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How to Write a Case-Based Essay
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The Case Study Handbook:
How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively About Cases
By
William Ellet
Harvard Business School Press
Boston, Massachusetts
ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-2451-2
2451BC
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CHAPTER 9
HO W T O W R I T E A
C A S E - B A SE D E S S AY
W
riting about a case is very different from talking about it.You collaborate with others in a discussion, bringing to bear everyone’s background and case preparation