If you are a registered and approved academic user, products with related teaching notes have a TN icon appearing in the search result.  Clicking on the icon, or on the PDF symbol will open the teaching note file.

Yes. if you are planning to buy online you need to register and then login.

No. Only a part of the cases data base is placed on line as of now. It includes all the latest cases registered. The process of putting all the cases on line is in progress and should be over soon

No. teaching notes are not sold. They are available to the registered faculty members and trainers as inspection only which is free of cost.

No. IIMA case bank has a collection of technical notes explaining a concept or tool in the hands of management or a note on the industry.

Yes. IIMA publishes a journal for decision makers called Vikalpa. This journal publishes research articles, cases and perspectives. Its objective is to disseminate concepts of professional management and contribute to a better understanding of the context, resources, structures, systems, processes, and performance of organizations. You may access them on Vikalpa@iima.ac.in

Yes. Corporations can support case writing projects of mutual interest. IIMA goes through a structured process of interactions with the corporation before committing itself to the case writing project. It is desired that the cases that are developed under the project are made available to the academic community as a whole.

IIMA library is equipped with a collection of over 1,77,306 books, 42,004 bound volumes, current subscription to journals (print - 226 & online - 945), 30 newspapers, 2257 working papers, and many other resources like 265 thesis, 1745 student's project reports, 2085 CDs and 132 videos. The library has a site: www.iimahd.ernet.in/library/

Yes. IIMA's research and publications division has a separate site that provides free access to the working papers of IIMA faculty members and their associates. Email: respub@iima.ac.in

Yes. IIMA invites interested persons with experience in editing to be a part of the panel. There is a process of screening the applications and getting back to the persons. The selected persons have to undergo a workshop on editing before taking up the editorial tasks. IIMA would bear the expenses of travel and boarding of the participants called for the workshop.

This is possible in principle. You need to write separately for this.

Yes.

After the payment is made, you will be automatically re-directed to a download page where you will be able to download the case PDF as attachment file.

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You will also receive an e-mail with a link(s) to the download page where you can download the case(s).

No. Inspection copies downloaded at no charge come with a diagonal watermark saying inspection copy only.

Reproductions must be made from permitted copies, which can be purchased as a soft copy.

You can make copies from the master electronic copy only as per the information provided by you at the time of ordering the document. Various blurbs declaring the person authorized to use and the course for which it is meant appear on the case and the agreement is sacrosanct.

Yes. You can pay with your credit/debit card

The text book permission request form specifies the terms and conditions surrounding textbook permissions, including the process and permission fee.

It depends on what you want to do with the translation. Please write an email to the Case Centre to know more about it.

Yes. They can buy after registering themselves as students. Go to question no 18 and step 3 on registration process.

Yes, there can be cases based on secondary information. They are developed based on information available in the public domain. Whenever such cases are developed, the case writer mentions the sources of information according to a protocol of referencing. IIMA uses the guidelines provided by the American Psychology Association (APA).

Yes. You can also write to the Director of IIMA stating your intentions. The Director will constitute an appropriate team to take the case writing project forward.

Yes. On receipt of your lead, the faculty member would evaluate the lead independently and get back to you with his/her response.

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Yes. The alumni can write cases in collaboration with IIMA faculty members. 

Yes. We encourage the participants of various programmes to write cases in collaboration with IIMA faculty members. 

Yes. IIMA conducts case writing and teaching workshops. There is an open programme that provides opportunities to the interested individuals and teams from business schools and corporations. IIMA also organizes customized case writing - teaching workshops .for business schools and corporations. For details please contact either the Director or the identified faculty members.

We may. Right now our focus is on launching and strengthening this site. We might think of linking ourselves with the case writers in other business schools after stabilizing our current effort. We look forward to your suggestions for additions, modifications, redesign and improvements. Do write to: caseweb@iima.ac.in

Right now no. We have plans to provide access 'copy right free' materials that faculty may share with the site.

Please get in touch with - caseweb@iima.ac.in

You have to get in touch with them directly. You can obtain their e-mail id and contact details by accessing IIMA's site http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/faculty-profile/alphabetical-list.html (Example: Prof. M.R. Dixit <dixit@iima.ac.in>, Prof. A.K. Jain <akjain@iima.ac.in>, Prof. Mathew Monipally <mpally@iiima.ac.in>, Prof. Asha Kaul <ashakaul@iiima.ac.in>

If you are logged in as a registered and approved academic user, one of the refine search areas is Teaching Note.  A search will return all available products; clicking on “available” in the Teaching Note refines the search area to limit the results only to those with a related teaching note.

One of the refine search areas is product type.  The product types available based on your initial search will be displayed.  Clicking on one of the available product types will limit your results to that product type.

There is a simple 4-step process to pay for/download a case study:Registration,Ordering,Payment and Downloading the case.

Procedure for checking out: Add a case to the shopping cart .You click the ‘Add to cart’ button on the case detail page. The selected case is then added to the shopping cart. You can choose to add more cases to the cart by clicking on continue shopping or can proceed to checkout by clicking on the payment logo appearing in the cart window.

You need to write to the Case Centre Office for that. There is a fee attached to provide this permission.

After logging in, go to My Orders page.  From here you can open your digital downloads, see your order history, adjust permission orders, and re-use previous orders.

After logging in, go to My Profile page.  You can update your password, name, address and communications preferences on this page.

The learner learns from the case through a multi stage involvement. The learner reads the case and comprehends the nature of the decision making situation, identifies the decisions to be made, generates and evaluates options and makes a choice. He/she thinks through an execution plan and contingencies. The learner develops his Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills and Habits (KASH) by repeated in involvement in such decision making situation.

IIMA has developed a very simple pricing scheme. The drop down on pricing provides the details.

IIMA was set up in a tripartite collaboration between the Government of India, Government of Gujarat and Indian Industry on December 11, 1961. Initial support for setting up the institute came from Ford Foundation and Harvard Business School. The collaboration lasted for five years. IIMA then carved out its own path of progress. Teaching learning activities of the Institute began with a three tier programme also started in 1964. The case method found its root in 1965 itself. Both case writing and teaching began almost together. It is still the flagship programme of the Institute with offerings for middle, senior and top levels in management. The two year Post Graduate programme started in 1965.

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You will receive an automatic billing confirmation via email as soon as the payment is authorized.  You can also check the status of your order through a secure link that will be provided to you.

Yes. You can if register yourself as a trainer.

a. You may have entered the wrong/incorrect email id while making the payment transaction.

b. You can send an email with the transaction details (like transaction ID, case study purchased etc.) to caseweb@iima.ac.in

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Once you have found the product(s) you need, ordering from IIMA is fast and easy. Add the selected cases to “My Cart’, then checkout. Please follow IIMA’s Case Website ordering procedures. This will avoid unnecessary delays in processing your order. If you are ordering for teaching purposes, we require the name of the instructor and the title and date of the course.

Yes, you can. Please opt (sign up) for E-Bulletin that provides updates on the recent cases,technical notes and teaching notes developed by IIMA faculty and their associates.

Case analysis is a symbiotic combination of structured approach and intuitive analysis. There are frameworks, checklist of questions, theories and concepts to guide the comprehension and analysis of the learner.

IIMA is organized along Areas, Groups and Centres. Areas are sentient groups that are responsible for the design and delivery of programmes and courses. Centres are interest group that around shared research areas. They are responsible for initiating research and publishing in those areas. Right now at IIMA there are 8 Areas, 3 Groups and 10 Centres.

The Areas are: 1. Business Policy Area, 2. Communication Area, 3. Economics Area, 4. Finance & Accounting Area, 5. Marketing Area, 6. Organizational Behaviour Area, 7. Human Resource Management Area, 8. Production and Quantitative Methods Area.

The Groups are: 1. Computer and Information Systems Group, 2. International Management Group, 3. Public Systems group.

The Centres are: 1. Centre for Electronic Governance, 2. Centre for Management of Health Services, 3. Centre for Infrastructure Policy and Regulation, 4. Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, 5. Centre for Management in Agriculture, 6. Centre for Retailing, Insurance Research Centre, 7. IIMA Idea Telecom Centre of Excellence, 8. Gender Resource Centre, 9. Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation. For further details please go the website: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/institute/institutebrochure.html

For internal purposes we do maintain the classification of cases as per the centre and the areas.  You can get the listing by writing to us separately.

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Yes. There is a distinction between case and case study. The case describes the situation faced by the manager. It does not analyze the situation or offer a commentary or a decision. A case study offers a commentary or a decision along with the description of the situation.

Yes.

Registration is the first step. For this you need to go to IIMA case website: cases.iima.ac.in. Remember there is no www to be written in the browser box.

Click on ‘Register’. Give complete information by filling-up all the required details. Follow the following steps

Step 1: complete the on-line form. Register yourself on any one of the following category: 1. Faculty/Trainer (FAC); 2. Ph.D Students (PHD); 3. Students (STD); 4. Executives(EXE); 5. Educational Institutions (EDI); 6. Corporates (COR) and 7. Others (OTHR)

Step 2: Wait for confirmation of your registration from Case Centre except ‘Others’. They can directly go for searching and selecting cases.

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Step 4: Search and select cases. If you are ordering for teaching purposes, you need to mention the name of the instructor, the title of the course and the duration of the course. This would appear on every page as a blurb in the document that is bought by you. Then add them to ‘My Cart’ and then checkout.

Step 5: You will receive an invoice through email.

Step 6: Make payment online through Credit Card or Debit Card or Net-Banking. You will receive the invoice after making the payment. Make payment through cheque payable par at all branches in India or through a Demand Draft. The cheque and DD should be drawn in favour of “Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad” payable at Ahmedabad. Please send the cheque/DD to: IIMA Case Coordinator, Publications Department , Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 380015, Gujarat, India. Make payment through ECS, please click here for bank details. Academician and Educational Administrator accounts will be activated after verification. Limited access is provided to these accounts till the completion of verification process. Faculty accounts are activated after verification of website URL.

Yes, there is sufficient variety in IIMA case bank. The cases belong to diverse sectors ranging from agriculture and animal husbandry to software, to various functional areas from Operation Management to Strategic Management. They represent various sizes and stages of organization growth.

On the case website you do come across cases marked for IIMA use only. This means that the organizations that have allowed IIMA to write cases have imposed restrictions on its usage. These cases are not available to colleagues from other business schools. IIMA makes efforts to request the organizations to release the case for the use of all business schools.

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Technical notes are notes prepared by the faculty members and their associates on concepts, theories or frameworks in management.

•  The documents required are as follows:

•  Ph. D. Students: Statement from Guide, Head of the Department or Dean or a competent administrative authority

•  Faculty: Statement of Institute affiliation attested by the Dean or a competent administrative authority

•  Corporate: Visiting card mentioning the designation and the name of the organization

We have taken care to edit the cases and the teaching notes before they are uploaded. In fact, we conducted workshops for the editors to formulate guidelines for editing and assure consistency. The cases are uploaded only after the faculty members have gone through the edited cases and finalized. Despite this, there could be errors, inconsistencies and gaps. Please bring them to our attention at the earliest. We will learn from it, strengthen our guidelines and capabilities to write and edit.

Case is the description of a real life situation faced by a decision maker. The case writers go to the decision maker’s place, interact with him/her and with others who were associated with the decision making situation and develops a document for use in the class room. The cases based on such primary information are taken up for class room use only after they are cleared by the organization involved.

Teaching notes are guides for teaching the case by colleagues at IIMA or in other management schools. They define the objectives of the case, relevance in various programmes and courses, positioning of the case, approach to case analysis, stages in class handling, helpful readings and experience with teaching the case.

All cases are available in PDF format only.

Majority of the cases are based on primary information. The faculty members and their associates have visited the field, interacted with decision makers and developed their cases following a structured approach to case writing.

IIMA wishes to provide its cases, technical notes and exercises to bonafide users only. Hence it verifies the affiliations of the users who register as students, faculty members, trainers and corporates. They are required to send scanned versions of their identity proofs.

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Yes,if you are an Indian. An invoice will be prepared for making payment on Indian rupees. This invoice will be sent to you for making the payment in Indian rupees. You can make payment in foreign currencies if you are an overseas buyer.

Yes. You will be paid as an editor. IIMA has developed a rate structure linked to the numbers of words and tables edited, quality of editing and the time taken to return and improvise. For details please write to: Case Centre  <caseweb@iima.ac.in>.