For MBA & graduate students
Free to read, formatted to cite, open to your work
Leadership case studies and research papers you can use in coursework — no account, no fee, no email wall.
What you can use
Material built for coursework
Case studies
Real organisations and real decisions, each with discussion questions and facilitator notes.
Open the library →Research papers
Working papers and studies from the research departments, citable as published work.
Browse papers →The departments
Seven research areas, from executive failure to AI and the future of leadership.
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Published work
LEO Event Company — SME Case Study (UAE)Case Study
Karam Coffee — SME Case Study (UAE)Case Study
Arcadia — SME Case Study (UAE)Case Study
Heavenly Bakery — SME Case Study (UAE)Case Study
Using this in your work
Can I cite this in my dissertation?
Yes. Every published paper carries a title, author and publication date on its page — cite it as you would any working paper or industry report. If your department needs a specific citation format, ask us and we will send it.
Can I use a case study in a class I teach?
Yes, freely, with attribution to the NLA Case Study Center. The facilitator notes exist precisely for that. For a whole cohort, seat accounts add progress tracking, but nothing here requires one.
Is there a fee, or a sign-up?
Neither. No account, no email wall. The academy sells courses and coaching; putting a gate on research would undercut the point of publishing it.
Can I contribute my own research?
Yes — the Research Center is organised into departments that review submissions, and submissions is the route in. Graduate work is welcome.
Researching leadership yourself?
Tell us what you are working on. If a department fits, we will point you at the people in it — or write to info@nlagroup.org.
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Where to go next
Where graduate readers usually go next.