Case Studies are widely used in Accountancy and Finance education. They offer students the opportunity to develop their analytic and writing skills. They are most common used to examine the communication skills and team working ability of the student.
Books containing case studies can be found by using our catalogue. Here are a some examples for Accounting and Finance :
Emerald publishing has a useful how to guide for case studies access it here
Cengage has a good introduction to the topic covering definition, Analysis, and writing a Case Study.
Five Misunderstandings about case study research by Bent Flyvbjerg
The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research Edited by Chrotopher Humphrey