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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
The following sources provide case studies for teaching. Some repositories focus on entrepreneurship; others focus more broadly but include entrepreneurship. Cases include both those that focus on firms in industrialized nations and those that focus on entrepreneurship concerns in developing nations. Although several sources are listed that specifically cover social entrepreneurship, this topic may also be found at other sites. Some cases can be downloaded for free; others are available for purchase, but may have an option for the instructor to preview a case before purchase for a course.
Entrepreneurship - General | Social Entrepreneurship | Other Specialized Case Collections | Journals | Books and Other Resources
Entrepreneurship - General
- Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, California Research Center - Cases written at the California Research Center and available for distribution through Harvard Business School Publishing.
- AsiaCase.com: the Asian Business Case Centre by Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - A one-stop search and information website where data on teaching cases on Asia (in English and other languages) is collected from resources worldwide.
- Center for Rural Entrepreneurship case studies - The Center and its partners have completed a number of community and organizational case studies. The case studies focus on specific examples of entrepreneurial development support systems.
- Darden Case Collection at University of Virginia - Verified faculty members belonging to accredited institutions are eligible to receive access to download inspection copies of cases or teaching notes currently available on the website.
- European Case Clearing House (ECCH) - Distributes the case collections produced by the world's leading management teaching establishments as well case studies by individual authors around the world. Academic status allows free login and access to the free full-text of the cases.
- Harvard Business School Cases - Includes a comprehensive range of materials including more than 7,500 Harvard Business School case studies, teaching notes, background notes, case videos, and online simulations and tutorials.
- Harvard Case Program, Kennedy School of Government - Case studies in public policy & management - some are applicable to economic development policy.
- ICMR cast study collection - Representing a broad range of management subjects and on a wide range of companies and industries - both Indian and international.
- Laurier Institute School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
- North American Case Research Association (NACRA) - Abstracts of cases presented at the association's meetings, arranged by topics, and a searchable index of cases published in the NACRA journal.
- The Primis Casebook Database by McGraw Hill - Features over 15,000 case studies from prominent case providers such as Harvard Business School, Ivey, Darden, and Thunderbird. Also offers exclusive McGraw-Hill cases. Searchable or browsable with very detailed topics.
- Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario cases Over 2,200 cases.
- South-Western's CASENet - Publisher that partners with major case providers.
- Stanford Graduate School of Business cases
- Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship - Case studies and other teaching materials on private equity, venture capital.
- Wake Forest University KACE Competition - cases prepared by students, in traditional and social entrepreneurship
- Acadia Institute of Case Studies - Acadia University, Canada
- CasePlace.org - Free online service for business cases focusing on social impact management, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics.
Social Entrepreneurship
- Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University
- Schwab Foundation case studies in social entrepreneurship - The Foundation has partnered with IESE Business School to jointly create a case study series examining the challenges faced by accomplished social entrepreneurs selected to the Foundation's network.
- Wake Forest University KACE Competition - cases prepared by students, in traditional and social entrepreneurship
Other Specialized Case Collections
- University of North Carolina, Center for Sustainable Enterprise - Focuses on microfinance and on how social and environmental considerations are changing the competitive landscape of business.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development case studies - Cases on sustainable development.
- WRI BELL - Business Environment Learning Leadership
Journals that publish case studies on entrepreneurship
Case research journals:
- Asian Case Research Journal
- Case Research Journal
- Business Case Journal
- Proceedings of the International Academy for Case Studies. Component of the broader Academy proceedings
Entrepreneurship journals that regularly publish case studies
- Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice
- The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
- Journal of Technology Transfer
- Small Business Economics
- International Small Business Journal
- Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Books and Other Resources
- Bygrave, William D.; D'Heilly, Dan, eds. The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship Case Studies. Wiley, 1997. ISBN: 047118229X. 336pp.
- Kuemmerle, Walter. Case Studies in International Entrepreneurship: Managing and Financing Ventures in the Global Economy. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2004. ISBN: 0072977841.
- Cooney, Thomas M., ed. Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship. Blackhall, 2005. ISBN: 1842180878.
- Gompers, Paul A.; Sahlman, William. Entrepreneurial Finance: A Casebook. Wiley, 2001. ISBN: 978-0-471-08066-4
- Morse, Eric A.; Mitchell, Ronald K. Cases in Entrepreneurship: The Venture Creation Process. SAGE Publications, 2006. ISBN: 9781412909761.
- Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, Felda and Leamon, Ann. Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook. 3rd ed. 2004. ISBN: 978-0-471-23069-4.
- Case research organizations and publications