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The Case Against Cases

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Last year, with Enron bankrupt and in disgrace, and with Fastow and some other executives indicted, Darden made some changes of its own. It pulled the old case and issued a new one, entitled "Enron, 1986-2001: Critical Thinking about the Enron Story."

In Darden's new case, the executive interviews are left intact, but an analysis is added at the end, based largely on subsequent press accounts. "I think it was very important for us to produce a version that allows students to think about it all," says Bodily. "If students can't learn from the failing of a company, then what can they learn from?" Business schools apparently agree. The Enron case is one of the school's biggest sellers ever, with 6,919 cases in distribution, at a list price of $7.50 a pop. —R.H.

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