Q. Choosing a Citation Style - Citing Sources

• If you are submitting to a journal:
  Use the citation style adopted by the journal.
   
• If you are submitting a thesis, dissertation, project report:
  Use the citation style required by your institution and supervisor.

The Harvard Style, an author date style, is one of the most popular styles for business and management research. Unfortunately, there are many variations for the Harvard style and there is no definitive guide to the Harvard style so different books and guides adopt minor variations. It is important to be consistent and use the same formatting conventions throughout your document.

See: Harvard Business School Citation Guide
Citation conventions for HBS students to use when writing research papers.

Other author date styles include:

APA (very similar to Harvard)
Chicago
MLA

See also:

• Referencias bibliográficas: cómo citar correctamente
  University of Navarra Library Services Citation Guide (in Spanish).
• UB CRAI Citations and Reference Management
  University of Barcelona Library Services Guide contains information and examples of how to cite documents in a bibliography according to different referencing standards.
• Bibme Citations Guide
  An automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago formatting

CITATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS:

Tools such as Mendeley help organize your research and references.
Go to the Mendeley Reference Manager on the IESE Library A-Z Databases page.