Analyzing a Case

When you analyze a case, first skim it to get a broad overview of the issues and information provided. Then re-read the case slowly, asking yourself:

• What are the issues raised by this case?
• What does "the literature" say about those issues?
• What process of decision-making/decision analysis will you use? Why? (What are the key measures/indices? How can they be analyzed?)
• What information do you have? What information do you need yet?
• What is your decision? How does it resolve the issues? What issues does it fail to resolve? How will you handle those weaknesses?

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