The Case Centre Impact Index 2023: No. 40

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is one of Germany’s and Europe’s top business schools. It offers bachelor’s, master’s, and MBA programs, a joint Executive MBA program with the Kellogg School of Management, and open and customized executive education programs.

WHU aspires to be a thought-leading institution, shaping personalities and business. It seeks to impact scholars, students, executives, and policymakers by delivering excellence in research and teaching.

Close corporate connections have been among WHU’s core features since its inception by the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce in 1984, and numerous school alums have become successful executives and entrepreneurs. WHU’s teaching significantly benefits from these corporate ties. The school not only has the pleasure of frequently welcoming representatives of its corporate partners as guest lecturers at its campuses in Vallendar and Dusseldorf, it also gets immediate access to case examples through them. As WHU is committed to active, problem-based learning, cases are integral to the school’s didactic mix. WHU uses cases from other business schools and distributes its own cases via The Case Centre.

Since 2022, The Case Centre has received three new cases for distribution from WHU authors. In total the WHU collection available through The Case Centre numbers 140+ cases, many with accompanying instructor materials, software and videos. Nine of those are prize-winning cases.