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Business Case Studies

Harvard Publishes Two Types of Case Studies

A. Harvard Business School Cases:

These are usually 20-30 pages, are about real companies and are published as individual publications by the Harvard Business School Press. The University Libraries do not subscribe to the Harvard Business School Press case studies as the cost to is prohibitively high.  Links to where students can buy cases and faculty can create coursepacks are below.

B. Shorter cases published in the Harvard Business Review:

These are often less detailed, less in-depth, and are usually about fictitious companies. These are published in the Harvard Business Review and may be accessed via the Business Source Complete database using the links below.

HBR Restrictions

The usage license forbids the use of articles published in the Harvard Business Review as required readings in academic and corporate courses unless it is done by creating coursepacks through "Harvard Business Publishing for Educators."  Coursepacks cost nothing to create, but students must pay to access them.
(see link below)

The full note restricting usage will be found at the end of each article in the Harvard Business Review and is reprinted below:

Harvard Business Review Notice of Use Restrictions, May 2009

Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business Publishing Newsletter content on EBSCOhost is licensed for the private individual use of authorized EBSCOhost users.  It is not intended for use as assigned course material in academic institutions nor as corporate learning or training materials in businesses.  Academic licensees may not use this content in electronic reserves, electronic course packs, persistent linking from syllabi or by any other means of incorporating the content into course resources. Business licensees may not host this content on learning management systems or use persistent linking or other means to incorporate the content into learning management systems. Harvard Business Publishing will be pleased to grant permission to make this content available through such means.  For rates and permission, contact permissions@harvardbusiness.org.

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