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Teaching cases offers students the opportunity to explore real world challenges in the classroom environment, allowing them to test their assumptions and decision-making skills before taking their knowledge into the workplace.

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Publication date: 1 December 2004

James J. Carroll

This article provides perspectives on the academic review process, instructional cases, and suggests guidelines to follow when reviewing cases as part of the referee process. This…

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This article provides perspectives on the academic review process, instructional cases, and suggests guidelines to follow when reviewing cases as part of the referee process. This paper provides an overview of the academic review process and describes the review processes for instructional cases. The processes of the CASE Association are provided as perspectives.

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The CASE Journal, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 December 2004

Barry R. Armandi, Herbert Sherman and Gina Vega

This article, written in case format, has been written to assist the novice case writer in case research and writing. The article covers all aspects of case writing including…

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This article, written in case format, has been written to assist the novice case writer in case research and writing. The article covers all aspects of case writing including: idea generation and sources of cases, working with primary and secondary case sources, obtaining client releases, writing the case story line, developing a catchy ‘hook’, using the past tense, providing supporting exhibits, and providing a bibliography for the case. The teaching note (or instructor's manual)is also covered in detail including: an overview of the case, learning objectives, course placement and targeted audience, instructional methodologies, case questions and answers, the epilogue, and the bibliography. Appendix A includes a discussion on case publishing and includes a list of journals and conferences which accept cases.

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The CASE Journal, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 December 2004

Terence P. Curran, Linda L. Richardson and Andrea E. Smith-Hunter

This case presents an overview of the confectionary industry, a description of the Hershey Foods Corporation, and a look at the company's strategies and the impact of these…

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This case presents an overview of the confectionary industry, a description of the Hershey Foods Corporation, and a look at the company's strategies and the impact of these strategies. The case focuses on the unintended consequences that result from the implementation of dramatic new strategies for a company and what occurs in a company town that displays a very strong paternalistic culture. Some analysts had previously thought that Hershey's profitability and its close relationship with the town, the trust and the school made the company untouchable, but events proved otherwise.

After reading this case, the reader will feel compelled to answer the following questions. What is the best strategy for future growth of Hershey? How important is organizational culture on a corporation's strategic direction? Should the company indeed be sold to a larger corporation?

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The CASE Journal, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 May 2005

Donald L. Lester

This case demonstrates the difficulties encountered by small family businesses when the founder passes away without having properly prepared for succession. AAA Construction was a…

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This case demonstrates the difficulties encountered by small family businesses when the founder passes away without having properly prepared for succession. AAA Construction was a company held together for over thirty-six years by a family patriarch, Jack Hudson. His choice of his grandson to succeed him was obvious. However, there were serious questions about whether David Robbins up to the task.

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The CASE Journal, vol. 1 no. 2
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 May 2005

Judith W. Spain and Gina Vega

SONY Online Entertainment (SOE) was planning to release a new version, EverQuest II®, of its popular online game, EverQuest®. The first EverQuest® game was very successful…

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SONY Online Entertainment (SOE) was planning to release a new version, EverQuest II®, of its popular online game, EverQuest®. The first EverQuest® game was very successful financially, generating approximately $5 million/month in 2002 for SOE. However, some issues surrounding addictions and corporate responsibility were interfering with the new product launch. These problems revolved around several deaths in which the EverQuest® game had been implicated. The case focuses on the dilemma faced by the Vice President of Marketing prior to the new product release: How far must a company go to protect possible misuse of a product by consumers?

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The CASE Journal, vol. 1 no. 2
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

Herbert Sherman

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The CASE Journal, vol. 2 no. 1
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ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

Thomas C. Leach

This article, written in the case format, is an extension of the article entitled “Case Research and Writing: Three Days in the Life of Professor Moore” published in The CASE…

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This article, written in the case format, is an extension of the article entitled “Case Research and Writing: Three Days in the Life of Professor Moore” published in The CASE Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1. It is intended to give the novice case writer insight into problems associated with obtaining the release for publication from companies where primary data had been collected. Related issues on case writing are also included.

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The CASE Journal, vol. 2 no. 1
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ISSN: 1544-9106

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

Herbert Sherman

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The CASE Journal, vol. 2 no. 1
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Herbert Sherman

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

Pauline Assenza and Alan B. Eisner

After decades of successful expansion, The Reader's Digest Association's products were mature. With an average readership age for the flagship Reader's Digest magazine of 50.3 in…

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After decades of successful expansion, The Reader's Digest Association's products were mature. With an average readership age for the flagship Reader's Digest magazine of 50.3 in 2004, efforts to develop new products had so far failed to entice a significant number of younger customers. Following a financial downturn in 1996, positive financial results remained illusive. Several major changes instituted by Thomas O. Ryder, CEO since 1998, including acquisitions, re-capitalization, restructuring and systematic re-engineering of the corporate culture, had proven mildly successful, but RDA, as well as the entire publishing industry, faced a persistent decline in profitability. Could RDA fulfill its stated mission to create “products that inform, enrich, entertain and inspire people of all ages and cultures around the world”, and could it do this by continuing to rely on the 80-year old Reader's Digest magazine?

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The CASE Journal, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 1544-9106

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