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28 February 2022  #CaseAwards2022

The Case Centre’s 32nd Awards and Competitions - Winners announced

2022 global Case Awards and Competitions reflect the pandemic

Red carpet with golden pillars

Fallout for business from the pandemic appears for the first time as a case topic among winners, most notably the Overall Winning Case: adidas: How to Keep Running Fast in a Post-COVID-19 World? This was won by Niccolò Pisani and Ornella Lupoi of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the University of Amsterdam respectively, both of whom are first-time winners. They will be giving a webinar about writing and teaching the winning case on 24 March 2022.

IMD win the Overall Award for a fifth time in the Awards’ 32-year history, and also win this year’s Outstanding Case Writer Competition with Angaza: A Silicon Valley Journey, authored by first-time winners Vanina Farber and Shih-Han Huang.

The Competition Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic ‘Responding to shocks’ was also won with a pandemic-influenced case Zoom Video Communications: Flash in the Pandemic or Enduring Success? This case from Ivey Publishing was authored by first-time winners Malay Krishna and Gursimran Gambhir of S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)*, celebrating their first institutional success. 

Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method was won by first-time laureate Anne T Lawrence of the Case Research Foundation (its first institutional win). Also Professor of Management (Emerita) at San José State University, Anne Lawrence was recognised for her decades of dedication as a case author and teacher, and for her work as an advocate for the case method and mentor of early-career case writers.

The Competition for Outstanding Case Teacher goes to Nuno Fernandes of IESE Business School. He is a first-time winner, while IESE is a previous three-time winner of a management category Award.

The annual Awards (in 10 management disciplines, plus an Overall Award) and six Competitions celebrate excellence and impact in case writing and teaching. While the Awards are judged based on anonymised data recording the uptake of cases for teaching at schools worldwide, the Competitions are judged by bespoke panels of international experts. (Please see full details of all winners, and judging criteria and panels in the Notes for Editors.)

According to Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre:

“The 2022 Awards and Competitions highlight individual and school successes through one of the most disrupted times they have ever faced, providing a unique insight into what was being taught to business and management students – often, this year, online or in hybrid classes. They also reflect the focus of case authors as they navigated a path through unprecedented pedagogical challenges, keeping research and education going.
 

“A new generation of brilliant business and management graduates will be required to help economies and businesses across the world to regroup and thrive after the pandemic. These Awards and Competitions, with winners from Asia, Europe and North America, shine a light on where and by whom some of this expertise is being nurtured - often by new talent.”


*(SPJIMR, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, established in 1981 Mumbai + Dehli, is not to be confused with the SP Jain School of Global Management established in 2004 Dubai + Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai)

Winners in full

For more information please contact:

Antoinette Mills, +44 (0)7974 397288, antoinette@thecasecentre.org

Notes for Editors

  1. Meet the winners
    1. Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method
    2. Outstanding Case Teacher
  2. Awards and Competitions: criteria and judges:
    1. Awards
    2. Competitions
  3. About The Case Centre

1. Meet the winners

1.1 Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method - Anne T Lawrence

Anne Lawrence

Anne T Lawrence is the Founder and Chair of the Board of the Case Research Foundation and Professor of Management (Emerita) at Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, San José State University. Anne has published over 30 high-quality cases – many award-winning – and served the case method community in numerous leadership, training and mentorship roles.

Anne’s career highlights include the creation in 2014 of the Case Research Foundation, which awards fellowships to early-career scholars around the world to enable them to attend the annual conference of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA), where they receive mentoring and training in case research, writing and teaching. She has also served in a full range of leadership roles at NACRA, including President, Programme Chair, and President of the Advisory Council.

Find out more about Anne's win

1.2 Outstanding Case Teacher - Nuno Fernandes

Nuno Fernandes

Nuno Fernandes is Full Professor of Finance at IESE Business School. A passionate case writer and teacher, Nuno is an advocate of mixing traditional cases with other pedagogical tools, including multimedia elements, role-plays, experiments, or simulations. His case discussions rely heavily on experiential learning, and his aim is to challenge his students, to lead them to go further. 

A specialist in mergers and acquisitions, valuation, international financial markets, and emerging market risks, Nuno has received numerous teaching and research awards. He has been published in leading international academic journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Harvard Business Review. He also publishes regularly in international media, and is the author of several books, including his bestseller Finance for Executives.

Find out more about Nuno's win

2. Awards and Competitions: criteria and judges 

The Case Centre Awards and Competitions recognise outstanding case writers and teachers from across the globe and celebrate worldwide excellence in case writing and teaching. The Awards are in their 32nd year. They have been awarded on a global basis since 2011 (previously European Awards).

2.1 Awards

Each year, 11 Awards for cases are presented for nine management categories, a ‘free’ case (no fees to be paid for use), plus an Overall Winner Award. Cases that have been added to The Case Centre’s collection in the past five years are eligible.

Judging of Awards

Management categories, the ‘free case’ and the Overall Winner are presented to those cases that have been used in the largest number of organisations across the globe in the past year. The Overall Award goes to the most popular case across all categories. Cases are assessed based on anonymised data.

2.2 Competitions

Each year six competitions take place comprising two which recognise an individual’s achievement and four which recognise case writing excellence across any management discipline. Expert panels judge the entries anonymously to ensure complete impartiality.

  • Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method (for unique and sustained commitment, furthering and engagement with the case method of learning)
  • Outstanding Case Teacher (for excellence as a practitioner in the case classroom)
  • Outstanding Case Writer
  • Outstanding Case Writer ‘Hot Topic’ (this year’s topic: ‘Responding to shocks’)
  • Outstanding Compact Case (fewer than five pages)
  • Outstanding New Case Writer (for a first case written by an author) 
Judges of 2022 Competitions

Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method: The Case Centre’s Executive Committee.

Outstanding Case Teacher: Dominic Houlder, London Business School; Maria Ballesteros-Sola, California State University Channel Islands; Mats Urde, Lund University School of Economics and Management; and Richard McCracken, The Case Centre.

Outstanding Case Writer: Antonio Dávila, IESE Business School; Felipe Caro, UCLA Anderson School of Management; Lipika Bhattacharya, Singapore Management University; and Richard McCracken, The Case Centre.

Outstanding Case Writer ‘Hot Topic’: Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School; Michael Lewis, University of Bath School of Management; Richard McCracken, The Case Centre; and Shaun Goldfinch, Curtin University.

Outstanding Compact Case: Lourdes S Casanova, Johnson Cornell SC Johnson College of Business; Matthew Sooy, Ivey Business School; Natasha Katuta Mwila, De Montfort University; and Richard McCracken, The Case Centre.

New Case Writer: Ketan Gandhi, KgGuruji Consulting & Services; Patricia Lui, Singapore Management University; Richard McCracken, The Case Centre; and Sergey Portyanko, Cranfield School of Management.

3. The Case Centre

The Case Centre is the independent home of the case method. We are dedicated to advancing the case method worldwide, sharing knowledge, wisdom and experience to inspire and transform business education across the globe. We are a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity.

We:

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