The case studies are Harvard's principal teaching method. They are also a substantial business. Harvard sells 6.5m copies of its case studies a year. But new business models are being invented daily. Out of a specific situation grows the realisation that there are general issues that require general principles.
Many schools use the case method.
Few do so effectively, Prof Clark says. It's very difficult to do. Most people who use cases tend to do so as examples. The real method is that out of the specifics come general principles. We are trying to help people by educating them deeply.