Beware the business school case study: The cautionary tale of Southwest Airlines

Such analyses capture what worked at a particular moment. That doesn’t mean it will work again. The venerable business case study method got its start in 1921 at the Harvard Business School. The ...
The Harvard Crimson

Students, Faculty Reflect on 100 Years of Harvard Business School’s Case Method

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the case study teaching method being introduced at Harvard Business School, pictured here.By Kareem M. Ansari Teruo Yabe, the new general manager of Tessei ...
Brandeis University

An introduction to case-based classes

Case-based teaching is a popular learning method used by many business schools. It allows students to generate their own insights and develop critical thinking and communication skills through ...