Scholarly Articles

Elizabeth “Liz” Brodek, Director of Community Development for Wausau, WI, faced a significant urban planning challenge: the closure and demolition of the city’s central mall.

Cara Strauss Contreras had moved from the United States to Bolivia and spent the last 13 years pouring herself into creating a freedom business she named SutiSana.

An Australian biotechnology company, Mesoblast, with branches in the United States and Singapore, sought the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a key drug candidate, Ryoncil.

This case examines how sustainability can be utilized in strategic decision making by considering whether the WestRock Company (WRK) should enter the green coated paperboard market segment with a s

The board chair of Le Moyne College, Sharon Kinsman Salmon, faced a leadership crisis when both the president and the provost were offered presidencies elsewhere.

Since 2016, the Global Jesuit Case Series (GJCS) and the Society for Case Research (SCR) have proudly partnered in publishing this joint issue of SCR’s Journal of Case Studies (JCS).

In November of 2011, William James finally had time to reflect on the events of the past five years.

Enloe State Bank was a small community bank in Cooper, Texas. The Texas Department of Banking closed it in 2019 after the bank president set the conference room on fire.

The new CEO of a regional branch of Catholic Charities had been on the job for less than a month when he first interacted with the organization’s Christmas Program.

Ryan had just moved from Southern California to Kansas and was settling in for his first real winter.

The 416 Fire burned over 50,000 acres near Durango, Colorado in the summer of 2018.  The fire caused evacuations.  Employees were furloughed.

Most deans, faculty, students, and other stakeholders agree that we need more ethics and social responsibility content in our business school curriculums. That is not news.

Strings for Hope was started by a woman who discovered food insecurity in her middle-class community.

Dwelling House Savings and Loans (DHSL) was dealing with the aftermath of the financial crisis that hit the Hill District community.

In the 1970s, schools and sporting teams started responding to concern over using Native American imagery in logos, chants, and mascots. Some moved away from the imagery entirely.

In this decision case, students are asked to grasp the magnitude and scope of the global refugee crisis. Pope Francis has identified the crisis as the worst crisis facing humanity since WWII.

Victaulic Company (“Victaulic”) is a privately-owned, third generation, American family business. The company makes mechanical pipe-fittings especially for heating and cooling systems.

Mark Quinn had big dreams for Agrowtopia. What started out as a class project had slowly evolved into a small university urban farm.

John fell while trimming trees, requiring shoulder surgery. The physician ordered physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) as John could not work.

The Global Jesuit Case Series (GJCS) was formally launched in 2015 with the singular goal of establishing a series of real-world business cases, written by executives, educators and entrepreneurs