International Business Cases: A Framework for Classroom Discussion

Abstract

The paper presents a framework for systematically analyzing international business cases in ways that engender effective classroom case discussions. It provides topic areas on which the reader may compile information. These topic areas are specially organized so that the reader may clearly infer the special relationship among the important facts of the case. It enables him to look for vital information and to disregard the unimportant information. It enables him to develop strategic perspectives of the firm's headquarters and its foreign subsidiaries. It also enables him to think and debate on his feet, with all the important facts clearly organized and at his fingertips. The framework provides him the total picture at one glance. It helps him to relate theory to the case. The framework is meant to help him to effectively prepare for classroom case discussion.