*Business: Case Studies

Cases through UW Libraries

Sage Business Cases
Business case collection spanning topics in management, marketing, accounting, finance and entrepreneurship. (Faculty should contact a business librarian to access teaching notes.)

Financial Times Business Cases
Teaching cases with discussion prompts based on current events in business news.

OER Business Cases

Open Educational Resources (OER) are free teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their use and repurposing by others.

Merlot
Cases on accounting, management, marketing, economics, and more.
Native Cases
Cases from The Evergreen State College, Northwest Indian College, Salish Kootenai College, Grays Harbor College, The University of Alaska-Anchorage, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
University of British Colombia's Open Cases Collection
Interdisciplinary OER case studies from UBC that can be used by anyone.

Cases for Purchase

These cases are not available through UW Libraries. Users must purchase cases individually.

Harvard Business Cases
Cases from Harvard Business School and other institutions.
Ivey Publishing
Cases from Western University's Ivey Business School and other institutions.
Darden Business Publishing
Cases from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.
The Case Center
Nonprofit initiative featuring cases from business schools around the world.

Free Case Studies - Other Organizations

Arthur Anderson Case Studies in Business Ethics
Free case studies from the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business
Business Case Studies.co.uk
Business case studies from companies and associated lesson materials.
MIT Sloan Case Studies
Case studies from the Teaching Resources Library with a creative commons license.
The New York Times Small Business Case Studies
Limited selection of case studies from the New York Times
Oikos Cases Program
Free cases business and economics cases from Oikos International.
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Case studies written and published by faculty at Stanford GSB. Filter availability by “Available to download at no charge.”

Journals with Business Cases

Business case journal
Includes cases in which a student is placed in the role of a decision-maker & asked to make recommendations appropriate to the context of the situation, and case studies (descriptions of real situations).
Case Research Journal
Cases on Supply Chain and Distribution Management: Issues & Principles (E-book))
Journal of Business Cases and Applications
A freely available journal of detailed business cases on a range of topics.
The MENA Journal of Business Case Studies
The Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) welcomes case studies designed for use in business and economics courses and articles related to the use of case studies in the classroom.
Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts & Cases (print book)
For professors who want students to see connections between big ideas in strategy (thus understanding vs. memorising), Barney/Hesterly provides an organising framework (VRIO) as the foundation of the text