Suggestion of High Quality Casebooks?

Question

Hi everyone,

I have been going through a lot of the casebook, and the three casebooks that I find of high quality were:

Kellogg
Stern
INSEAD
Bonus: Fuqua for exhibits

*High quality = well-written case

May I know, based on your experience, what other casebooks have good cases?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Try Darden - specifically ‘18-’19 & ‘20-’21.

Answer 2

Hi there,

I like the following MBA casebooks

Ross - great firm overview, industry overview, key concepts, and the cases aren't bad (they also include proposed frameworks)
Stern - EXCELLENT industry overview, cases not just good but really clear and easy to follow
Columbia - awesome in late stages when looking to focus on certain areas. In their table of contents (and in header of each case), they lay out not just industry and case type, but firm (BCG, Bain, etc.), concepts tested (breakeven, brainstorming, etc.) AND difficulty across math, structure, and creativity

CaseBooks with Good Table of Contents

Columbia
1. Cases by Firm
2. Cases ranked by difficulty of Math, Structure, AND Creativity
Stern
1. Cases by interviewer vs interviewee-led
2. Ranked by difficulty
Haas
1. Cases by interviewer vs interviewee-led
2. Ranked by difficulty
Darden
1. Cases by Firm
2. Cases ranked by difficulty across quantitative, qualitative, and overall

Industry Overview

The following casebooks all have industry overviews

Ross
Stern
Darden

Answer 3

I have found that it is not possible to make a very general ranking of this sort. There are many variations every year. Best approach is to try them all out - and stick to the ones that you like.

By limiting yourself to the “supposed” best case books - you are limiting your experience and potential.