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This case study discusses the modes of entry for a small boutique owner in a small Midwest community.

The case involves Doug Dickey, the managing partner of a large public accounting firm named DRDA, taken from the initials of first names of the founding partners.

Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) was the largest Idaho-based credit union by asset size in the state in 2021, with assets exceeding $7.5 billion.

This decision case describes the house-buying decision process of Samantha and Eric, a young married couple who had recently moved back to the United States after living in Australia.

Elene, a finance graduate student passionate about environmental conservation, had always been an advocate for cleaner transportation.

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.

Case writers typically recognize the importance of opening a case study with a compelling hook that engages the reader.

Otsuka Kagu was a luxury furniture store in Japan that began operations in 1969. It operated 16 retail stores throughout Japan. The business was growing until the financial crisis of 2008.

The town of Barrington was faced with the immediate replacement cost of two refuse vehicles (refuse included both household waste and recyclables).

Talon started Bergen House, a craft mead brewery in Connecticut. After surviving the Covid-19 pandemic, he wanted to grow his business.

This decision-based case discusses how Valvoline should adapt its strategy to the Instant Oil Change division in an evolving automotive landscape.

Tony Allen developed Greenlight, an innovative automobile monitoring system that alerts vehicle owners when service is needed and connects them with available service providers.

Many inexperienced people have wrongly assumed that anybody can build a commercial building and that the knowledge, skills, and abilities are easily acquired.

Kathryn Michaels was the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Sunny Florida (GSSF).

Dean Rolland wanted to mark his tenure with a significant leadership, transforming his university to a waste to energy hub for the surrounding cities and contribute to the sustainability practice

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.

Peer review of research is a standard in academe, and yet researchers receive little to no training related to the peer-review process.

In this edition of our series on Excellence in Case Writing, we discuss arguably the single most critical element of writing an excellent case study: the focal construct.

John Bell was the CEO of Tampa Theatre.