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Frequently Asked Questions

What support can I offer my students around analyzing cases and preparing for discussion?

Case discussions can be a big departure from the norm for students who are used to lecture-based classes. The Case Analysis Coach is an interactive tutorial on reading and analyzing a case study. The Case Study Handbook covers key skills students need to read, understand, discuss and write about cases. The Case Study Handbook is also available as individual chapters to help your students focus on specific skills.

How can I transfer my in-person case teaching plan to an online environment?

The case method can be used in an online environment without sacrificing its benefits. We have compiled a few resources to help you create transformative online learning experiences with the case method. Learn how HBS brought the case method online in this podcast , gather some quick guidance from the article " How to Teach Any Case Online ", review the Teaching Cases Online Guide for a deep dive, and check out our Teaching Online Resources Page for more insights and inspiration.

After 35 years as an academic, I have come to the conclusion that there is a magic in the way Harvard cases are written. Cases go from specific to general, to show students that business situations are amenable to hard headed analysis that then generalize to larger theoretical insights. The students love it! Akshay Rao Professor, General Mills Chair in Marketing at the University of Minnesota

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Finding Case Studies in Article & Book Databases

• Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
• Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
• FAQ:  How do I find Harvard Business School Case Studies that have been published in the Harvard Business Review (via Business Source Complete)?

How to search: For the first 3 databases, in the advanced search interface, limit your "document type" to "case study", then click the "full text" box. In the search boxes, include the topic or company you're researching. For Ebook Central, put "case stud*" in one of the advanced search boxes and make sure it is searching the "title". (The asterisk will retrieve books that mention "case study" or "case studies" in their titles.) Include your topic or company of interest in the remaining search box. Some case studies in these databases will not be structured in a traditional business case format.

Case Studies from the Library Catalog

Search the  Library Catalog (BobCat) to locate books and ebooks that contain case studies.  Search for "case studies" AND a keyword relevant to your research topic.  Below are some results from a sample search of "case studies" AND "finance":

• Case Studies in Business Finance and Financial Analysis by Kenneth Midgley
• Trends and Impacts of Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture: Evidence From Case Studies  by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

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Cases found via the below platforms must be individually purchased by the end user. Some content may be free.

Case Studies from Business Schools

• University of Virginia: Darden Business Publishing
• Dartmouth University: Tuck School of Business
• Harvard Business School
• INSEAD Case Publishing
• University of Ontario: Ivey Business School
• Stanford Business School  

Case Study Aggregator Websites

• Asian Business Case Centre  
• Case Centre  
• Global Platform of China Cases (ChinaCases.org)

Instructor Case Study FAQs

Q: Can I use the library's case study materials in my course, as a course reserve? A: Yes, all of the cases in our subscription platforms, including the Harvard Case Study Collection, may be used in your course and as course reserves.

Q: How do I gain access to case-specific teaching notes? A: Directions may be found in the descriptions for each product (above).

Q: Why does the library not have access to all HBS cases? A: Harvard Business Publishing sells only a small portion of its overall case study products to academic libraries via a third party (EBSCO). Their primary selling strategy is direct-to-student.

Q: Can I request Harvard cases via the library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service? A: Typically no. Contemporary case studies are not available via ILL due to how they are licensed by Harvard for use by only one individual. Very rarely, an old case may be available via ILL, but this is uncommon.

Q: I heard that faculty get free Harvard case content access. Where do I sign up? A: Faculty from any major college or university can sign up for a Harvard Business Publishing Educator account . These accounts give professors free access to most case study content - after they confirm your faculty standing - in order for you to evaluate materials for use in your class. Students must still purchase any materials assigned by for your course, or access it via the library's subscriptions (if available). Please note that Educator accounts are not affiliated with the library: we cannot grant access.

Q: I want to assign an HBS case study that is not part of the library's pre-existing subscription. Can you purchase it for my students? A: Unfortunately, no. Such cases must be purchased individually. You may wish to contact your department head to see if funds are available to purchase on behalf of your class.

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Finding Case Studies

• Business School Cases (Harvard, Darden)
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Harvard Business Articles versus Cases    

How to identify and obtain business school cases.

Due to publishers' terms and copyright restrictions, business school case studies are unavailable through the library or its course readings (reserve) service.  For alternatives, try the library's database subscription for  Sage Business Cases .

Options for Students:

• Verify whether your professor created a course pack with Harvard Business School Publishing, in order for you to purchase assigned cases at a discounted rate through the designated links.
• Purchase your individual copy of cases directly from the publishers where necessary.
• Harvard Business School Cases   (Harvard also provides cases from selected publishers )
• Darden Business School Cases

Options for Faculty:

• Create your Premium Educator account with Harvard to access a free educator copy and teaching notes for personal use only or to set up course packs to provide links and discounted rates for your assigned cases. 
• Use the library's course readings service for articles printed in the Harvard Business Review magazine.

Business Source Ultimate: An Inventory or Index for Identifying Harvard Business School Cases

Search Harvard's website for the most comprehensive, current inventory, or try these strategies in the Business Source Ultimate database to efficiently discover which Harvard cases exist on particular companies or topics. 

• To identify case studies by company or topic , type your keyword on line one in the Advanced Search box in Business Source Ultimate. Type "Harvard Business School Cases" in quotations on line two. From the drop down menu by that line, select publication name.
• To browse the list of Harvard cases published since 1942, use the Publication Search feature. Type "Harvard Business School Cases" as the publication name.

Obtain the actual case directly from Harvard.

Only the case studies that are published in the Harvard Business Review magazine will be available in full image within Business Source Ultimate. 

Some tips to find books and films on a topic or company, or books that contain chapters or case studies on it, within the JHU Libraries' Catalog, Catalyst :

• Click on the Advanced Search option for Catalyst.
• Do a Title or Subject search on the topic or name of the organization.
• Use an Any Field search for retrieval from chapter headings, titles, subjects and other fields.
• Try a Subject search on a topic or broad concept, in combination with the word case, to find your terms in the subject headings assigned to the records. Example: Subject search for marketing case
• Choose Any Field to search for a concept and the word case, in chapter headings, titles, subjects and other fields. Example: marketing case
• Consider adding these keywords to Any Field or title searches:

case, case studies, best practices, successes, failures, mistakes, example

• Under Format, select DVD or Video Film to limit to films available on DVDs or online (streaming).

Emerald is a publisher-specific package of electronic journals in business and other subjects. 

If you are interested in cases about business and management in emerging market countries, click on the link for the Case Studies Collection once you access Emerald or use the separate link for the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection.  

• Emerald Insight  
• Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection

Analyzing and Teaching Cases

• Case Analysis Techniques
• Case Teaching Resources

Helpful sources on how to analyze and discuss cases include:

• Business Resources for Students: Case Studies Cengage Learning's freely available guides for students on analyzing, discussing, and writing case studies
• McGraw Hill Education's Guide to Case Analysis Freely available guide to case analysis from McGraw Hill Education
• Framework for Case Analysis Freely available, online guide on case analysis from the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston
• Case Analysis Coach Harvard's online, self-paced tutorial (available for purchase by individuals)
• Learning by the Case Method Harvard Business School Publishing's brief handout for students (available for purchase by individuals) 

Find case teaching resources for instructors, and related options, under the Case Method menu at Harvard Business School Publishing's website.

Harvard Business School Publishing's Case Method Teaching Resources  

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Harvard Business School Cases

Business databases, journals with business cases.

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• Case Method (Teaching)
• Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School does not make full-text case studies available to libraries - these cases are only available for purchase from the Harvard Business Review website.
• Business Source Ultimate Business Source Ultimate database indexes HBS cases: combine your topic and Harvard Business School Cases. The database provides direct links to the cases on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) website, where you can purchase them (usually under $10 USD). Business Source Ultimate contains full-text articles from HBR that are considered case studies.

Also see the Free Case Studies and Buying Case Studies pages of this guide.

Search market research and article databases for case studies by adding the phrase "case studies " to your search.

• ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Combine your topic with the subject term case studies: e.g. marketing and automobile industry and sub(case studies).
• Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window Combine your topic with phrases "case studies" or "case study". HBS case studies are indexed but full-text is not available. Includes case study articles published in Harvard Business Review. Also try searching datamonitor and "case study".
• Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) This link opens in a new window Canadian journals. Combine your topic with the subject term "case studies".
• Emerald Publishing This link opens in a new window Journals and ebooks in business, management and engineering. Combine your topic with the phrase "case studies".
• O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window Scroll down on the homepage and look for the Case Studies heading
• SAGE Business Cases This link opens in a new window Discipline-wide collection of global business cases from a variety of industries.
• Warc : World Advertising Research Center This link opens in a new window includes case studies which showcase how leading brands achieve key marketing objectives. Each report focuses on a specific industry sector, and summarises relevant campaigns. Sectors include government, non-profit, food, automotive, telecoms, retail and travel/tourism.
• International Journal of Business Cases
• Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies
• Journal of Case Studies
• The Journal of Case Research in Business & Economics
• Journal of Business Case Studies
• Business Case Journal
• Asian Case Research Journal
• International Journal of Cases in Management Available in ABI/Inform Collection from 2003-2012
• The Times 100 Business Case Studies Journal issues available from Sep 1, 1997 - Sep 1, 2013

Many books contain case studies in their contents. Combine "case studies" along with another search term in a library catalogue keyword search.

• "case studies" and management
• "case studies" and trucking
• "case studies" and finance

Library Catalogue Keyword Search

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Case Studies & Simulations

• Case studies in the library
• Searching for case studies

Open access case study websites

Search youtube for open case studies, open access simulations.

• Case studies & simulations for purchase
• Business Case Studies

• Case Centre Some free cases produced by a number of prominent schools and organisations across the globe. You must register, as an educator, to access free cases. In addition, licenses are available for purchase to their entire case archive.
• Highlighted Cases and Case Studies. Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative, University of New Mexico.
• Marketing Case Studies. MarketingSherpa.
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• Asian Case Research Journal Cases on Asian companies and multinational corporations operating in Asia-Pacific.
• Business Case Journal Includes cases which place students in the role of decision-maker and case studies.
• Journal of Business Case Studies Cases for use in business and economics courses.
• Journal of Case Studies Decision-based and descriptive cases.
• South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases Original case study research.

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• HBS Case Studies Harvard Business School does not offer case studies to libraries. Individuals can purchase cases directly from Harvard Business School Publishing, while instructors can license cases for classroom use via Study.net. Fictional cases published in HBR Magazine can be accessed in Business Source Complete.
• Case Centre A central clearinghouse of case studies from universities worldwide available for purchase. For universities represented in catalog, see Ordering--->What's Available---> Case Studies.

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Commercial publishers, like the well-known Harvard Business School, produce cases for classroom use. These often  provide faculty with teaching notes and other resources to support instruction.   Generally, the only way to get copies of a commercial case is to purchase them (one copy for every student in the class) from the publisher.  It is not possible for the Library to get copies of commercial cases on interlibrary loan (ILL).

Case studies found in business texts and traditional books, journals and magazines, (like Harvard Business Review) and even freely available on the Web, often are shorter and may not provide the same structured teaching/learning tools as commercial cases. However, they may be valuable for engaging student discussion and problem solving.

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Please see below recommended starting points for finding business case studies:

• ABI/INFORM Collection Index and abstracts to publications in business, management, and news, as well as reports and working papers; includes some full text.
• Business Source Elite Business and economics journals and magazine articles, many with full text, including content from the Harvard Business Review.
• MarketLine Company, country, industry and product -related reports, analysis, news and case studies .
• SAGE Business Cases Case studies related to business integrated with SAGE’s journal, book, video, and reference content. To access the teaching notes (available only to instructors), please request the instructor code from Brenna Helmstutler at [email protected].
• SAGE Research Methods Cases Teaching cases in which a variety of research methods are used in a number of social sciences subject areas. Cases are incorporated into SAGE Research Methods Online.
• Finding Business Case Studies in Select Resources PDF document with recommendations on finding case studies in the following three Libraries' business databases: Business Source: Elite, ABI/INFORM Complete, and Marketline Advantage. Also includes additional recommendations of websites that include freely available case studies.

Harvard Business Publishing case studies cover all areas of management, business planning, marketing, accounting, finance, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship and more. The case studies range from 10 to 30 pages in length and often include an author provided guide, called a “teaching note,” on how to teach the case in the classroom.

These case studies should not be confused with the short case studies published in the Harvard Business Review and available in full text via SU Libraries' database Business Source Elite.

Access to the Harvard Business Publishing case studies requires individual purchase of cases , including purchase of copyright permission in situations where multiple copies are desired. Harvard does not offer institutional subscriptions that permit an academic library to subscribe to these case studies.

• Students and faculty visiting the HBP site can freely search and browse topics to identify case studies of interest
• Access to the full-text case study PDFs requires individual purchase (often priced between $8 and $10 per case)
• Options for student access to cases selected by faculty are available under a coursepack style access model (in some instances, students enrolled in such courses can receive purchase discounts on cases their faculty identify)
• SU faculty interested in access (for themselves or their students) should explore detailed information about applying for   Harvard Business Publishing's Case Study "Educator Access"

Find the Harvard Business Review in Business Source Elite (which indexes HBR content back to 1922 and provides full-text article coverage from 1985 thru the present, including HBR articles and case studies) via the link below:

• Harvard Business Review in Business Source Elite

NOTE: The case studies in HBR are short (around four pages each) and should not be confused with the premium Harvard Business Publishing case studies noted on this page under "Harvard Case Studies."

Please note that Harvard Business Review articles provided by EBSCOhost are intended for individual academic use only. The following notice accompanies each Harvard Business Review article in Business Source Elite:

" 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 [email protected] ."

Harvard Business Review 500 At the request of Harvard Business Publishing, EBSCO has made 500 of the most popular Harvard Business Review articles read only by disabling the printing, saving, and persistent linking functionality for these articles in Business Source Elite. All Business Source Elite subscribers (including SU Libraries) were offered the option to restore this basic functionality by paying an additional annual premium fee. When Syracuse University Libraries requested a quote from EBSCO to restore full access to the 500 HBR articles, we were presented with a significant five figure amount. SU Libraries is disinclined to pursue the option to restore full access to the HBR 500 by paying this premium. Not only is the price per article exorbitant, but more importantly, agreeing to such a fee in order to restore access to content for which we have already paid , could set a terrible precedent.

What matters and what we wish to emphasize is that, if HBP’s new model catches on, having to essentially pay twice (or multiple times) for the same online content will erode the Libraries’ ability to provide other resources to the SU research community. In short, it’s a zero-sum game when it comes to Libraries’ acquisitions that support research, and this development further adds to the costs of supporting scholarship. In declining to license with HBP under the proffered terms, the SU Libraries’ goal is to protect our ability to support research at SU to our utmost. While that may sound contradictory, at least in the short-term, in the long-term it most assuredly is not.

Print versions of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) from 1922 to the present are available in Syracuse University Libraries' print collection:

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To limit your search to case studies or business case studies in Business Source Elite, use the Advanced Search and then use the "Document Type"  limiter:

To limit your search to case studies or business case studies in ProQuest OneBusiness, use the Advanced Search and then use the "Document Type"  limiter:

Open Access Business Case Studies:

A number of universities and organizations provide access to free business case studies.  Below are some of the best known sources.

• Acadia Institute of Case Studies (archived link) The Acadia Institute of Case Studies is a non-profit centre in the School of Business Administration, Acadia University. The Institute's focus is on entrepreneurship and small business operations.
• Arthur Andersen Case Studies in Business Ethics (Carnegie Mellon) From 1987-1994, Arthur Andersen funded a $5 million joint project with 525 universities to raise awareness of business ethics. This collection of 90 case studies is one product of that effort. All participating universities (includes BU) have license to use these materials and reproduce them as needed for instructional purposes.
• Case Centre Case Centre offers a wide range of free cases produced by many prominent schools and organizations across the globe. You must be registered and logged into the website to access free cases. Once logged in, you can use "show only items in the free case collection" tick box in the product search to search all free cases.
• Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics: CSBIGS High-quality case studies in modern data analysis ready to use for instruction, training or self-study. (Societe Francaise de Statistique, Toulouse School of Economics, France)
• Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative - Anderson School of Management Online library of simple, straightforward business cases focused on principle-based ethics.
• Enduring Legacies Native Cases: Business and Management Enduring Legacies Native Cases Initiative develop and widely disseminate culturally relevant curriculum and teaching resources in the form of case studies on key issues in Indian Country.
• Ethics Unwrapped - McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin More than 50 case studies match ethics concepts to real world situations. From journalism to performing arts to foreign policy to scientific research to social work, these cases explore a range of current and historic ethical dilemmas, their motivating biases, and their consequences. Each case includes discussion questions, related videos, and a bibliography for further reading.
• IBIMA Business Review Peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes publishing quality Case Studies in all business fields that significantly contribute to practice and support continuous learning efforts in organizations.
• INSEAD Publishing: Cases Currently provides access to 15 free case studies. Registration is required to access the cases.
• Internet Archive Access hundreds of digitized books that include business case studies on a wide variety of topics.
• Ivey Business School (UWO) free cases Ivey is well known for its case method of learning and is a top publisher of business cases worldwide. Approximately 20 free cases are available.
• Journal of Business Cases and Applications Goal is to share cases and exercises developed for classroom use in any area of business education. Subjects include Accounting, Business Administration, Business Law, E-Commerce, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Decision Sciences, Finance, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, Real Estate, Teaching and Business Education, etc.
• Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) Publishes papers that significantly contribute to the understanding of teaching business courses using case studies.
• Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University: Ethics Cases Case studies and scenarios on a variety of fields in applied ethics (including business and leadership).
• MIT Sloan - Case Studies Collection of teaching case studies developed by MIT Sloan faculty and students. May be downloaded, copied, distributed free of charge by anyone through creative commons license. Topics include entrepreneurship, leadership and ethics, operations management, strategy, sustainability, and system dynamics.
• oikos International Cases Currently consists of over 80 peer-reviewed cases on sustainability in management and entrepreneurship.
• Portland State University: Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship Case studies from The School of Business at PSU about Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship.
• Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations From Rutgers' Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership Collection. Includes Free Case Studies of employee owned companies.
• Society of Human Resources Management Case studies are available for HR faculty and instructors to use in HR classrooms at universities, as expressed in the Terms of Use for Faculty. Teaching notes are often included with each.
• SSRN: Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper Series Includes research papers written by Questrom faculty. A small number of cases are included.
• SSRN: Management Educator: Courses, Cases & Teaching eJournal "Promotes innovative approaches to curricular development, course content and delivery systems, student learning, and other educational issues that are important to management faculty to meet the growing demand for discussions, research and analysis on teaching management."
• Stanford Graduate School of Business - free cases Click on "Narrow your results" and then under Availability select "Available to download at no charge."
• Sustainable Development Goals case series-Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University 17 open access cases are currently included.
• Ted Rogers Leadership Centre, Ryerson University: Case Study Collection Cases developed by Ted Rogers Leadership Centre for classroom use.
• University of British Columbia: Open Case Studies Many of the UBC case studies focus on topics in sustainability, but cases on other topics such as business and economics are also included.
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development Case Studies WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
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Chicago style, american psychological association (apa) style manuals, modern language association (mla) style manuals, selected web guides.

Proper citation is an essential aspect of scholarship. Citing properly allows your reader or audience to locate the materials you have used. Most importantly, citations give credit to the authors of quoted or consulted information. Failure to acknowledge sources of information properly may constitute plagiarism.  For an explicit definition of plagiarism, see the  Boston University Academic Conduct Code .

For detailed instructions on how to cite within the text of your paper, please consult a style manual listed below. Please also note: some of the resources below do not cover every possibility you might encounter when trying to cite your sources. For this reason, it is suggested that you consult a style manual to create your bibliography.

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• Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window Note: Full text online includes 16th and 17th editions.
• Citation Quick Guide - A Chicago Style Q&A and a Tools section featuring sample forms, letters and style sheets. - Discover the difference between Notes & Bibliography style and Author/Date style.
• Citation Guide (HBS) This excellent guide in .PDF from the Harvard Business School covers citation within text as well as how to do a bibliography using Chicago style.

1. Lynda Gratton, The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World’s Toughest Problems (New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014),  67-71.

Shortened note:

10. Gratton, The Key , 67-71.

Bibliography entry:

Gratton, Lynda. The Key: How How Corporations Succeed by Solving the Toughest Problems . New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014.

     13. Peter Weill and Stephanie L. Woerner, What's Your Digital Business Model?: Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018), 21-23, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bu /detail.action?docID=5180058.

Shortened note :

15. Weill and Woerner, What's Your Digital Business? , 21-23, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bu /detail.action?docID=5180058.

Weill, Peter and Stephanie L. Woerrner. What's Your Digital Business?: Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation

       Enterprise . Harvard Business Review Press 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central ,

       https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bu /detail.action?docID=5180058.

Journal Article from a database

     19. Sam son Nambei Asoba and Nteboheng Patricia Mefi , "Functional Strategies for Small Businesses During Crisis Situations,"  Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal 27, n o. 3 (2021): 2-3. https://ezproxy.bu.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Ffunctional-strategies-small-businesses-during%2Fdocview%2F2565213471%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D9676.

      27. Asoba and Mefi, "Functional Stategies," Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal 27, 2-3. https://ezproxy.bu.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Ffunctional-strategies-small-businesses-during%2Fdocview%2F2565213471%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D9676

Asoba, Samson Nambei and Nteboheng Patricia Mefi. "Functional Strategies for Small Businesses During Crisis

       Situations." Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal 27, no. 3 (2021): 1-7. [place url here].

Electronic Databases (BU Databases)

Mergent Online (Electronic database)

      25. Thomas Key, "Comprehensive Technical and Fundamental Analysis for AAPL," Mergent Online, Stock Trader's Daily (via Investext), Sept. 15, 2021, accessed 9-17-21, [place url here].

Key, Thomas. "Comprehensive Technical and Fundamental Analysis for AAPL." Mergent Online.

      Stock Trader's Daily (via Investext). Sept. 15, 2021, accessed 9-17-21, [place url here].

MarketLine Company Profile via Business Source Complete (Electronic database)

     31 . “Company Profile: Apple Inc., “Company Profile: Apple Inc.,” MarketLine Report via Business Source Complete, accessed October 17, 2014, [place url here].

“Company Profile: Apple Inc., 19 September 2014.” MarketLine Report via Business Source Complete.

      Accessed October 17, 2014. [place url here].

• APA Style.Style and Grammar Guidelines

APA Sample Citations: Note- initially no indent and then following lines indented.

Print Source:

Book (print):.

Gratton, L. (2014).  The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World’s Toughest Problems . New York: McGraw-Hill Education .

Bloomberg (Electronic Database):

Bloomberg L.P. (2014).  Historical Price Line Chart for Apple, Inc. 11/1/03 to 11/1/04 . Retrieved October 17, 2014 from Bloomberg L.P.

MarketLine Company Profile via Business Source Complete:

MarketLine Report. (2014, September 19).  Company Profile: Apple Inc . Retrieved October 17, 2014 from Business Source Complete database.

Mergent Online (SEC/EDGAR filing in BU database):

Apple, Inc. (2013, September 28).  Form 10-K . Retrieved October 17, 2014 from Mergent Online database.

Mintel Reports (Electronic Database):

Mintel. (2014, October).  Mobile Apps – US – October 2014 . Retrieved October 17, 2014 from Mintel Reports database.

SRDS online (Electronic Database)

SRDS Media Solutions. (n.d.).  U.S. News & World Report Profile . Retrieved October 17, 2014 from SRDS Media Solutions database.

University Reporter  (Electronic Database):

University Reporter . (2014, Spring).  2014 Spring Reporter Apparel/Accessories . Retrieved February 23, 2016 from  University Reporter  database.

Articles from a BU Database:

Abi/inform global.

Overman, S. (2014). The Culture of Conscience.  Leadership Excellence ,  31 (10) , 49-51.

Online Sources:

Annual report available online:.

Apple Inc.(2013).   Apple, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 28, 2013 . Retrieved from http://investor.apple.com/financials.cfm.

• Ask the MLA The FAQ’s answer recurring questions about the use of this style.

MLA Sample Citations: Note- initially no indent and then following lines indented.

Gratton, Lynda.  The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World’s Toughest Problems . New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Print.

Electronic Databases (BU Databases):

Bloomberg (electronic database): bloomberg l.p..

Bloomberg L.P. “ Historical Price Line Chart for Apple, Inc. 11/1/03 to 11/1/04."   Bloomberg L.P. ,2014. Web. 17 October 2014.

MarketLine Report. “ Company Profile: Apple Inc. ”  Business Source Complete database,  19 September 2014. Web. 17 October 2014.

Apple, Inc. “ Form 10-K,"   Mergent Online database . 28 September 2013. Web.  17 October 2014.

Mintel (Electronic Database):

Mintel. “ Mobile Apps – US ."   Mintel database,  October 2014. Web.  17 October 2014.

SRDS Online (Electronic Database):

SRDS Media Solutions. “U.S. News & World Report Profile."  SRDS Media Solutions, n.d. Web. 17 October 2014.

University Reporter .  2014 Spring Reporter Apparel/Accessories . Web. February 23, 2016.

Article from a BU database

Overman, Steven. “The Culture of Conscience."  Leadership Excellence  31.10 (2014): 49-51. ABI-Inform Complete. Web.  17 October 2014.

Online Sources

Apple Inc.  Apple, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 28, 2013 . Apple Inc., 28 September 2013. Web. 17 October 2014.

• Citing Your Sources This Boston University research guide offers links to information about citing sources.
• Citing Sources Within Your Paper (Duke University) Duke University is responsible for this well-organized site about citing in the body of your text.
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University provides examples of APA, MLA and Chicago Style citations as well as formatting instructions from the style manuals.

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