05 Feb 2019
INSEAD Best-selling Cases at the Case Centre 2018
INSEAD, the business school for the world, today announced that 13 INSEAD cases have been listed among The Case Centre’s most popular cases of 2018. The Case Centre is a global organisation dedicated to promoting the case method in management education.
Cases are named best sellers when they rank in the top 15 by number of copies sold in their category. This year marks an improvement over the previous year, when 11 INSEAD cases were named as best sellers by The Case Centre.
Out of the 13 INSEAD cases recognised as best-selling cases in their respective categories in 2018, there were five in the Marketing category, three in Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour, two in Ethics and Social Responsibility and one each in Finance, Accounting and Control; Production and Operations Management; and Strategy and General Management.
These top-quality cases are used for global business education and taught in leading business schools around the world.
INSEAD cases are consistently commended for providing robust insights. These cases often combine theory and practice across different countries and cultures and are recognised for their relevance and rigour to contemporary business practices.
INSEAD best-selling cases in 2018 include:
Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Société Générale: The Rogue Trader
by Mark Hunter, N. Craig Smith - Uber and the Ethics of Sharing: Exploring the Societal Promises and Responsibilities of the Sharing Economy
by N. Craig Smith, Erin McCormick - Société Générale: The Rogue Trader
by Mark Hunter, N. Craig Smith
Finance, Accounting and Control
- Balance Sheet Detective
by Elizabeth Demers
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
- Leading Across Cultures at Michelin (A)
by Erin Meyer, Sapna Gupta - Ricardo Semler: A Revolutionary Model of Leadership
by William Maddux, Roderick Swaab, Betania Tanure, Elin Williams - Tony Hsieh at Zappos: Structure, Culture and Radical Change
by Noah Askin, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Joanna Lockard
Marketing
- Unilever in Brazil 1997-2007: Marketing Strategies for Low-Income Consumers
by Pedro Pacheco Guimaraes, Pierre Chandon - Ombre, Tie-Dye, Splat Hair: Trends or Fads? “Pull” and “Push” Social Media Strategies at L’Oréal Paris
by David Dubois, Katrina Bens - AccorHotels and the Digital Transformation: Enriching Experiences through Content Strategies along the Customer Journey
by David Dubois, Inyoung Chae, Joerg Niessing, Jean Wee - De Beers: Diamonds are for Asia
by Hellmut Schütte - Ford KA (A): Breaking New Ground in the Small Car Market
by Markus Christen, David A. Soberman, Gigi Cothier
Production and Operations Management
- Marks & Spencer and Zara: Process Competition in the Textile Apparel Industry
by Michael Pich, Ludo Van der Heyden, Nicolas Harle
Strategy & General Management
- Even a Clown Can Do It (B): Cirque du Soleil Recreates Live Entertainment
by W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Ben M. Bensaou
These awards and recognition achieved highlight the high calibre of the school’s research output, underscore the thought leadership of its faculty and reaffirm the school’s commitment to research excellence and the case method.