WACRA's Primary Objectives
Are To:

  • Advance the use of the case method in teaching, training, and planning.
  • Encourage research using the case method.
  • Coordinate case writing and case application activities.
  • Encourage cooperation between the public sector, the business community, and other case-oriented professions.
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Renew Your WACRA Membership for 2012 Now!
... and receive uninterrupted access to IJCRA, your refereed International Journal of Case Method Research & Application.
The International Journal of Case Research & Application – IJCRA - is the official publication of WACRA® and as such aims to publish high-quality original manuscripts that (1) extend and disseminate the scholarship of case method research worldwide and (2) capture innovation and creativity in learning through interactive teaching methods globally. To make available the published work of IJCRA authors to case writers, teachers, researchers and scholars world-wide, the WACRA® Board has decided, at the end of each year, to move four quarterly issues of IJCRA into the public domain.

En el Congreso de Vancouver – WACRA 2009 – el Consejo Ejecutivo de WACRA decidió que al final de cada año calendario, comenzando en diciembre del 2009, el volumen más antiguo de IJCRA será de domino público. Entonces, comenzando en diciembre del 2009, el Volumen XVII (ediciones N°1 a °4) estarán disponibles a todos los académicos e investigadores, de todo el mundo, a través del website de WACRA www.wacra.org. En diciembre del 2010, el volumen XVIII (ediciones N°1 a N°4) será abierto al dominio público. Para acceder a los actuales volúmenes de IJCRA se requiere ser miembro de WACRA.

Por medio de esta iniciativa, el Consejo de WACRA desea facilitar la investigación y aplicación en la enseñanza utilizando el método de casos y otros enfoques interactivos, asistiendo a los profesores, especialmente a los juniors, en su redacción y actividades interactivas de enseñanza, y proporcionar una más amplia e internacional exposición de las publicaciones de los que contribuyen al International Journal of Case Method Research & Application IJCRA. El traspasar a domino público selectos volúmenes de IJCRA alentará un uso más amplio de las metodologías del método de caso e interactivas. El reservar los actuales números solamente a miembros activos de WACRA animará al crecimiento de las membresías.

'The Art and Craft of Case Writing', 2nd Edition
by William Naumes and Margaret J. Naumes has been published by M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York, London, England. To order a copy at the special WACRA member price click here.  A review of the book has been published in issue 2/2006 of IJCRA - The International Journal of Case Method Research & Application.
 

  

2012 WACRA Conference
June 26-29, 2012
Stockholm, Sweden
at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
INDEK - Dept. of Industrial Economics and Management
henrik.blomgren@indek.kth.se

in close cooperation with:
Blekinge Technical University, Lund University,
University West and Karolinska Institute

The deadline for proposals has been extended!
Submit your proposals, cases, papers

before January 31, 2012

Preliminary Program (English)
Programa Preliminar (Spanish)
Stockholm Conference Registration

Call for Papers (English)
Call for Papers (Spanish)
Call for Papers (French)

Call for Round Table (English)
Call for Round Table (Spanish)
Call for Round Table (French)
Call for Round Table (German)

Three Perfect Days in Stockholm
 


WACRA NEWSletter
  The Spring 2012 WACRA NEWSletter with information about the Seville, Spain - January 2012 conference and Stockholm, Sweden - June 2012 conference is now available.  Click here.
 

  
2012 Stockholm Conference
For details of the Post Conference Baltic Cruise
June 30 - July 7, 2012 click here
or contact julie@travelsbyjulie.com


Members on the Move
Click here to learn more about our members Patricia Ann Brock, Patti Chance, Audrey Cohen, Matthias Eggertsson, Ana Gil-Garcia, Emiliano Gonzalez, Walter Greene, Edward Jankovic, Gloria Guzman Johannessen, Irene Lange, Janice Nath, Sean O’Connor, and Alfonso Vargas!


Writing & Presentation Tips

What’s a Good Case?

A case is the fundamental building block of the experiential learning process that is embodied in the case method. It offers “decision-making calisthenics.” It is a well told story that should capture the richness of a decision-making experience in enough detail to create a proxy for experience for students and to drive challenging individual study and small and full-class discussions. In this way, it becomes a catalyst for developing critical thinking skills.

CDI Case Development Institute Copyright © David Wylie 2003 15

For more suggestions and tips click here.

 

International Journal of Case Method
Research & Application
The International Journal of Case Method Research & Application is an international, interdisciplinary forum for researchers, educators and professionals. IJCRA solicits and welcomes research across the entire range of topics encompassing the domain of case method research and application and interactive teaching methodologies. The Journal scope includes case writing, interactive teaching and learning, continuing and distance education, which cross national, cultural and disciplinary boundaries. IJCRA welcomes theoretical and empirical papers that advance social science research on teaching and learning.

IJCRA has special interest in research addressing important issues that transcend the boundaries of single academic disciplines and corporate managerial functions. Therefore, IJCRA welcomes interdisciplinary scholarship and commentaries that challenge the paradigms and assumptions of single disciplines or functions. IJCRA solicits and accepts manuscripts on teaching materials and methods. Experimental, developmental work (e.g., presentation of stages of development of a case study and reviews of books dealing with topics related to case writing, interactive, innovative teaching, continuing education, distance education) will also be considered.

The International Journal of Case Method Research & Application (ISSN 1554-7752) is published four times per year by WACRA
®, The World Association for Case Method Research and Application, 23 Mackintosh Ave, NEEDHAM (BOSTON), MA 02492-1218 U.S.A. Copyright© 2005 by WACRA®, The World Association for Case Method Research and Application. All rights reserved. Annual subscription rates for institutions, libraries and individuals are based on the current frequency. Prices quoted are in U.S. dollars and are subject to change without notice. Address changes and inquiries are to be addressed to:

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The latest IJCRA Issue v.XXIII Issue 4 (December 2011) is now available in the Members section.

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