Management Decision: Volume 52 Issue 9

Executive learning through case discussion

John C. Ickis, Arch G. Woodside, Enrique Ogliastri

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework with which to understand the issues that arise in the discussion cases included in this Special Issue and explains the role of…

The complexity and the case method

T. Grandon Gill

The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework that uses complexity as a means of better understanding the role that case studies can play in the classroom and in building…

Financial decision-making in a high-growth company: the case of Apple incorporated

J. Nicolás Marín Ximénez, Luis J. Sanz

– The purpose of this paper is to develop conceptual knowledge and skills in making financial policy decisions in a rapidly growing and profitable enterprise.

The role of knowledge management in creating a culture of learning: The case of Dubai Municipality

Washika Haak-Saheem, Tamer K. Darwish

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the role of knowledge management (KM) in creating a culture of learning and creativity in a non-western context. It further…

Managing knowledge and going global at FragraAroma

Nakul Gupta, Mahadeo P. Jaiswal, Rupali Pardasani

The purpose of this paper is to help students understand how companies combine and leverage their existing knowledge capabilities in order to build strategic advantage for the…

Pollo Campero in the USA

Esteban R. Brenes, Amitava Chattopadyay, Luciano Ciravegna, Daniel Montoya

This case illustrates the challenges that Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan fast food company, faces when expanding in the US market. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate a…

Alpha Tech: a Brazilian software firm goes international

Sylvia T.A. Moraes, Angela da Rocha

This strategy-learning case traces the growth of AlphaTech, a publicly traded company in Brazil that is a management software company. The purpose of this paper is to debate…

Internationalizing concept or product? H. Stern Jewelers in Asia

Jorge Carneiro, Geraldine Tonoli, Talita Barbosa Matos Peixoto, Rafael Magalhães Costa, Fábio de Matos Domingues, Carlos Falcão Maranhão, Paulo David Tostes dos Santos

The purpose of this paper is to offer instructors a real managerial dilemma faced by a prestigious Brazilian jewelry company as it decides how it should expand into two Asian…

Financing renewable energy: La Esperanza Hydroelectric Project

Mauricio Jenkins, Leo Miguel Guevara

This is a teaching case to be used in courses on funding and execution of renewable-energy projects, sustainable development, project finance or management of financial…

The “Barolo brothers” : Organizational identity and social relationships as strategic decision-making drivers

Alberto Monti, Severino Salvemini

The case introduces the evolution and diversification of the Ceretto family business from the production and distribution of their own wines to the opening of two restaurants and…

Introducing a disruptive service innovation: a national dilemma in E-Procurement

Juan Carlos Barahona, Andrey M. Elizondo

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a unique opportunity to analyze the implications of two different approaches to develop and deploy a national public electronic…

Supercharging case-based learning via simulators: Achieving double-loop learning with case-sims

Antonio Pérez-Bennett, Pål Davidsen, Luis E. López

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of simulators as pedagogical complements to traditional case studies. The research performs experiments with a case and its…

Can civility be taught to Latin-American MBAs? Implications of case-method use for the development of civic behaviour in managerial education

María Helena Jaén, Ezequiel Reficco, Marcela Ossa

The purpose of this paper is to examine the formative potential of the case method on MBA students’ “civility” – the procedural dimension of the ethics field. While a robust…

The contributions of T. Grandon Gill

John Ickis