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SOCIAL TERM: Μεικτές μεθοδολογίες / Mixed methodologies

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

RELATED TERMS: Ερευνητικοί σχεδιασμοί μικτών μεθόδων/Mixed methods research designs

TERM TYPE: Methodological

SOCIAL TERM: Μελέτη περίπτωσης / Case study

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 6

RELATED TERMS: Ποιοτικά δεδομένα/Qualitative data

TERM TYPE: Methodological

DEFINITION (1): A case study is defined as a method, methodology or research model. More specifically, it is a exemplary and interdisciplinary heuristic method that include the careful delineation of phenomena, from which evidence is collected (Yin, 1994).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: Yin, R. (1994). Case study research: Design and methods (2nd ed.)Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

DEFINITION (2): In social sciences and biosciences, a case study is a research method, that includes the close, in-depth and detailed examination of a subject of study, as well as the relevant conditions. The case studies can be conducted following a formal research methodology (Merriam, 1988).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: Merriam, S. B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστήμη / Science

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 3

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): «Α body of systematically arranged knowledge that shows the operation of general laws» (Tischler, 2014,p.6).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

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SOCIAL TERM: Δουλεία ως κινητή περιουσία / Chattel slavery

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Chattel slavery with slaves as property that can be bought, sold, given or inherited is maybe the most common type of slavery. Slaves in this context have no personal freedom or recognized rights to lead their lives (MacLeod, 1925).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: MacLeod, W.C. (1925). Debtor and Chattel slavery in aboriginal North America. American Anthropologist, new series, 27(3), pp. 370-380.

SOCIAL TERM: Κυκλοφορούν κεφάλαιο / Circulating capital

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Circulating capital is money being used for core operations of a company. Circulating capital includes cash, operating expenses, raw materials, inventory in process, finished goods inventory, and accounts receivable. As the opposite of fixed capital, circulating capital is by definition the non-permanent capital of a company. It refers to the resources that a company draws in order to produce its goods and services, including wages and other operating expenses, such as rent (Kenton, 2018).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: Kenton, W. (2018). Circulating capital. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circulating_capital.asp.

DEFINITION (2): The circulating capital includes intermediate goods and operating expenses, such as short-term items used in production. It also includes raw materials, intermediate goods, inventories, operating expenses and the working capital. It is the opposite of fixed capital (Blaug, 2008).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

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SOCIAL TERM: Μεικτές μεθοδολογίες / Mixed methodologies

SOCIAL TERM: Μελέτη περίπτωσης / Case study

DEFINITION (1): A case study is defined as a method, methodology or research model. More specifically, it is a exemplary and interdisciplinary heuristic method that include the careful delineation of phenomena, from which evidence is collected (Yin, 1994).

REFERENCE: Yin, R. (1994). Case study research: Design and methods (2nd ed.)Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

DEFINITION (2): In social sciences and biosciences, a case study is a research method, that includes the close, in-depth and detailed examination of a subject of study, as well as the relevant conditions. The case studies can be conducted following a formal research methodology (Merriam, 1988).

REFERENCE: Merriam, S. B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστήμη / Science

DEFINITION (1): «Α body of systematically arranged knowledge that shows the operation of general laws» (Tischler, 2014,p.6).

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

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SOCIAL TERM: Δουλεία ως κινητή περιουσία / Chattel slavery

DEFINITION (1): Chattel slavery with slaves as property that can be bought, sold, given or inherited is maybe the most common type of slavery. Slaves in this context have no personal freedom or recognized rights to lead their lives (MacLeod, 1925).

REFERENCE: MacLeod, W.C. (1925). Debtor and Chattel slavery in aboriginal North America. American Anthropologist, new series, 27(3), pp. 370-380.

SOCIAL TERM: Κυκλοφορούν κεφάλαιο / Circulating capital

REFERENCE: Kenton, W. (2018). Circulating capital. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circulating_capital.asp.

DEFINITION (2): The circulating capital includes intermediate goods and operating expenses, such as short-term items used in production. It also includes raw materials, intermediate goods, inventories, operating expenses and the working capital. It is the opposite of fixed capital (Blaug, 2008).

REFERENCE: Blaug, M. (2008). Circulating capital. The new Palgrave dictionary of Economics.

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SOCIAL TERM: Μεικτές μεθοδολογίες / Mixed methodologies

SOCIAL TERM: Μελέτη περίπτωσης / Case study

DEFINITION (1): A case study is defined as a method, methodology or research model. More specifically, it is a exemplary and interdisciplinary heuristic method that include the careful delineation of phenomena, from which evidence is collected (Yin, 1994).

REFERENCE: Yin, R. (1994). Case study research: Design and methods (2nd ed.)Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

DEFINITION (2): In social sciences and biosciences, a case study is a research method, that includes the close, in-depth and detailed examination of a subject of study, as well as the relevant conditions. The case studies can be conducted following a formal research methodology (Merriam, 1988).

REFERENCE: Merriam, S. B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστήμη / Science

DEFINITION (1): «Α body of systematically arranged knowledge that shows the operation of general laws» (Tischler, 2014,p.6).

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

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SOCIAL TERM: Δουλεία ως κινητή περιουσία / Chattel slavery

DEFINITION (1): Chattel slavery with slaves as property that can be bought, sold, given or inherited is maybe the most common type of slavery. Slaves in this context have no personal freedom or recognized rights to lead their lives (MacLeod, 1925).

REFERENCE: MacLeod, W.C. (1925). Debtor and Chattel slavery in aboriginal North America. American Anthropologist, new series, 27(3), pp. 370-380.

SOCIAL TERM: Κυκλοφορούν κεφάλαιο / Circulating capital

REFERENCE: Kenton, W. (2018). Circulating capital. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circulating_capital.asp.

DEFINITION (2): The circulating capital includes intermediate goods and operating expenses, such as short-term items used in production. It also includes raw materials, intermediate goods, inventories, operating expenses and the working capital. It is the opposite of fixed capital (Blaug, 2008).

REFERENCE: Blaug, M. (2008). Circulating capital. The new Palgrave dictionary of Economics.

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