Case Studies - MBA | Business Administration - LibGuides at Lebanon Valley College

What is a Case Study?

Case studies, or a "documented study of a specific real-life situation or imagined scenario", are often used by business schools or companies as a training tools.

You can find full-text case studies using the two databases listed in the box below.

"Case Study." BusinessDictionary.com

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Find Case Studies

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Index to over 154,000 case studies. Type "case studies" in the first search box, click on SELECT A FIELD OPTIONAL and choose SUBJECT TERMS. Limit your search by adding relevant keywords on the second search box line.
Provides full-text from over 2,000 journals and magazines. Also provides case studies.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index to over 22,000 case studies. On the first line of the search box, type in "case studies". Click on the SELECT A FIELD OPTIONAL box to the right of "case studies" search box, choose SUBJECT. Limit your search by adding relevant keywords on the second search box line.
Also provides product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews and reports.

Topics covered include finance, management, international business, human resources and marketing.