The phrase "business case" can refer to a research method, approach to solving a practical business problem or a teaching method. This guide focuses on tips and tools for writing, teaching with and finding business cases used as pedagogical tools or learning objects.
Case Method Teaching & Learning
This is a list of ebooks and articles on teaching with business cases and writing business cases for teachers and students.
- The Art and Craft of Case Writing
- Teaching with Cases
- The Case Study Handbook: A student's Guide
- The Case Writer's Toolkit
- Invisible or Cliched: How are Women Represented in Business Cases
- How to Improve Written Case Analysis and Reduce Grading Time
- International Business Education at the Interface: The Raw Case Study Method
- The Not so Passe MBA: Podcasts as Marketing Cases
- Overcoming the Problem with Solving Business Problems: Using Theory Differently to Rejuvenate the Case Method for Turbulent Times
- Using Design Thinking to Write and Publish Novel Teaching Cases: Tips from Experienced Case Authors
- Pedagogy in Action: Teaching with the Case Method
Tools for Finding Business Cases
This guide lists tools beyond Harvard Business Publishing cases, emphasizing subscribed content and open access or freely accessible business cases.
Business Case Studies CLEO Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership Georgetown University Case Studies Library Journal of Business Case Studies Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases MIT Learning Edge Teaching Business Case Studies MarketingSherpa MENA Journal of Business Case Studies OIKOS Sage Business Cases Limitations on Use Access Instructions SHRM Case Studies The Case Center: Free Cases The Case Center The Case Journal (Emerald Insight) William Davidson Institute Publishing University of British Columbia Open Case Studies HSTalks: The Business & Management Collection Ted Rogers Leadership Center Cases (Ryerson University) Daniels Ethics Business Cases (University of New Mexico)article databases
Business cases are published in books, business journals and on open access platforms. Finding them can be challenging due to inconsistent indexing. Most indexing is self selected by authors and quality control efforts are minimal. Authors may misapply controlled vocabulary for business cases to research using a case methodology. Distinguishing between articles that are business cases and article about business cases is time consuming. Nevertheless searching for keywords "cases" or "simulations" is sometimes fruitful.
The following databases provide access to journals that occasionally publish business cases.
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Business Source Premier (EBSCO) ERIC (EBSCO)Open Educational Resources
Business cases can be found as standalone OER or as features or chapters of books. The search engines listed below allow filtering for standalone OER. To find business cases embedded in textbooks, browse textbook contents.
MERLOT OER Commons