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Issue 35, Autumn 2018

• Advancing the case method in Africa: AACSB's Global Improvement Network
• Preaparing to teach with cases: getting ready for the case class

• Detective Case and the April 2010 Shooting: Impact of Training, Communication, and Coordination of Critical Incidents in Policing
• IKEA – Global Brand Communication
• Making Ahmedabad Slum-Free
• The trivago Way – Growing without Growing Up?

• 5 minutes with... Soumitra Dutta, former founding Dean and Professor of Management at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, and Chair of the Global Business School Network
• Case workshops and PDWs in Spain, the UK and the USA
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Previous issues

Issue 34, Summer 2018

• Learning with Cases: An Interactive Study Guide
• Preaparing to teach with cases: laying the foundations

• African Bank Investment Ltd (ABIL): A South African Corporate Governance Failure
• Game of Thrones TV Series: HBO’s Integrated Marketing Strategy
• The Dollar Shave Club: Can the Unilever Deal Add Sheen?
• Zara in China and India

• 5 minutes with... Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management at Hasselt University
• Case workshops and PDWs in Hungary, Switzerland and the USA
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Special issue, Spring 2018: Blue Ocean Shift | Strategy cases

• Browse the Blue Ocean Shift | Strategy teaching materials
• Watch the Blue Ocean Strategy Casebook
• 5 minutes with... hear from Professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

Featured cases:

Check out the short video trailers for the cases

• Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean
• Successes and Failures of Amazon's Growth Strategies: Their causes and consequences
• A Maestro Without Borders: How André Rieu Created the Classic Music Market for the Masses

Issue 33, Spring 2018

• World’s favourite case companies: some companies and industries are especially popular case subjects: we explore
• Discover our new, affordable Undergraduate Case Teaching Licence

• Fabergé Case Series
• Humanitarian Aid 2.0: Social Media Analytics and Stakeholder Engagement at the International Committee of the Red Cross
• Semsom US: Market Entry in New York City
• The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers: Weighing Opportunity with Capacity

• 5 minutes with... Paul Matthyssens, Dean of Antwerp Management School
• Case workshops in the UK and Switzerland
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 32, Awards Special 2018

• Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: David A Garvin
• Overall Case Award Winner: Uber: Changing the Way the World Moves
• Economics, Politics and Business Environment: Amazon in Emerging Markets
• Entrepreneurship: Fairphone: Organising for Sustained Social Impact
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: Sustainability as Opportunity: Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan
• Finance, Accounting and Control: Prada’s Hong Kong IPO
• Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour: Tony Hsieh at Zappos: Structure, Culture and Radical Change
• Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management:  Gillette’s ‘Shave India Movement’: Razor Sharp Against the Stubble
• Marketing: AccorHotels and the Digital Transformation: Enriching Experiences Through Content Strategies Along the Customer Journey
• Production and Operations Management: Everything is Connected: A New Era of Sustainability at Li & Fung
• Strategy and General Management: Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry?
• Outstanding Case Writer: Breaking the Code of Silence
• Outstanding New Case Writer: Kirat Housing Development Society
• Outstanding Case Writer - Hot Topic ‘Disruptive Change’: The TAG Heuer Carrera Connected Watch: Swiss Avant-Garde for the Digital Age (A) & (B)
• Outstanding Case Teacher: Pierre Chandon

Issue 31, New Year 2018

• The Gender Case Gap: we explore the lack of women in teaching cases, its impact on business students and the challenge posed for educators
• Richard McCracken’s top 10 case writing tips

• Hideaway Resort – Maldives
• Nestlé Entangled! Braving the Maggi Noodle Crisis in India
• OCBC – Integrating Strategic Acquisitions
• Reinventing Officer’s Choice Whisky: Spoiled for Choice

• 5 minutes with... Zoe Kinias, Academic Director of INSEAD’s Gender initiative
• Case workshops in Ireland, the UK and Switzerland
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 30, Winter 2017

• Discover the Undergraduate Case Teaching Licence
• Revealed: Our Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17

• Lead Your Feathery Team into Battle Now! Rovio’s Internationalization to Japan
• Paul McGinley – Leading a Multinational Team of Individuals
• The SIMM Smartwatch and the Internet of Things: Designing a Business Model
• Unilever Production Cluster in Tula: Zero Non-hazardous Waste to Landfill in Ten Months

• 5 minutes with... Ruth Bender new chair of our Executive Committee
• Case workshops in Ireland, the UK and Switzerland
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 29, Autumn 2017

• Contextualising the Use of Cases
• Discover our new product comparison tool

• Demand and Supply Conditions in the Global Liquefied Natural Gas Industry: Effects on the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company
• Robert Goodwin: Accelerating Social Impact at Mattel
• Scytl
• The Entrepreneurial Journey of a Manager

• 5 minutes with... Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre
• Case workshops in Ireland and Switzerland
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 28, Summer 2017

• Managing Student Personal Tech in the Case Classroom
• The Case Centre turns 25 in North America

• Destination Frankfurt – Redefining Germany’s Financial Capital
• Tamul Leaf Plates: Building an Inclusive Eco Enterprise in India’s Insurgency Affected Northeast
• The Set-up of Fast Track Surgery in Vascular Surgery: The Experience of a Pioneer Team in Northern Italy
• Turn the Ship Around! (A) & (B)

• 5 minutes with... Sahasranam (Sam) Hariharan, Senior Lecturer in Management at Babson College, Massachusetts, US, and Chairman of our US board of directors
• Case workshops in the UK and Ireland
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 27, Spring 2017

• Re-stating the case: revisit the case method’s development to think differently about the future of case teaching
• Using cases with undergraduates: an exploration

• City Lodge Hotel Group: Redefining Segments and Brands
• Desert Farms: Dromedary Dreams
• Studio 100: A Growth Story of a Showcase in Show Business
• The Acquisition Experiences of KazOil

• 5 minutes with... Scott Andrews, Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Work Based Learning at the University of Worcester’s Business School and a workshop tutor for The Case Centre for over 20 years
• Case workshops in the UK and Spain
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 26, Awards Special 2017

• Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: Rebecca Weintraub
• Overall Case Award Winner: Tesla Motors: Business Model Configuration
• Economics, Politics and Business Environment: UCSD: A Cancer Cluster in the Literature Building? (A)
• Entrepreneurship: Axel Springer in 2014: Strategic Leadership of the Digital Media Transformation
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: CULT Girl: Responsible Management and Self-Management of Subjectivity at Work
• Finance, Accounting and Control: Henkel: Building a Winning Culture
• Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour: Oxipouco: An Endangered Species Resource Negotiation (A) & (B)
• Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management:  Rewiring the Enterprise for Digital Innovation: The Case of DBS Bank
• Marketing: Ombre, Tie-dye, Splat Hair: Trends or Fads? ‘Pull’ and ‘Push’ Social Media Strategies at L’Oréal Paris
• Production and Operations Management: Zara: The World’s Largest Fashion Retailer
• Strategy and General Management: Nespresso: What Next?
• Outstanding Case Writer: The Maggi Noodle Safety Crisis in India (A), (B) & (C)
• Outstanding New Case Writer: Engino Toys: Staying in China or Moving to Europe?
• Outstanding Case Writer - Hot Topic ‘Big Data’: Recruit Japan: Harnessing Data to Create Value
• Outstanding Case Teacher: Wouter De Maeseneire

Issue 25, New Year 2017

• Copyright issues for cases
• Assessing participation in case classes - practical challenges and solutions

• Ferrari: Valuing the Prancing Horse
• NakedWines.com
• Pricing the EpiPen: This is Going to Sting
• With a Little Help from “Nuestros Amigos”: Hispanics and Kidney Transplants

• 5 minutes with... Gina Vega, Founder and President of Organizational Ergonomics
• Case workshops and PDWs in the UK and Spain
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 24, winter 2016

• The Case Project Guide: help your students write cases
• Assessing participation in case classes - the issues

• Arunachalam Muruganantham, A Social Entrepreneur Innovating in a Woman’s World
• NHS Jobs: Using Digital Platforms to Transform Recruitment Across the English & Welsh National Health Service
• “Sin Taxes” and Health Financing in the Philippines
• The Volkswagen Group (A) and (B)

• 5 minutes with... Richard Jolly, Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School
• Case workshops and PDWs in India, France and Spain
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 23, autumn 2016

• Mastering multimedia at IE Business School
• Cases and accreditation: come to a workshop led by AACSB's Tim Mescon

• Long-term Orientation in the Benedictine Monastery of Admont
• The Grommet – Managing Operations at a Fast Paced Start-up
• The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean
• Underwriting a Privatization IPO: The Sale of Royal Mail plc (A), (B) and (C)

• 5 minutes with... Matt Quin, Director of Ivey Publishing at Ivey Business School
• Case workshops and PDWs in India and France
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 22, summer 2016

• Students competing with cases: we explore the world of case competitions
• Scholarship success: expert insights

• Agarwal Packers and Movers: Competing for “Moving” Experiences
• Airbnb: What’s Next?
• Shaping the Future of Solar Power: Climate Change, Industrial Policy and Free Trade
• Vibram Five Fingers

• 5 minutes with... Debapratim Purkayastha, Associate Dean, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
• Case workshops in Belgium and France, and PDWs in the UK and India
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 21, spring 2016

• Keeping it in the family at CEIBS
• Can cases enhance employability?

• Kate Spade New York: Will Expansion Deepen or Dilute the Brand?
• Magic Water Saver: Driving Sustainability at the Bottom of the Pyramid
• SMGE: Strategic Challenges and Performance Measurement in a Small-Sized Company
• Tradition and Transition at the Harvard Business Review

• 5 minutes with... Dominique Turpin, President and Nestlé Professor, IMD
• Case workshops in Belgium, and PDWs in the UK and India
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 20, Awards Special 2016

• Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: Pierre Chandon
• Overall Case Award Winner: L'Oréal in China: Marketing Strategies for Turning Around Chinese Luxury Cosmetic Brand Yue Sai
• Economics, Politics and Business Environment: The Economics of Amazon
• Entrepreneurship: Uber: A Next Generation Transportation Company for Everyone
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: IKEA in Russia: Ethical Dilemmas
• Finance, Accounting and Control: Valuation of AirThread Connections
• Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour: Ricardo Semler: A Revolutionary Model of Leadership
• Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management: Netflix: Leveraging Big Data to Predict Entertainment Hits
• Marketing: The New York Times Paywall
• Production and Operations Management: Apple Inc.: Managing a Global Supply Chain
• Strategy and General Management: Tesla Motors
• Outstanding New Case Writer: Using Satellite Data to Insure Livestock: IBLI and the Development of the World’s First Insurance for African Pastoralists
• Outstanding Case Writer - Hot Topic ‘East Meets West’: GE Healthcare India (A), (B) and (C)
• Outstanding Case Teacher: Anita Elberse

Issue 19, New Year 2016

• New for 2016: submit your case online
• Problem-based learning and the case method

• Adopting a Learning Management System
• Fighting an Invisible Crime: Protecting Girls in Guatemala
• Through the Eyes of a Whistle-Blower
• Using Satellite Data to Insure Livestock

• 5 minutes with... Sandra Vandermerwe, Extraordinary Professor at Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS), University of Pretoria
• Case workshops Belgium, and PDWs in the US
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 18, winter 2015

• How to create & manage a case collection - hints & tips from Darden Business Publishing
• Free cases from Medical Peace Work

• Board Process Simulation - role plays
• Futbol Club Barcelona
• JM Huber: A Family of Solutions
• Bank Muscat, A Bank in Movement

• 5 minutes with... Mark Jenkins, Director of Community for Strategy, People & Leadership, Cranfield University School of Management
• Case workshops in the Netherlands, the US and Belgium
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 17, autumn 2015

• Don't be left out - submit your collection
• Find out about Harvard's first year of online case teaching

• Jungle Beer: An Entrepreneur’s Journey
• Made by Survivors: Business Solutions for a Social Problem
• NayaMed (A) and (B)
• Qatar: Poised for Success in Holding FIFA World Cup 2022?

• 5 minutes with... David B. Yoffie, Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School
• Case workshops in New Zealand, the Netherlands and the US
• Latest bestsellers
• Case competition deadlines and results
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 16, summer 2015

• The case method and school rankings
• What's popular? And what do you think?

• Bread for the Chinese: ‘If All Chinese Eat Just One Slice a Year, We’ll Strike it Big'
• CULT Girl: Responsible Management and Self-Management of Subjectivity at Work
• ESSEC Institute for Research and Education on Negotiation (IRENE)
• Firing a Hero? and It’s Bank Policy!

• 5 minutes with... Guy Pfeffermann, Founder and CEO, Global Business School Network
• Case workshops in New Zealand, the Netherlands and the US
• Bestselling cases this quarter
• Case competition deadlines
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 15, spring 2015

• Using Published Sources to Write Cases
• Out now! Teaching & Writing Cases by John Heath

• iDiscoveri Education Private Limited
• Internal Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility
• Media Development Loan Fund (A) & (B)
• Samsung’s European Innovation Team

• 5 minutes with... Wee Beng Geok, Advisor, Asian Business Case Centre
• Case workshops in France, the Netherlands and the US
• Bestselling cases this quarter
• Case competition deadlines
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 14, Awards Special 2015

• Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: Debapratim Purkayastha
• Overall Case Award Winner: Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010
• Economics, Politics and Business Environment: Goldman Sachs and Its Reputation
• Entrepreneurship: Dropbox: “It Just Works”
• Ethics and Social Responsibility: CSR and the Tobacco Industry: A Contradiction in Terms?
• Finance, Accounting and Control: Roche’s Acquisition of Genentech
• Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Google, Inc.
• Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management: Online Marketing at Big Skinny
• Marketing: Michelin Fleet Solutions: From Selling Tires to Selling Kilometers
• Production and Operations Management: Open Innovation at Siemens
• Strategy and General Management: Apple Inc. in 2012
• Outstanding New Case Writer: UCSD: A Cancer Cluster in the Literature Building? (A & B)
• Outstanding Case Writer - Hot Topic ‘Digital Transformation’: Hello bank! The Birth of a Mobile Bank
• Outstanding Case Teacher: Casey Lichtendahl

Issue 13, New Year 2015

• Going Local: we explore the growing demand for 'local' cases
• Case Writing & Teaching Exchange: a unique venue for case writers and teachers

• Building a Business from Nature: Kari W. Block’s Entrepreneurial Journey
• Equity Crowdfunding: Symbid Entering the US
• “Kickboxing” at Adobe Systems
• Picante Mexican Grill: A New Delhi Experience

• 5 minutes with... Bob Bruner, Dean of Darden School of Business
• Case workshops in the UK, France and China
• Bestselling cases this quarter
• Case competition deadlines
• Out and about with The Case Centre

Issue 12, September 2014

• Support for educators: new case websites from INSEAD give educators extra materials
• Try CoursePack Creator: quickly create online collections of course materials for your students

• McDonald’s: Corporate Social Responsibility Challenge
• Together We Lead the Way: Action for Blind People Joins the Royal National Institute of Blind People
• Sense Worldwide: Transforming the Rules of Innovation

Issue 11, June 2014

• Revealed: the true extent of gender imbalance in cases
• Making cases work online. We explore the issues

• Crisis in the Opera House
• Leading Change at Michelin’s Shanghai Factory (A) & (B)
• SMS for Life (A), (B) & (C)
• Team WIKISPEED: Developing Hardware the Software Way

Issue 10, April 2014

• From Ivey to Africa... inspirational case teaching
• To MOOC or not to MOOC? We explore the issues

• Goldlake/Eurocantera Honduras
• Michel et Augustin Cookies: Culinary Adventures Competing Against Food Industry Giants
• Value Selling at SKF Service
• Vodafone in Egypt: National Crises and their Implications for Multinational Corporations

Issue 9, January 2014

• View from the top: Business school leaders on the case method past, present and future
• Lights, camera, action! Babson College transforms case teaching notes for the 21st century

• Greatview: Challenger of Tetra Pak (A), (B) and (C)
• K2: Against All Odds
• LEGO Group: Building Strategy
• The Rise of Samsung Electronics

Issue 8, September 2013

• From contact to collaborator: selling the benefits of case writing
• Learning with cases - what's involved?

• Crowdtesting with testCloud - Managing the Challenges of a Crowdsourcing Intermediary
• Nuru Energy (A): Financing a Social Enterprise & Nuru Energy (B): From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs
• Simon Cohen (A), (B) & (C)
• Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation and The Meth Project

Issue 7, June 2013

• Coming to Brazil: our workshops to be held in South America for the first time
• Teaching with cases - what's involved?

• L’Oréal in China: Marketing Strategies for Turning Around Chinese Luxury Cosmetic Brand Yue Sai
• Planting the Seeds of Change: the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange
• Restoring the British Museum
• Royal Reels: Enhancing the Customer Experience for Slot Machines and Beyond

Issue 6, April 2013

• Teaching the virtually real case study
• Writing cases - what's involved?

• 787 Dreamliner: Cleared for Take Off?
• Defining the Purpose for Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
• Strategic Leadership and Innovation at Apple Inc
• ZARA: Staying Fast and Fresh

Issue 5, January 2013

• Cases in companies
• Classic case collection 2013

• CitizenM Hotels: Service Operations & Business Model Innovation
• Coca-Cola Spain: Branding 2.0
• Ford Motor Company in India: Developing and Marketing the Ford Figo
• Siemens Key Account Management: Lost in Central Asia?

Issue 4, September 2012

• Discover new ingredients for your teaching mix
• How do you incorporate technology into cases? Complete the survey

• Electronic Medical Records at the ISS Clinic in Mbarara, Uganda
• Molson Canada: Social Media Marketing
• The Formula One Constructors: Combined Case & Interview
• The Black Rhino

Issue 3, June 2012

• Are you an innovative case teacher?
• Strategy for Success through Cases

• The Treasury and the Global Financial Crisis (A) & (B)
• Twittamentary: Crowdsourcing a Project
• Gulf-based case collection
• British Petroleum (A), (B) & (C)

Issue 2, April 2012

• Classic cases - why do some cases stand the test of time?
• The case writing workbook

• ALDI in Australia
• Asahi Beer Enters the Russian Market
• Massachusetts General Hospital's Pre-Admission Testing Area (PATA)
• One Game to Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market

Issue 1, January 2012

• Developing countries on the case
• Help your students excel with cases

• A Grand Entrance? Li Ning's Emergence as a Global, Chinese Brand
• Kaskazi Network Ltd: Disstributing to the Bottom of the Pyramid
• Max Foundation: Saving Children's Lives Through Business Model Innovation
• Pioneering Healthy Quick Service Food: The Case of Yo! Sushi