysis of data» includes two lectures and describes existing methodolo­gy and application of qualitative research to firms behavior studies: in-depth interviews, case-studies and focus groups. Special attention is paid to organization of an empirical survey as a set of in-depth interviews with top-managers of enterprises including methodology, field-work procedures and questionnaires. Limitations and advantages of top-managers interviewing as a tool of collecting qualitative information and its possible distortion are discussed.} }