Use the style that your professor specifies.
If you are a COB student and your professor lets you choose the style, you may want to choose APA Style (as you are likely to be asked to use APA again in COB classes).
Articles
Electronic article with DOI (direct object identifier) -
Lau, C. L. L. (2010). A step forward: Ethics education matters! Journal of Business Ethics, 92(4), 565-584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0173-2
Electronic article with exact URL printed on article (if a doi is not available)
Lanier, C. D. Jr., & Saini, A. (2008). Understanding consumer privacy: A review and future directions. Academy of Marketing Science Review, 12(2), 1-45. Retrieved from http://www.amsreview.org/articles/lanier02-2008.pdf
Electronic article with journal home page
DiGabriele, J. (2010). Applying forensic skepticism to lost profits valuations. Journal of Accountancy, 209(4), 32-38. Retrieved from http://www.journalofaccountancy.com
Article in print form
Ensign, P., & Hebert, L. (2010). How reputation affects knowledge sharing among colleagues. MIT Sloan Management Review, 51(2), 79-81.
Use last name and initials for each author. Separate multiple authors with commas, and use both a comma and an ampersand (&) before the final author's name.
One author:
Kennedy, J. F. (1962).
Two authors:
Smith, A., & Kennedy, J. F. (1960).
Three to twenty authors (3+):
Smith, A., Kennedy, J. F., & Doe, J. (1961).
Smith, A., Kennedy, J. F., Doe, J., Wong, P. L., Fry, B., Jones, K., & Last, A. (1961).
Organization as Author or unsigned dictionary and encyclopedia entries:
American Management Association. (2009).
Encyclopedia of Marketing. (2020).
No Author:
Move the title to the author position and follow with date of publication. Only use "Anonymous" if the work lists an anonymous author.
Brain research needs new ideas. (2011, July 18). Wall Street Journal, p. A12.
Book
Davenport, T. H., & Jinho, K. (2013). Keeping up with the quants: Your guide to understanding and using analytics. Harvard Business School Press.
AMA Management Handbook chapter
Capon, N. (1994). The product life cycle. In J. J. Hampton (Ed.), AMA Management Handbook (3rd ed., pp. 18-35). Amacom.
Conference Board Report
Levanon, G., Abel, A. L., Li, A., & Rong, C. (April 2021). Job satisfaction 2021: Job satisfaction remains high even in the midst of the pandemic and economic chaos. Retrieved from Conference Board Business Knowledge Research database.
S&P Industry Survey
Leon, K. (January 5, 2012). Homebuilding. In Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Retrieved from S&P NetAdvantage database.
Mintel Report
Tip: Use the analyst as the author--you can find the analyst on the main page of the report.
Frank, J. N. (July 2012). Healthy Snacking. Mintel Market Research Report. Retrieved from Mintel database.
Hoover's Company Record in ProQuest (Business - Scholarly & Trade)
Nike, Inc. (September 15, 2012). Hoover's Company Records. Retrieved from ProQuest database.
WSJ Article
Weisman, J. (2010, March 23). Parties joust over next steps on health. Wall Street Journal;(Eastern ed.), Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com
10-K Report (SEC filing)
McDonald's Corporation. (February 24, 2014). 10-K Form. Retrieved from http://www.sec.gov/edgar/
Web Site
Starbucks Corporation Web Site. (May 8, 2015). Company information. Retrieved from http://starbucks.com/about-us/company-information
These links offer advice for using APA Style and have enough information for most student papers.
DOI stands for Digital Object Identifier. DOIs are used to identify electronic articles and function much like the ISBNs that you are used to for textbooks.
Unlike a web address, the DOI for an article never changes. APA Style recommends that you include a DOI when available.
Where do I find a DOI?
The DOI is often printed on the first page of journal articles--sometimes at the top of the page and sometimes at the bottom. You will recognize it, because it usually is preceded by doi: and the number always starts with 10.
Some articles will not have a DOI, especially non-scholarly articles or older articles.