I am from time to time asked to find case studies on various business related topics. These can be found quite easily. Many textbooks will contain case studies, although sometimes these will be fictitious ones used to illustrate a point. You can also search on databases such as Business Source Complete or Emerald.
When searching on BSC you can limit the document type to 'case study' or put case study as a search term with your keywords. This will then retrieve articles that are case studies. When searching in Emerald, search in the advanced search on the Journals tab, rather than Case Studies, (our subscription doesn't cover these). Then just use case study as a search term and you will find journal articles that use the case study methodology.
There are a number of websites where you can get case studies, but most of these will charge you. However, the Times 100 Business Case Studies is free http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/case-studies/ It has lots of case studies and is organised in a very user friendly way. You can search by topic, company or industry sector. Topics cover different areas of finance, marketing, operations, people, strategy etc. Industries include automotive, construction, financial, retail and public sector giving case studies from companies such as Barclays, British Gas, Asda, M & S and BP. This website has been added to the Company Information subcategory of Business and Economics in Subject Databases on Locate.
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