Case Focus offers a journal publication outlet for high-quality, peer-reviewed teaching cases, with a focus on management and business situations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.
Issue 6 | June 2025
Issue 6 of Case Focus includes six peer-reviewed cases:
- Change Management in the Public Administration System of Armenia: Prospects and Challenges
- Heya Masr: A Transition to Sustainability
- Illuminating Africa with a Frugal and Sustainable Solution: Shems for Lighting in Morocco
- Rethinking the Training Model of a Nonprofit NGO Training Centre
- Sothema: A Family Business Enhancing Financial Resilience, Sustainability and ESG Criteria
- St. Thomas Kilakala Health Centre (A): Faith in Action, (B): Balancing Faith and Sustainability, and (C): Navigating Financial and Strategic Growth
Call for cases
Cases
Cases are welcomed on all areas of business, management and government that are set in the MEA region. Cases must have been written for teaching purposes and be accompanied by a teaching note.
Cases can be based on published sources or field research. Fictional cases, or those from generalised experience, are not accepted.
Authors
Cases and their accompanying teaching notes must be copyrighted to an organisation located in the MEA region.
Authors must be a business or management teacher. Cases can be written by a team of two or more authors. Students and research assistants can be part of a writing team, but it must be led by a faculty member.
Authors can submit to Case Focus free of charge - there are no submission fees.
Read our full submission requirements
Submit to Case Focus
We are currently accepting submissions for Issue 8. The submission deadline is 11 September 2026.
Once you have checked that your case and teaching note meet our submission requirements it's quick and easy to submit via our online form.
Benefits of submitting
Peer-review: all cases that meet the submission requirements will be double-blind reviewed. Feedback from the reviewers will be provided to authors to improve the quality of their cases and teaching notes.
Worldwide distribution: cases accepted to the journal for publication will be distributed and promoted to a global audience.
Proven impact: cases published in Case Focus have gone on to achieve significant recognition, with several becoming competition winners and bestsellers.
Retain your copyright: unlike other journals Case Focus does not require the authors or authoring organisation to sign over the copyright of cases that are published.
Earn a royalty: cases accepted to the journal for publication will be eligible for a royalty payment on any sales. The authoring school must be a member of The Case Centre to be eligible to receive royalties.
Find out more about our submission process
Editorial and review boards
Editorial board
The Case Focus editorial board comprises a distinguished group of management and business educators and specialists. Find out about the editorial board
Review board
Cases that meet the submission requirements will be double-blind reviewed. We are looking for enthusiastic reviewers, who are passionate about cases. Find out how to become a reviewer
Key dates
| Issue 7 | Issue 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Submissions open | 2 January 2025 | 5 January 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 5 September 2025 | 11 September 2026 |
| Successful authors notified | November 2025 | November 2026 |
| Case Focus published | 30 June 2026 | 30 June 2027 |
