Scholarly Articles

In this edition of our series on Excellence in Case Writing, we discuss arguably the single most critical element of writing an excellent case study: the focal construct.

John Bell was the CEO of Tampa Theatre.

The first Ikinari Steak location in the United States opened in Manhattan’s East Village in February 2017.

Amy Stowe, the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer of the nonprofit Clean Climate Coalition, found herself leading the communication and implementation of a full company reorganization prompt

This decision-based case discusses what strategic direction Aflac should take as it emerges from the worst of the global pandemic.

Pizza originated in seventeenth-century Naples, Italy, where it became a mainstay for the poor.

It was late 2020, and after seven years of constant toil, Pixologie’s financial performance just wasn’t working out the way Mollie Bartelt had hoped. What was she doing wrong?

This case describes a dilemma faced by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and its president, Glen Cromwell.

This case study focuses on the success of Felipe Lopez as the CEO of companies in a medium-sized city in Colombia.

Boris Johnson, former mayor of London and Prime Minister of Great Britain, was a powerful even “rebellious” politician with seven children born to three wives and a mistress (Shone, 2022).

This case revolves around ALDO, a Canadian wholesale distributor and third-party sourcing provider, as well as a retailer of fashion footwear, handbags, and accessories.

Since its founding as three internet genealogy sites in 1996, Ancestry.com (Ancestry) evolved as a public and private firm consisting of four product lines, each with different growth potentials

The case opens during the COVID pandemic in October 2020 with a protest by two dozen workers of the termination of a Black, female, Muslim employee in Amazon’s Shakopee, Minnesota, plant for taki

Sasha oversaw the Coffee Fund for the College of Business where she worked as an administrative assistant. Coffee drinkers were asked to contribute.

In 2008, leaders at Columbine Health Systems (CHS) began to require its personal care providers to pass a written test, which they had not validated, to ensure job-readiness.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of COVID-19 vaccines led J. R.

Sarah started working at Icon Tattooing & Piercings to earn her license in piercing, a process that typically takes anywhere from 6 months to a year; however, the process took nearly 4 years.

This critical incident is about Stacy Flathau, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Kellogg, and Kellogg’s foray into brand activism with its limited edition Together With Pride cereal.

This critical incident describes a legal dilemma faced by a Tim Hortons franchisee in the St. Louis metro area.

This Critical Incident requires that students identify and assess the various risks associated with a personal financial decision.