Research Guides: Entrepreneurship: Articles, Journals, & Cases

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Thousands of full-text and bibliographic entries from scholarly business journals.
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Below is a selection of innovation and entrepreneurship-related journals available from the UCI Libraries.

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Leading scholarly journal publishing original conceptual and empirical research that contributes to the advancement of entrepreneurship.
Journal of Business Venturing
Peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary academic journal publishing research on all aspects of entrepreneurship. Its scope spans the disciplines of economics, psychology, and sociology.
The Journal of Product Innovation Management
Interdisciplinary, international journal that seeks to advance theoretical and managerial knowledge of innovation management and product development. Publishes original articles on organizations of all sizes (start-ups, small to medium sized enterprises, large corporations) and from the consumer, business-to-business, and policy domains.
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Key areas of interest include: social policy and political science, anthropology, sociology, not-for-profit management, finance, organizational theory, strategy, social geography, economics, ethics and moral philosophy, and social psychology.
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Published quarterly, IJEI provides a worldwide forum for the exploration and dissemination of ideas and experience relating to the development and application of entrepreneurship.
Venture Capital
International, peer-reviewed journal publishing research on entrepreneurial finance. It is a forum for communication between academic researchers, venture capital practitioners and policy-makers that raises the knowledge of venture capital activity and other types of entrepreneurial finance on a global basis.

Search for cases within a journal using keywords such as: startup or entrepreneur*
(the asterisk will return all variations of the root word entrepreneur, i.e., entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial).

O'Reilly
Video case studies tell a real story in video from a first-person point of view and feature many well-known companies, such as: Pinterest, Target, Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Google, HomeDepot, Capital One, and Salesforce. Topics include Business Transformation, Design Thinking, Machine Learning, Microservices, Mobile, Technical Leadership, and User Research.

To browse cases:
1. Search "case study" (with quotation marks).
2. On the results page, select Videos under Browse format.
3. Use the Publishers filter to select O'Reilly Media, Inc. and select Apply.

MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
At the bottom of the "Sign in" box, look for “If you have IP Access” and use the Click Here button to enter. Case studies, approximately 10 pages long, typically addressing either industry trends or a company's strategy. Select “Case Studies” from the drop-down menu next to the search bar.

Journal of Cases on Information Technology
Peer-reviewed journal of real-life teaching cases and case studies based on individual, organizational, and societal experiences, related to the utilization and management of information technology.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
A massive database with articles covering all aspects of business. The following journals are dedicated to case studies, and more cases are findable using the Advanced Search. For example, add the term "case study" to your keyword search (e.g., logistics AND "case study").

MIT Sloan: Case Studies
The teaching business case studies available from MIT Sloan School of Management, which fall under the headings of entrepreneurship, leadership/ethics, operations management, strategy, sustainability, and system dynamics, are narratives that facilitate class discussion about a particular business or management issue.
eBooks & print books
Many business book chapters feature case studies. From the Library Search (catalog) page, add the phrase: "case studies" (in quotations) to a broad keyword search, e.g., "case studies" AND (entrepreneur* OR startup).

To protect its revenue, Harvard requires that each person buys a license for any Case, Module, or Curriculum Article they want to read, so the UCI Libraries are prohibited from purchasing and sharing these materials. You must buy your own copy of these materials, or use course packets (if available).

The News tab links to the Harvard Business Review Magazine. Users may freely access magazine articles.