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THE USE OF THE CASE METHOD IN TEACHING CORPORATE FINANCE: AN EVALUATION Carlos Correia, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Peter Mayall, Curtin University of Technology, Australia This study examines the use of
case studies in the teaching of corporate finance. A review of the
literature posits mainly the advantages of using the case method.
Cases enable the integration of strategy, financial analysis,
corporate finance and financial modelling as well as the application
of finance theory in a real world context. Yet there are real
challenges to the extensive use of case studies. These include
ensuring that students obtain the required technical and
quantitative knowledge as well as ensuring that they obtain the
requisite breadth of knowledge. The objective of this paper is to
examine the real benefits of using the case method, to analyse how
the case method is used in a postgraduate course in corporate
finance and to analyse the methods used to emphasis the advantages
of case studies and the techniques employed to minimise the
limitations of the case method. |
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