Anatomy of a case chapter

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Anatomy of a case chapter

• The bits that make up a case

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Structure of a case chapter

• Title, author Whats it about, who wrote it?
• Lead Hey! This is interesting! Read me!
• Nutshell paragraph What is the chapter about?
• Background Who, where, when?
• Problem What needed to be solved?
• Intervention Who did what, when, where, how?
• Results What happened, evidence?
• Challenges What is still a problem?
• Analysis, lessons What does it all mean?
• More information References, contacts, websites
• Plus Boxes, illustrations, tables, graphics

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Trading Up

• Book published 2008 by KIT and IIRR
• 300 pages
• 8 Parts
• 1 Intro
• 2 Background
• 3 Framework
• 4-6 15 cases (grouped into 3 types)
• 7 Analysis
• 8 Resources

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Example of case chapter
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Story box
Box illustrates topic of text, but without
getting in the way
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Situation, problem
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Bulleted lists
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Resolving the problem
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Results
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List box
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Challenges and solutions
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Focus on details
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Analysis
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More analysis
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Analysis
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A case as a book chapter
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Structure of a case chapter

• Title, author Whats it about, who wrote it?
• Lead Hey! This is interesting! Read me!
• Nutshell paragraph What is the chapter about?
• Background Who, where, when?
• Problem What needed to be solved?
• Intervention Who did what, when, where, how?
• Results What happened, evidence?
• Challenges What is still a problem?
• Analysis, lessons What does it all mean?
• More information References, contacts, websites
• Plus Boxes, illustrations, tables, graphics