Use (and Misuse) of Business Case Studies
I am a huge fan of learning through cases, but I’ve also seen a lot of mis-learning through cases. In particular, learning through the presentation of business situations and discussion in order to uncover the many competing forces within a given decision is super helpful. The unique aspect of learning by the formal case method is captured in the discussion more than in the documented … [ Read more ]
Content: Article, Case Study | Author: Steven Sinofsky | Source: Medium | Subject: Case Related
MBA Tips: How to Prepare Harvard Business School Cases
While reading and preparing cases is a significant part of any business school experience, there isn’t always a concrete result to your work. You could easily invest hours preparing a case and have nothing to say about it during the class discussion. It’s because of this ambiguous return on investment that many people choose not to read the scheduled case before a class … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Kuo | Source: MBA Excel | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related, Prospective MBAs
Some Notes on Case Analysis
Dave Robinson, a marketing professor at Haas, offers some notes on performing case analysis and also offers his “Six C’s model” of Business Situation Analysis.
Content: Article | Author: David Robinson | Subjects: Case Related, Strategy
Retaining Knowledge Capital
Facing massive brain drain from the retirement of a third of its workforce, Tennessee Valley Authority generated a knowledge-retention network to conserve its intellectual capital.
Content: Article | Author: Bob Paladino | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Case Related, Knowledge Management
Preparing an Effective Case Analysis
This site presents a moderately structured framework. The authors divide the discussion into four sections. First, they describe the importance of understanding the skills active learners can acquire through effective use of the case analysis method. In the second section, they provide you with a process-oriented framework. This framework can be of value in your efforts to analyze cases and then present the results of … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: South-Western | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related
When your competitor delivers more for less
Value-driven competitors have changed the expectations of consumers about the trade-off between quality and price. This shift is gathering momentum, placing a new premium on-and adding new twists to-the old imperatives of differentiation and execution.
Content: Article | Authors: Jeffrey P. George, Laxman Narasimhan, Robert J. Frank | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Case Related, Miscellaneous | Industry: Other
Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals: Bain & Company
Bain has been an early adopter of knowledge management (KM) and demonstrated strong KM leadership. It is clear that the deployment of Bain’s corporate portals (CP) significantly improved the speed and accuracy of knowledge flow in the firm. Most importantly, three of Bain’s core explicit values are clearly revealed in the design and practices related to the deployment of BVU and GXC: a continuous learning … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Mark Horwitch, Robert Armacost, Steve Tallman | Sources: Bain & Company, Butterworth Heinemann | Subjects: Case Related, Knowledge Management
The Barista Principle – Starbucks and the Rise of Relational Capital
How did a small Seattle company turn itself into a global synonym for java and joe? The answer, we believe, lies with an ingredient as central to Starbucks’s business as the premium coffee beans it roasts: Relationships.
Starbucks is not the only company that firmly believes that an emphasis on relationships should be more than simply management rhetoric. Nor is it the only company that … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Gary L. Neilson, Ranjay Gulati, Sarah Huffman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Best Practices, Case Related
The Case Against Cases
Enron’s popularity as a business-school “success story” raises tough questions about how case studies are prepared.
Content: Article | Author: Roy Harris | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related
Voulez-Vous Completely Overhaul This Big, Slow Company and Start Making Some Cars People Actually Want Avec Moi?
Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker, was stodgy, insular, debt-ridden. It was exhibit A in what was wrong with Japanese corporations. Then it brought in an irrepressible French Lebanese guy named Carlos Ghosn.
Content: Article | Author: Andy Raskin | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Case Related, People | Industry: Automotive
Getting All the Credit
Capital One has built a credit-card empire by testing and testing and testing, then testing some more.
Content: Article | Author: Joanne Kelley | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Best Practices, Case Related
Learning with Cases Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce students to learning with cases. The workshop covers background issues regarding business cases and the case method, the typical anatomy of a business case, and an accepted method for structuring a case analysis.
Content: Article | Author: Daniel A. Szpiro | Source: Copenhagen Business School | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related
A Model for Case Analysis and Problem Solving
An article by Professor Edward G. Wertheim, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University
Table of Contents:
I. Why We Use the Case Approach
II. Your Responsibilities
III. The Six Steps for Problem Analysis
1. Comprehend the Case Situation: Data Collection, identify relevant facts
2. Defining the Problem
3. Identify the causes of the problem
… [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Edward G. Wertheim | Source: Northeastern University | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related