A business case presents a real-life scenario where an company faces a challenge, dilemma or opportunity. It simulates the challenges or the opportunities faced by many companies in the real world. You, as a business student, are tasked with stepping into the role of a manager or a consultant to analyze the situation and develop solutions by applying theoretical knowledge and business concepts you have learnt in the classroom. In a short period of time, you will need to analyze the case and make your business recommendations with limited information which also reflects the real-life conditions most managers face too.
A note on search terms when searching for Indigenous business topics
Researching Indigenous business topics unfortunately involves using holdover terms from racist, colonial periods, alongside current vocabulary that aims to develop a respectful relationship with Indigenous communities.
As a result, finding resources about Indigenous Peoples in Canada can be difficult and frustrating. Students may encounter subject terms such as Aboriginal, Indigenous, Native, and even Indian, as well as terms for specific Indigenous communities and nations. Aside from any discussion of the appropriateness or accuracy of some of these terms, their sheer inconsistency is a barrier to effective searching. Librarians are working on cleaning this mess up, but since these are standard terms used across thousands of libraries, substantial changes will take some time.
Step 1: Review the situation
Step 2: Diagnose the challenges
Step 3: Analyze the big picture
Step 4: Determine an action cycle
Case Studies in Project, Program, and Organizational Project Management by 
Contemporary Canadian marketing cases
Exploring corporate human rights responsibilities in OECD case law
Gale Business Insights: Global Case Study Collection.
Protest and parternship : case studies of Indigenous Peoples, consultation and engagement, and resource development in Canada
Socially responsible consumption and marketing in practice : collection of case studies
Examples of free YouTube case studies
Does UNBC have access to Harvard Business School Case Studies?
No. HBR Case Studies are searchable by company name and subject in Business Source Complete (1942 to present), however, the full text of case studies are not accessible via the Sheridan Library.
To search for cases, go to Business Source Complete,
Students may purchase Harvard Business Cases directly from the HBR store for about USD$9.00/case.
Professors wishing to use Harvard Cases with classes may wish to set up an HBSP Educator Account and/or speak to your Associate Dean to fund the copyrighting of cases. Cases are licensed on a per user basis.
