Business & Leadership Research Guide (CAPS & GS)

Does the BU Library provide access to the Harvard Business Review Case Studies?

Harvard Business Publishing does not offer library subscriptions to Harvard Business Publishing's HBR Case Studies, HBR Case Discussions, Harvard Business School Brief Cases, or Multimedia Cases.  Therefore, access to them cannot be managed by the Bethel University Library.

How can faculty provide access to Harvard Business Review Case Studies (or other case studies) for their students?

OPTION 1

• Faculty can:
  • Review the Harvard Business Publishing Education site
  • Select the case(s) they would like to use in their course
  • Inform their students about the title(s) of the case(s), and about the Harvard Business Review Store site
    where the case(s) must be purchased
• Each student can set up their own Harvard Business Review account, and order their own copy of the case(s)

OPTION 2

If faculty do not have a specific case study in mind, and would like free access to cases, the following databases provide that type of content:

• The  Business Source Premier database offers the full text of the case studies that were published in the Harvard Business Review.  Below is a screenshot of the type of search that could be placed to access these case studies.

Business Source Premier Advanced Search

Business Source Premier Advanced Search Results

• ProQuest One Business provides access to case studies published in a variety of sources.  Use advanced search.

Proquest One Business Advanced Search

OPTION 3

Business cases can also be found in open access journals and other sites:

Open Access Journals:

• Journal of Business Cases and Applications
• Case Studies in Business and Management
• Journal of Business Case Studies

Other Sites:

• MIT Business Case Studies
• Sustainable Business Case Books
• New York Times Case Studies
• MERLOT Business Case Studies
• Business Ethics Case Analyses