Our business cases illustrate key business concepts and ideas, bringing excitement and introducing students to the challenge and fun of navigating business challenges by immersing them in real-world scenarios. This approach builds students’ confidence and critical thinking skills, setting them up for real-world success.
Writing and Teaching Cutting-edge Business Cases
Let’s start the journey towards writing and teaching inspirational and insightful business cases.
How to Write a Great Business Case
Build Relationships, Plan the Discussion, Think Layers, and Avoid Curveballs. When you have a good case, and students who are well prepared to learn and to teach each other, you get some magical moments that students will never forget.
Case Writing Resources
Business case studies serve as valuable teaching resources for educators. Well-written case studies engage students, stimulate critical thinking, and facilitate discussions on complex issues, making academic concepts more tangible and relatable.
Teaching with Business Case Studies
Case method teachers learn to balance planning and spontaneity. In practice, they pursue opportunities and "teachable moments" that emerge throughout the discussion, and deftly guide students toward discovery and learning on multiple levels.
Journey Towards Success
Actionable
Analyzing Business Cases
Key Tips: Be analytical, not just descriptive; support all claims with evidence; use proper business terminology; and ensure recommendations are actionable and linked to the case's context.
Analyzing a Case Study in Business
Analyzing a case study in business is an essential skill for students and professionals looking to develop strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities, and decision-making expertise.
A Harvard Business School Case Study Class
Case analysis introduces students to the real-world process of making business decisions quickly and correctly, often with limited information.
Inside the HBS Case Method
When theory, practice, experience, and talent all come to one sharp point -- a decision that shapes a definitive course of action. When it's no longer an issue of what can be done, but of what you will do.
How to Win a Case Competition
1. Make it human-centered. 2. Keep it laser-focused. 3. Make it beautiful. 4. Know your numbers. 5. Make it actionable. 6. Tell a story.
BCG Technology consulting case interview: Airline AI
A consulting case interview featuring an ex-McKinsey Associate & ex-BCG Consultant focusing on a tech implementation case on AI tools across the client's fleet. They've tasked you with helping ensure a smooth, effective implementation across all departments and routes.