Robert K. Yin, Ph.D. , serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm that has been in operation since 1980. Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for government agencies, private foundations, and other entrepreneurial and non-profit organizations. At COSMOS, Dr. Yin actively leads various research projects, including those in which the case study method is used. He has authored numerous books and peer-reviewed articles, including Case Study Research and Applications of Case Study Research .nbsp; In 1998 he founded the �Robert K. Yin Fund� at M.I.T., which supports seminars on brain sciences, as… well as other activities related to the advancement of predoctoral students in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.