LibGuides: Business Case Studies: Case Studies

Finding Case Studies

Below are several sources for case studies drawn from databases, internet sites, and print resources.

Databases with case studies

ABI/INFORM Collection
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ABI/INFORM Collection includes important full‐text journals and titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, case studies, and market & industry reports.
Use Advanced Search to query by Company Name, Codes (NAICS, etc.), Location, or Person.
Subject coverage:
- Business (including Accounting, Finance, Marketing and more)
- Economic conditions
- Corporate strategies
- Management theory
- Management techniques
- Business trends
- Competitive landscape and product information
- Case Studies: Enter search terms (examples: "restaurant" or "advertising") in the Advanced Search screen. Further down, under "Document type," choose "Case Study."
Business Source Premier
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Business Source Premier provides full text for over 2,300 journals, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. To find case studies, enter search terms (examples: "restaurant" or "advertising") in the usual boxes, then under "Document type," choose "Case Study."
Ebook Central (ProQuest)
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Ebook Central (formerly ebrary) is ProQuest's Ebook platform. The collection consists mostly of individually purchased titles.
O'Reilly for Higher Education
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O'Reilly for Higher Education covers a wide variety of topics:
- Computers: Programming, Hardware, System Administration, Security, etc.
- General Software: MS Office, Adobe, etc.
- Business: case studies, accounting, careers, presentations, etc.
- Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Psychology, Geology
- Math, Statistics & Data Science
- Travel & Hobbies (Cooking, Games, Health & Fitness, Travel guides)
- 35,000 + books & 30,000 + hours of video
- Learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books
Click "More" for direct linking information.
Linking to a book within O'Reilly:
Example URL for Hands-On Machine Learning: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/hands-on-machine-learning/9781492032632/?ar
The direct link which will authenticate users for this book would be:
https://go.oreilly.com/university-of-missouri-at-st-louis/view/https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/hands-on-machine-learning/9781492032632/?ar
(adds https://go.oreilly.com/university-of-missouri-at-st-louis/view/ in front of the book's URL)

Case Studies on the Internet

Arthur Andersen Case Studies in Business Ethics
A collection of 90 case studies (85 mini, 5 major) created as part of a joint project on ethics issues in business.
All participating universities, including Carnegie Mellon, have license to use these materials and reproduce them as needed for instructional purposes. [UMSL is listed as a participating university.]
Case Centre (UK)
Collected from various entities - only some cases are free. Registration required.
Case Studies - New York Times
Primarily focusing on small business. Optional: Choose "Section" and limit your results to the Business section.
The Library supplies subscriptions to the New York Times for all students, faculty and staff. To sign up, go to https://libguides.umsl.edu/nyt-wsj.
Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative
Cases generated by a five-year initiative to create business ethics materials.
HR Open Source case studies
Human Resources Case studies contributed by various companies and institutions.
ICMR Free Business Strategy Cases
The IBS Center for Management Research (ICMR) offers case studies, many of which are focused on business and marketing in India.
Ivey - Complimentary Cases
A selection of free cases from the Ivey Business School at Western University
Journal of Business Cases and Applications
Open Access journal publishing case studies and teaching notes/commentary to accompany the case studies. [Direct URL: http://www.aabri.com/jbca.html]
Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS)
Open Access journal discussing teaching with case studies - few actual studies seem to be included. (via the Electronic Journal Portal) [Direct URL: https://clutejournals.com/index.php/JBCS]
Journal of Information Systems Education
Open Access journal dedicated to Information Systems case studies and teaching using case studies. (via the Electronic Journal Portal) [Direct URL: http://jise.org/cases.html]
LearningEdge (MIT Sloan School of Management)
The teaching business case studies available on LearningEdge, which fall under the headings of entrepreneurship, leadership/ethics, operations management, strategy, sustainability, and system dynamics, are narratives that facilitate class discussion about a particular business or management issue. Teaching cases are meant to spur debate among students rather than promote a particular point of view or steer students in a specific direction.
Logistics and Supply Chain Case Studies (Penske)
Case studies outlining how Penske has worked with corporations on logistics and supply chain issues.
MarketingSherpa
Case studies and other resources with an emphasis on marketing.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Case studies covering a variety of fields, including Business. They also provide an assortment of other ethics resources (videos, links, podcasts, etc.).
MaRS Startup Toolkit
MaRS is a Canadian organization devoted to entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators.
oikos
A selection of free cases. oikos, "an international, student-led non-profit organization for sustainability in economics and management" also sponsors an annual Case Writing Competition.
Society of Human Resources Management cases
Registration is required. Instructors, please see: https://www.shrm.org/certification/for-organizations/academic-alignment/faculty-resources/Pages/case-studies.aspx
Stanford Graduate School of Business
A limited number are available for download at no charge. Use the "Narrow your results" option to obtain a list of these free cases.
Ted Rogers Leadership Centre
Their Ethical Leadership Collection features both Long-form and mini case studies.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Use the "Refine Your Search" option to limit results to case studies.
WorldsBestCaseStudies.com
A catalog of short videos which focus on marketing campaigns and videos.

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