Michael Netzley
Michael, with cases featured by the European Case Clearing House and the recipient of awards for innovative course design, uses cases to craft a world-class learning environment.
Hamrlick Brewing
Hamrlick Brewing, a small brewer located in the US, began operations just 18 months ago and desperately needed to increase sales before it ran out of money. Hamrlick risked finding out that an award winning beer might not be enough.
A good case, like good writing, is easy to read. With their extraordinary storytelling capabilities and experience, the team of case writers and researchers who contribute cases and assist our faculty writing cases to deliver compelling stories that captivate readers.
" The Case Writing Initiative will provide opportunity to our faculty and allow SMU to position itself in the world of business where people will look upon SMU as the place to come to regarding Asian insights."
- Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Provost and Deputy President - Academic Affairs
"Case studies, be it on Tata Chemicals or any Tata Group company, are snapshots of the business situation at a point of time. We encourage capturing those business situations and issues through case studies and using them in the classroom for our leadership development. "
- Sudhakar Budaraju, Chief HR Officer, Tata Chemicals Limited, India.
This case study discusses the initiatives taken by Unilever, one of the world’s leading fast moving consumer goods companies, to promote sustainability by using the example of Lipton Tea in Turkey. In November 2010 Unilever launched the ambitious...
Part B of the case is set about one year later, at the start of 2012. In this case study, the students are given an update of the strategy that TCL had adopted, which is to continue with I-Shakti Salt, but also to venture into the production and...
The first part (A) of the case study is set in early 2011, and begins with the protagonist, Parag Gadre, contemplating what should be done with Tata Salt’s flanker brand, I-Shakti, which had far outperformed expectations, and could become a...
In July 2010, Sujit Patil, Head Corporate Communication for Mumbai-based Tata Chemicals (TCL) had to develop a company branding strategy after a series of acquisitions. TCL had acquired several of the top five producers in the soda ash business,...
This case is set in September 2007, and revolves around the Head of Sales & Marketing at Tata Chemicals Limited wondering how he could boost the market share of Tata Salt, one of the flagship products of the company. The dilemma is...
Associate Professor of Strategic Management (Practice)
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility | Employee Creativity | Spirituality at Work
Associate Professor of Corporate Communication (Education)
Research Interests
Influence in Corporate and Public Policy | Organisational Communication - Employee Communication | Argument and Academic Writing
Professor of Marketing | Director, Centre for Marketing Excellence| Associate Dean, General Management Programmes
Research Interests
Branding | Innovation and New Product Development | Online Auctions and...
Associate Professor of Corporate Communication (Practice)
Research Interests
Creative Industries | Reputation
Adjunct Professor (Operations Management)
Research Interests
Supply Chain Management | Retail Operations
A central component of our research objectives at SMU is writing cases from the Asian perspective. The Case Writing Initiative is a joint venture between the Office of Strategic Planning and the Centre for Teaching Excellence to promote case writing and case teaching. Case writing allows our faculty to develop a rich experience with the business community as they apply academic ideas to real world situations. Case teaching provides an applied experience in the classroom facilitating a better understanding of the problems businesses encounter.
SMU also broadly publishes its field-research based cases to an international audience. This helps fill a critical need for cases based on the Asian context in international curriculums. In October 2011 the Economist wrote:
“…case studies, the common method of teaching at business school, are notoriously America-centred. Only around a third of those published deal with an issue outside of America. Just 14% percent deal with a cross-border issue in any way. And in only 6% of case studies is the cross-border issue central to what is being taught.”
Have a case idea, want to use SMU cases or want to write a case? Please contact us. The case writing support team would like to hear from you.
Case Writing Initiative (CWI)
Singapore Management University
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Singapore 188065
Email: cwp@smu.edu.sg