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Case studies are complex unstructured bodies of material

from which sense has to be extracted whether long or short

Socratic questioning still forms a fundamental route to

learning. Online, interactive, multimedia applications

support a more flexible and engaging learning process. One

moreover that more efficiently and effectively address the

case components of Diagram 6. Especially when chunking is

applied to short case study development.

The Borussia Dortmund Bombing case study started as the

piquing of interest through the shorting of its share price by

a terrorist act. The perpetrator of this saw the prospect of

making money from share price betting.

At first sight it seemed to be a financial case leading to the

exploration of short pricing theory and its impact on the

companies affected. It allowed the introduction of other

cases where shorting was a major element.

It developed in other ways such as the viewing of football

players as assets rather than people and football clubs as

businesses subject to managerial decision making and the

splitting of responsibilities.