CaseToHire

Anatomy of a case

What the casebooks we analysed really contain: 217 cases, seven families, and a recurring grading rubric.

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Overview

I indexed the tables of contents of eight casebooks we analysed (Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Booth, Darden 2024-25, Tuck, Fuqua, Yale, INSEAD), representing 217 cases, and classified them by case type. This is the best available estimate of what awaits you, as these cases are mostly reconstructed from real interviews.

Breakdown of the 217 indexed cases, by family
Growth, market entry, launch78 · 36%
Profitability and costs54 · 25%
M&A, investment, funds42 · 19%
Operations20 · 9%
Competition, public sector, atypical18 · 8%
Pure estimation3 · 1%
Pure pricing2 · 1%

Source: tables of contents and cover pages of the casebooks we analysed, manual classification into seven families.