Research Guides
Business: Case Studies
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Cases through UW Libraries
Case studies licensed for curricular use.
- Sage Business Cases This link opens in a new window
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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
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Teaching cases with discussion prompts based on current events in business news.
OER Cases
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.
- MerlotBusiness case studies from Merlot Materials. Cases contributed and used by an international education community.
- Enduring Legacies Native Cases - Business and ManagmentCases 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.
Free Case Studies - Other Institutions
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementCase studies from the Teaching Resources Library with a creative commons license.
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessCase studies written and published by faculty at Stanford GSB. Filter availability by “Available to download at no charge.”
Journals with Business Cases
- Asian Case Research JournalCases on Asian companies and multinational corporations operating in Asia-Pacific.
- Business Case JournalIncludes cases which place students in the role of decision-maker and case studies.
- Journal of Business Case StudiesCases for use in business and economics courses.
- Journal of Case StudiesDecision-based and descriptive cases.
- South Asian Journal of Business and Management CasesOriginal case study research.
Cases for Purchase
These cases are not available through UW Libraries. Faculty and staff must purchase cases individually.
- Ivey PublishingCases from Western University's Ivey Business School and other institutions.
- Darden Business PublishingCases from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.
- The Case CentreNonprofit initiative featuring cases from business schools around the world.
- Harvard Business Publishing CasesCases from Harvard Business School and other institutions.