Tag Archives: Case studies

Business school teaching case study: sharing secrets to tackle slavery (FT)

In the quest for ethical and sustainable production, one chocolate company has taken an unconventional route: sharing its playbook. Tony’s Chocolonely, the Dutch company founded specifically to eradicate slavery and child labour from the cocoa industry, has pioneered an “Open Chain” model that details its sourcing approach for competitors to follow. While most corporate sustainability […]
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Business school teaching case study: work-from-home models in retreat (FT)

Earlier this year, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon made a town hall speech at an employee event in Ohio that went viral after he made his blunt assessment of a topic that is dividing employers and employees, older and younger generations: the future of the workplace. In a leaked recording that captured his […]
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How real-world cases work as business school teaching tools (Forbes)

Business case studies are the closest thing to a window on to real life for the sometimes detached students of an academic institution. Take, for example, an in-depth look at how Spanish retailer Zara differentiates itself from rivals; or how US coffee chain Starbucks has gone through its digital transformation; or how a Ukrainian subsidiary […]
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NEW GIBS Case study:YES: leading a Youth Employment Service towards increasing impact by Thunusha Pillay and Caren Scheepers.

Case summary Learning outcomes The learning outcomes for this case study are as follows: learning outcome 1: evaluate the environmental context of Youth Employment Service (YES) and ascertain whether YES is a social enterprise. Students will provide an analysis of what is happening around the business, and why addressing youth unemployment is an urgent matter […]
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NEW GIBS Case Study: The South African Reserve Bank’s response towards calls to pursue unconventional monetary policy” By Adrian Sivalle, Mluleki Shongwe, and Amy Moore

Learning outcomes On completion of the case study, students will understand the following learning objectives: the characteristics of quantitative easing (QE) and when it may be appropriate to implement QE; how QE differs from a conventional bond purchasing programme; the impact of direct financing of the fiscus by the central bank on its independence; how […]
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International compedium of entrepreneurship policies (OECD)

The OECD has just published: “International Compendium of Entrepreneurship Policies.”  It is increasingly understood that entrepreneurship plays a critical role in economic growth and well-being. But which policies can governments develop to release its benefits? This publication offers guidance and inspiration.  It identifies the range of entrepreneurship policies being pursued internationally, the problems the policies seek to […]
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GIBS case studies

GIBS faculty produce a number of teaching case studies covering diverse subjects on a yearly basis. Dr Caren Scheepers, with Natalie van der Veen, recently published a case study on Unilever.  The focus of the case study was on contextual leadership and how to embed a  culture of inclusive growth.  The title of the case […]
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GIBS case studies

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