The Products produced by the Project
Case studies
The project produced 12 real SME case studies, two written by each partner. The case studies are accompanied with teaching notes and best-practice descriptions. Teaching notes is a supporting tool for the teacher describing what experiences the previous
users have had when using this particular case study and how to run the case with students. One best-practice desciption from each
partner was collected in this project in order to support the case writing process.
The case studies are all in English. They are in a written form (work, excel or pdf file). One written case study is about 15-30 pages including
the actual case, teaching notes and possible appendices. There will be one best-practice description from each partner. The case studies have
been piloted and evaluated during the project.
Dear business teachers, you are welcome to use these case studies free of charge.
With the support of EU Leonardo da Vinci the writing of 12 SME case studies became possible.
-> you can download them from following links (updating in process) :
Finland: Lahti University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Business Studies
HT-Collection Case Study:
| HT-Collection Case |
| Teaching Notes |
| Key Figures |
| Best Practices- Writing HT-Collection |
Weckman Steel Case Study:
| Weckman Steel Case |
| Teaching Notes |
Germany: Hochschule Reutlingen
Autotainment Case Study:
| Autotainment Case |
| Teaching Notes |
Reiff Group Case Study:
| Reiff Group Case |
| Teaching Notes |
| Best Practice in writing |
Denmark: Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College
Troll Case Study:
| Troll Case |
| Teaching notes |
Vipp Case Study :
| Vipp Case |
| Teaching Notes Vipp |
The Netherlands: INHOLLAND Diemen/Amsterdam
Lelystad Airport Case Study:
| Lelystad Case |
| Teaching Notes Lelystad |
| Appendix 2 Lelystad |
| Appendix 1 |
Medellin Secret Case Study:
| Medellin Secret Case |
| Teaching notes |
| Best Practices in writing |
France: Pöle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci
CoMMMunicate Case Study:
| CoMMMunicate Case |
| Teaching Notes |
| Financial Figures |
Elecrem Case Study:
| Elecrem Case |
| Teaching notes Elecrem |
| Annex 1 |
| Annex 2 |
| Annex 3 |
| Annex 4 |
Slovenia: Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
Don Don Case Study:
| Don Don Case |
| Teaching notes |
| Best prctice in writing |
Medex Case Study:
| Medex Case |
| Teaching notes |
We would like to get your feedback on the Case studies and how you felt using them.
Kindly send your feedback by email to Ms Linnea Sulkanen, Project Academic Manager (linnea.sulkanen@lamk.fi) from Lahti University of Applied Sciences.
We wish you enjoyable moments working with these case studies!
The Case Method Guide
The second product of the project is the Case Guide. It is a handbook with 84 pages which consists of theoretical background about the benefits and problems connected with the case method, guidelines for selecting and writing suitable case studies and different approaches to teaching with cases.
Potential users will find the Guide the main tool for starting or developing the use of the case method as it contains practical instructions how to write case studies and teaching notes, which guide the new user. It also contains best-practises of using case studies and one case study. In order to support the use of the case method a process description of writing case studies, using them and guiding students to learn with the method, is included in the Guide. It guides new (and also experienced) users through the whole process. As appendix in the Guide is a best-practise documentation model.The guide is published in English, Finnish, German, Dutch, French and Slovene. They are published in CD ROM and in printed version. You can find the English Case Method Guide here on this wb site as printable version.
how to get access to the case method guide? ->
1) you can download printable Case Method Guide in English here
2) or you can ask Ms Elisa Hassinen, Project Manager (elisa.hassinen@lamk.fi) from Lahti university of Applied Sciences to send it over
a) in CD ROM
B) or in printed form
3) if you wish to get different language versions please contact partner institutions in each language country.
We prefare to send CD ROM over to you!
Hopefully the outcomes of this project helped you getting started with the case method or made you more comfortable using the case method.