The Case Centre, headquartered in Cranfield University,

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, and with its US office at Babson College, Wellesley,

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, is the independent home of the

case method The case method is a teaching approach that uses decision-forcing cases to put students in the role of people who were faced with difficult decisions at some point in the past. It developed during the course of the twentieth-century from its origin ...

, with more than 500 member organisations worldwide. The Case Centre is also the world’s largest repository of case studies used in teaching Management subjects and allied disciplines. Its stated aim is to promote the

by sharing knowledge, skills, and expertise in this area among teachers and students.

History

The Case Centre, is a

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and registered charity founded in 1973. It was founded as Case Clearing House of Great Britain and Ireland, as a collaborative initiative of 22 higher educational institutions that wanted a platform to share case materials between management educators. As the initiative grew in Europe, the organization rebranded itself as the European Case Clearing House in 1991, and again rebranded itself to ecch in 2005 to reflect its global presence, and finally rebranded to The Case Centre in 2013 to reflect its preeminent position in

Case Centre Awards & Competitions

In order to promote the

, The Case Centre recognises outstanding case writers and teachers worldwide through The Case Centre Awards (known as the European Awards between 1991 and 2010). These prestigious awards, popularly known as the case method community's annual '

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', celebrate worldwide excellence in case writing and teaching.

Journal

In 2019, The Case Centre launched the ''Case Focus'', a journal for high-quality, peer reviewed teaching cases, focused on the

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and

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region.

References

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