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HBS and the Case Method

Harvard Business School pioneered the case method of teaching in the 1920s as a way of bringing management lessons to life in the classroom. More than 80 percent of HBS classes are built on the case method.

Cases are written by HBS professors, with research assistance from Knowledge & Library Services staff and Research Associates. Approximately 350 cases are developed at the School each year.

Finding HBS Cases

• Cases are available for purchase at Harvard Business Review.
• Cases are available for Educators to review at Harvard Business Publishing.
• HBS case abstracts can be also searched and located in in Business Source Complete.
• Cases available through HBSP are not available in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center.
• Contact Historical Collections for cases no longer in print.
• See a list of recently published cases.
• Read more about cases and the HBS Case Method.