How prevalent is the case study method in local business schools?
In several top-tier schools such as most of the IIMs, NMIMS, SP Jain and IMT, the case study method is a dominant pedagogy. In many other schools too, the use of cases and simulations is rapidly growing owing to student and faculty feedback. Historically, schools have faced a challenge of access to high quality cases on Indian organisations. But that appears to be changing steadily, as reputed Indian schools invest in case research, creating incentives, infrastructure, and faculty development programmes. HBS itself has developed close to 100 cases on Indian subjects with the support of India Research Center in Mumbai. This includes cases on the Indian Railways, TeamLease, ITC, Tata Nano, the Dabbawala System, Dharavi slum development, NGO Pratham, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital and Arvind Eye Hospital. What about your engagement with individual managers? For them, we offer our entire range of books, which we now distribute directly in India at special Indian prices. They also have acces
