Licensing Restrictions
Due to licensing restrictions, Harvard Business School Case Studies are restricted to classroom use by individual students. The BU Libraries, including Pardee Library, are unable to purchase these cases for the library’s collections or obtain them through Interlibrary Loan. Individuals who wish to acquire copies of these cases for personal use can purchase them directly from Harvard Business Publishing.
Instructors who wish to assign Harvard Business School cases to their students can arrange course packs directly with Harvard Business Publishing. Students will need to pay a fee to access these course packs, with costs varying depending on the number of cases included.
If you prefer not to pay a fee for cases, please explore this guide further for information on cases available through existing library resources or Open Access Cases (free).
Harvard Business Review
A small number of case studies can be found in Harvard Business Review via our Business Source Complete subscription (1922-present) or in print at Pardee Library (1990-present). To limit your search results in Business Source Complete to case studies, select "Case Study" for the Document Type. Another source for business cases is Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (2007-present). You should also select "Case Study" for the Document Type to limit search results to case studies.
Please note that since August 2013, Harvard Business Review has designated 500 of their most popular articles as "read-only," restricting the ability to print or download these articles via Business Source Complete. You can view the original list of these articles here: HBR 500. If you require an article from the HBR 500 list, you may be able to access it through our print subscription of Harvard Business Review at Pardee Library.
*Faculty: Be aware that articles from our Business Source Complete subscription may not be linked to course management systems due to licensing restrictions. However, you can purchase these articles directly from Harvard Business School Publishing for inclusion in course packs.
