Business Case Studies

 Case studies report on the development of a business or industry and allow you to learn about real-world organisational structures and issues. 

You can find case studies in our collections of journals and databases, as well as accessing open-source case studies published by institutions and companies.  

You can find guidance here on how to: 

Analyse a case study 

Write a case study 

Finding case studies

KBS staff and students have access to thousands of case studies through our subscriptions to specialist journals and databases

Case studies via databases 

  • Business Source Ultimate – Go to advanced search and select ‘case study’ from the document type. 
  • ProQuest One Business – Go to advanced search and select ‘case study’ under document type. 
  • Emerald Insight – Select  ‘case studies’ above the search bar to access abstracts of licensed cases from  the Kellogg School of Management and Darden School of Business. Aso available are abstracts of teaching cases as part of Emerging Markets Case Studies and The CASE Journal. 
  • Marketline advantage – Limit your search to case studies research. 

Case studies via journals 

Open access case studies  

These are open access case studies which are published online for free. 

Commercial case studies 

The library does not have subscriptions or access to case studies providers such as HBS, IVEY, or Kellogg DRRC.

While there may occasionally be free business cases via these publishers, the majority of these business cases are not available for academic libraries to acquire but can be purchased by individuals.