The Case Centre Award winners

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Outstanding Case Writer Competition: Hot Topic

Entries to the Outstanding Case Writer Hot Topic Competition are judged by an expert panel to determine the winner.

The Outstanding Case Writer Hot Topic Competition was introduced in 2011. This competition did not run in 2019.

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About the awards and competitions

The Case Centre Awards and Competitions recognise worldwide excellence in case writing and teaching.

Awards

Our awards have been presented since 1991. We recognise those cases that have been used in the largest number of organisations across the globe in the past year. Cases that have been added to our collection in the past five years are eligible.

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The winners

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2024

Hot topic: Taking action on the environment?

'Carbon Is the New Calorie': Logitech's Carbon Impact Label to Drive Transparency in Sustainability

Julia Binder and Heather Cairns-Lee
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Reference no. IMD-7-2416

2023

Hot topic: Business, social media, and society

Daddy Lab: A Chinese Social Enterprise's Dilemma

Daniel Han Ming Chng, Liman Zhao, Byron Lee, Peter Moran and Hellen Heming Sun
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Reference no. 722-0038-1

2022

Hot topic: Responding to Shocks

Zoom Video Communications: Flash in the Pandemic or Enduring Success?

An Ivey Publishing case by
Malay Krishna and Gursimran Gambhir
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)

Reference no. W24950

2021

Hot topic: UN Sustainable Development Goals

Barnana: Adventures in Upcycling

Jeremy Dann
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, USC Marshall School of Business

Reference no. SCG-576

2020

Hot topic: Diversity and Discrimination

Mirvac (A): Building Balance

Zoe Kinias and Felicia A Henderson
INSEAD

Reference no. 420-0009-1

2018

Hot topic: Disruptive Change

The TAG Heuer Carrera Connected Watch (A): Swiss Avant-Garde for the Digital Age

L Felipe Monteiro and Anne-Marie Carrick
INSEAD

Reference no. 317-0113-1

2017

Hot topic: Big Data – Risks and Opportunities

Recruit Japan: Harnessing Data to Create Value

Howard Yu, Thomas W. Malnight and Ivy Buche
Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Reference no. IMD-7-1825

2016

Hot topic: East Meets West

GE Healthcare India (A): The Marketing Challenge of Low-resource Customers

Wolfgang Ulaga and Athanasios Kondis
Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Reference no. IMD-5-0800

2015

Hot topic: Digital Transformation

Hello bank! The Birth of a Mobile Bank

Steve Muylle and Stijn Viaene
Vlerick Business School

Reference no. 315-042-1

2014

Hot topic: Crisis as Opportunity

Vodafone in Egypt: National Crises and Their Implications for Multinational Corporations (A)

Urs Mueller and Shirish Pandit
ESMT Berlin

Reference no. ESMT-714-0144-1

2013

Hot topic: The Business of Sport

Defining the Purpose for Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA

Urs Müller and Ulrich Linnhoff
ESMT Berlin
Bernhard Pellens
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Reference no. ESMT-713-0134-1

2012

Hot topic: Social Media and Change

One Game to Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market

Hanna Halaburda, Ivan Nausieda, Robert McKeon and William Collis
Harvard Business School

Reference no. 9-712-434

2011

Hot topic: Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Technology and Development

Playing to Win: Leadership and Sustainability at ESB Electric Utility

George Kohlrieser, Francisco Szekely and Sophie Coughlan
Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Reference no. IMD-4-0302

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