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Schools
The Yale School of Management Case Research & Development Team (CRDT) is the locus for management case studies at Yale and we have partnered with schools across the university to create and distribute a unique collection of management pedagogy.
Selected Collections
While our cases cover a range of topics and organizational sectors, we have highlighted a few areas of special focus. We also have a large number of free cases that are available with registration.
Sample Open Multimedia (Raw) Cases
Featured New Raw Cases
Accessing and Using our Cases
For Yale and non-Yale users
How can a Yale student, faculty or staff member freely access Yale cases?
All Yale University students, faculty, and staff can freely access our cases! Visit our case directory, navigate to any case listing, and login using your NetID credentials.
How do I purchase Yale cases?
From our case directory, select a case and click on the Add to Cart button. If you are a first-time buyer, you will eventually be prompted to create an account with our store; if you are a return customer, you will be prompted to login to your account. Follow the onscreen instructions. You will have immediate access to your purchased case by clicking the linked case title in your receipt.
To review your purchases, make sure you're logged in to your account and navigate to My profile > Purchase history in the top menubar.
I am non-Yale instructor: How do I purchase a case for my class?
To order multiple seats for a class or any other use, the purchaser should specify the number of licenses they require during the purchase process using the quantity indicator in the shopping cart (Note: For any number between 6-9 licenses, it is cheaper to specify 10 licenses as the 50% discount kicks in at that point). Once the sale goes through, the purchaser should go to their “My Purchases” page (found under “My profile”). The case will displayed with the number of remaining seat licenses available. In gray box below the name of the case, there will also be a redemption code.
Purchasers should copy the redemption code and either post it to their syllabus or send it by email to their students with the following instructions: 1. Go to https://cases.som.yale.edu. In the top line there is a button to “register”. Students can use this button to create a free account.
2. Once they are registered and have activated their account, students should place the redemption code into their browser’s address bar and click return.
3. The case will then automatically be placed in the student’s “My Cases” page (under their profile). Students than can click on the link for the case and begin reading and utilizing the material.
For cases that are free with registration, purchasers need not buy licenses. From within their accounts, students can add such cases to their “My Cases” page without charge.
I'm a non-Yale instructor preparing a course: Can I preview Yale cases?
Yes, we are happy to make our entire case collection available to verified educators free of charge. Simply provide us with your credentials and we will set up your account.
Tech Tips
Don't see your question?
Can I print a raw online case?
Yes, use the PRINT button at the top of the page to generate a complete PDF of a raw case with all Bookshelf resources -- videos, documents, spreadsheets, etc. -- listed but not linked.
Note that Acrobat will open with a default scale of 75% in the print settings. We recommend increasing this to at least 100%; select Page Header and Footer to have Acrobat print page numbers.
Can I search a raw online case?
Cooked cases will be sent to you via email shortly after you complete the purchase process. For raw cases, a URL and login credentials will be emailed to you.
What is the Bookshelf?
Most online case pages include linked documents, websites, videos, etc. accessed through square tiles that appear on case pages. We call these resources collectively the Bookshelf.
Note that Bookshelf tiles may appear at the top-right of pages (the Primary Bookshelf), at the bottom of pages (the Supplemental Bookshelf), or even embedded into the flow of pages (Inline Bookshelf).
Are there preferred browsers and devices for viewing raw cases?
Our case sites support all modern browsers and devices (which means we no longer support Internet Explorer). That said, we recommend viewing our case sites with as large a screen as possible – at minimum, a tablet. If you do experience a technical issue, please email us.
What is that counter at the bottom of your pages?
It's called the Website Carbon Calculator and it estimates how much carbon was released by viewing our pages.
It's part of CRDT's commitment to delivering SOM's case studies as sustainably as possible.
And Did You Know We Have a Game?
Created by Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Finance Roger Ibbotson, the Yale School of Management's Yale Stock Trading Game is intended to provide a fun and effective introduction to capital markets and stock trading in a single class session!