Scholarly Articles

This brief summary updates readers on the Journal of Critical Incidents and the Society for Case Research

This critical incident is about a personnel issue facing the Greater Burlington YMCA’s (GBYMCA) Senior Director of Human Resources, Michele O’Day.

On May 1, 2023, First Republic Bank (FRC) failed, one week after it announced its first quarter earnings on April 24, 2023, and only a few weeks after the high-profile failures of Silicon Valley

The New Ulm Public Utility Commission (“the Commission”) observed significant and costly failures in its well water radio-based alarm system (“radio system”).

Peloton’s marketing team was excited to receive publicity from a highly anticipated new television series.

This descriptive critical incident introduces students to the CPA licensing process using the story of a political candidate, Patrick Murphy, whose background as a CPA was a key component of his

This decision-based critical incident considers how Lourdes should deal with her combative but competent office manager Dixie.

This critical incident describes the events and resulting consequences of fraud and embezzlement committed by Dale Endries, controller for Oneida Golf and Country Club (OGCC).

A new day trader discovered he owes $800,000 in taxes on a net profit of only $45,000. The trader contacted Brian, a financial planner, for help.

In August 2021, Carvana was trading at an all-time peak of $360 per share.

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents Winter 2023 issue. Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

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.

This case examines attempts to unionize Dollar General Corporation, an important and growing U.S. retailer.

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 is the full preview of the Journal of Case Studies Spring 2023 issue. Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

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

Shaun Mader discusses the role of trust in an organization and how to optimize it using an Optimal Trust Grid.