The Case Hub at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business brings together academic and practical knowledge about the case method. It enables action-oriented learning in all areas of management education and the promotion of the case method teaching approach in the MENA region. Through its annual regional case conference, its annual case writing competition, and its workshops and customized case method training, it allows for case-writing capacity building and creates a community of case writers. The Case Hub links academia to the business world, enabling the development of case studies about innovative startups and established businesses in the region. Our co-branded
Ivey-AUB case collection offers a unique set of bilingual (English-Arabic) cases, highlighting business insights and challenges from the Arab MENA region.
The Case Hub offers a variety of services to stakeholders (students, faculty, professors, case writers, and corporate partners) in learning, teaching, writing and sponsoring cases.
Business education began at the University in 1900, and an independent school of business was established in the year 2000, it was named the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business in 2003. The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business is highly regarded within the international community, with rankings consistently placing it as a MENA leader and provider of international caliber vision and opportunity. In addition, the school provides extensive activity in executive education throughout the region to leading organizations, and has long been AACSB International-accredited.
The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business has long supported case writing. It sponsors the Family Business category in the well-known EFMD annual case writing competition. The list of this category’s winners from each year is available at this
link.