Scholarly Articles

This decision based critical incident describes Sam Cooper’s dilemma of whether to continue working at his family’s business where he had for ten years, or to instead accept an offer to become an

This critical incident concerns a middle aged man employed as an adjunct baking instructor at a small community college who is expecting an advancement to a full time position.

On the flight back to his home station, Captain Jack Thompson pondered his choices. He had to make the decision now because his unit was about to deploy to Afghanistan.

The economics of medicine was changing and Dr. Mike Waxman was wondering if his medical specialty group, KCPC, would survive.

As writers who have made numerous attempts to create cases (some more successful than others) we are often asked, "how do you find a topic?" or "what topics make good cases?" These questions are

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents - Volume 7 (Fall 2014). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

This is the full preview of the Business Case Journal - Volume 21, Issue 2 (Summer, 2014). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

After several years as a sales representative, Todd was promoted to zone sales manager.

In this decision case, the CEO of an insurance company located in the European Union is faced with a dilemma related to a breach of confidentiality on the part of a senior manager.

Daren Young, CEO of DRYCO, a family owned paving construction and maintenance (PCM) firm, faced several crises at DRYCO but he worked hard to make the firm profitable.

The Society for Case Research held a preconference workshop to help authors improve their case research skills.

In this article, we review the challenges to the current economic system and then proceed by presenting two competing paradigms—the economistic and humanistic paradigms of business.

Mike Peters, a professor at Rocky Mountain State University (RMSU), had been asked to serve as the chair of a selection committee to fill the position of Human Resource Partner.

In 2008, the U.S. fell into the worst recession in decades and the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee immediately began work to address the economic issues facing the nation.

Dr. Cara Peters, Associate Editor of Journal for Case Studies, has a long-time friend from graduate school who used to be an active member of the Society for Case Research.

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents - Volume 6 (Fall 2013). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

This decision case gives students an opportunity to think about communication needs related to an organization’s recovery from a crisis created by a flood.

This case reports, in his own words, the experiences of Javier, a 22 year-old factory worker, reflecting on three separate interpersonal incidents occurring within the past year at his job in a f

In this article, we discuss the importance of human assets in growing and scaling a social venture in order to achieve its objectives and attain financial sustainability.