Harvard Citation Guide for Canadian Business Programs

Harvard uses an author-year in-text style: (Smith, 2024) or Smith (2024). The reference list is alphabetical with a hanging indent. Canadian business programs often use a Cite Them Right variant - confirm the school's house style before drafting.

Harvard is widely used in Canadian business programs, but each university maintains its own house variant. Cite Them Right and Anglia are the two most common in Canadian MBAs.

In-text

(Porter, 2024, p. 47) ... Porter (2024) argues ...

Reference list

Porter, M. (2024) Competitive advantage in Canadian markets. 2nd edn. Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Quick rules

1. 1.Author-year in-text; page number when quoting.
2. 2.Reference list alphabetical with hanging indent.
3. 3.Use single quotes around article titles in most Canadian Harvard variants.
4. 4.Confirm the house style with your business school before drafting.

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