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Open Educational Resources (OER): Case Studies

Information and resources for finding, creating, and engaging with OER

OER Case Studies

  • 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 Case Studies (JBCS) Publishes papers that significantly contribute to the understanding of teaching business courses using case studies.
  • 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.
  • 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.

OA Journals Featuring Case Studies

This OA journal publishes applied business cases and classroom exercises for business instructors.

JISE is a peer-reviewed journal that offers, alongside other content, case studies on information systems in education, including curriculum, course materials, learning projects, and more.

This journal provides access to case studies written by mathematicians working on industry problems.

The Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) includes case studies designed for use in business and economics courses and articles related to the use of case studies in the classroom. Content can be handed out, posted to blackboard, linked to or course packed without copyright fees. Teaching Notes are available for only a few cases, and are not password protected.

The Journal of Business Cases and Applications is dedicated to publishing quality applied business cases and classroom applications/exercises designed to assist business academics in the classroom. Teaching notes, if included, are published with the case manuscript.

The Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) is a peer reviewed journal published quarterly that focuses on IS education, pedagogy, and curriculum. Coverage is available from 1989-present with a few missing issues. Content can be handed out, posted to a course management system, linked to or course-packed without copyright fees. Teaching Notes are also available. Please see the right-column of the page for the Teaching Note policy and procedure.