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HAR VAR D

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How to Write

a Case-Based Essay

E xc e r p t e d fro m

The Case Study Handbook:

How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively About Cases

By

William Ellet

Harvard Business School Press

Boston, Massachusetts

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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

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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 along with the instructor’s...