EFMD has announced the winners of the 2013 EFMD Case Writing Competition. Over 200 entries from 30 countries were received and once again the quality was exceptionally high.
The winning entries represent a number of leading business schools worldwide, including INSEAD, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management, IMD, IE Business School, IBS Hyderabad, ESCA School of Management, Lagos Business School, Indian School of Business, Indiana University, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, ITAM - Rio Hondo Campus, ESADE Business School, and SDA Bocconi School of Management.
The Coveted ‘Best of the Best’ award, chosen by a panel of judges, including The Case Centre’s Richard McCracken, went to IMD’s Donald A. Marchand and Anna Moncef for their case series, SMS For Life.
Best of the Best winner
in association with The Case Centre
SMS for Life (A)
SMS for Life (B)
SMS for Life (C)
Donald A. Marchand and Anna Moncef
IMD
Reference no. IMD-3-2168, IMD-3-2169 and IMD-3-2171
Category winners
Corporate Social Responsibility
sponsored by Kedge Business School
Accenture Development Partnership (A) and (B)
Michelle Rogan and Christiane Bode
INSEAD
Reference no. 314-176-1 and 341-177-1
Entrepreneurship
sponsored by EM Lyon
WooRank: Creating & Capturing Value in a European Web Start-Up
Robin Demaria, Olivier Witmeur and Paul Verdin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management
Family Business
TrustedFamily: By Families, for Families, Forever…
Benoit Leleux
IMD
This case has been withdrawn from the collection.
Finance and Banking
sponsored by Toulouse Business School – Groupe ESC Toulouse
Tumi and the Doughty Hanson Value Enhancement Group (VEG)
Benoit Leleux, Michel Galeazzi and Esmeralda Megally
IMD
Reference no. IMD-3-2299
Supply Chain Management
sponsored by Kedge Business School
Cisco Systems, INC: Supply Chain Risk Management
Maria Jesus Saenz, MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program (ZLC)
Elena Revilla, IE Business School
Emerging Chinese Global Competitors
sponsored by Renmin University of China School of Business
Lenovo: Challenger to Leader
Hadiya Faheem, Freelance Casewriter
G. V. Muralidhara, IBS Hyderabad
Reference no. 314-094-1
Euro-Mediterranean Managerial Practices and Issues
sponsored by Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School
HPS, A Successful South/North Technology Transfer Model
Belhcen Lhacen and Abbitan Yoni
ESCA School of Management
Public Sector Innovations
Finding Community Solutions from Common Ground: A New Business Model to End America’s Homelessness
Howard Yu
IMD
Reference no. IMD-3-2289
African Business Cases
sponsored by Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School
Research in Motion: Managing Channel Conflicts
Uchenna Uzo
Lagos Business School
Reference no. 513-041-1
Indian Management Issues and Opportunities
sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Embrace (A) – (D)
Charles Dhanaraj
Indiana University
Reference no. 9B13M004, 9B13M005, 9B13M006 and 9B13M007
This case was published by Ivey Publishing
Responsible Leadership
sponsored by University of San Diego – School of Business Administration
SMS for Life (A) – (C)
Donald A. Marchand, Anna Moncef and Patricia Santos
IMD
Reference no. IMD-3-2168, IMD-3-2169 and IMD-3-2171
Inclusive Business Models
sponsored by IMD
Child in Need Institute: Non-Profit or Hybrid?
Anjan Ghosh, Sougata Ray and Indranil Biswas
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Reference no. 9B13M055
This case was published by Ivey Publishing
Latin American Business Cases
sponsored by Universidad Externado de Colombia
Mabe: Learning to be a Multinational
José Luis Rivas, ITAM – Santa Teresa Campus
Luis Arciniega, ITAM – Rio Hondo Campus
Reference no. 9B13M042
This case was published by Ivey Publishing
MENA Business Cases
sponsored by HEC Paris in Qatar
Roca in Egypt
Josep Franch and Marianna Sablina Kondratieva
ESADE Business School
Bringing Technology to the Market
sponsored by ESMT European School of Management and Technology
787 Dreamliner: Cleared for Takeoff?
Vitaliano Fiorillo, Raffaele Secchi and Silvia Zamboni
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Reference no. 613-006-1
Highly Commended Cases
The following cases have received a highly commended mention for their outstanding quality.
Entrepreneurship
Laastari: Building a Retail Health Clinic Chain
Stephen E. Chick and Ridhima Aggarwal
INSEAD
Reference no. 313-045-1
Family Business
The Future of AFG: How Family Attachment Influenced Growth
Willem Hulsink, Francesco Polano and Eric Eckelmann
Rotterdam School of Management
Reference no. 813-011-1
Hermès Paris
Morten Bennedsen and Rolf Hoefer, INSEAD
Robert J. Crawford, RJCRAWFORD33 Sarl
Reference no. 114-037-1
Finance and Banking
Apple – Time to ‘Think Different™’ About Cash?
Wouter De Maeseneire, Thomas Deschepper and Maxime Maertens
Vlerick Business School
Reference no. 113-043-1
Supply Chain Management
The Loewe Group (A) and (B): A New Industrial Model and Commitment to Lean Management?
Philip Moscoso and Marina Duque
ISEM
Recipes for Success – Innovating Production and Inventory Management of Pepper Oleoresin at Synthite
Sunil Chopra and Arun Saxena
Indian School of Business
Reference no. ISB011
Emerging Global Chinese Competitors
7 Days Inn: Operations Strategy
Gang Chen and Liang Xu
Sun Yat-sen University
Reference no. 9B12D023
This case was published by Ivey Publishing
Euro-Mediterranean Managerial Practices and Issues
Experience-Wine.Com: The Monte Lauro Vineyards Story
Iris Berdrow
Bentley University
Reference no. 9B11M121
This case was published by Ivey Publishing
African Business Cases
Vodafone in Egypt: National Crises and Their Implications for Multi-National Corporations
Urs Mueller and Shirish Pandit
ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Reference no. ESMT-714-0144-1
Indian Management Issues and Opportunities
It's Not Just a Cup of 'Tea': Consumer Brand Relationship
Renuka Kamath and Ashita Aggarwal Sharma
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
Responsible Leadership
Skanska CS (A) – (D)
Daina Mazutis and Anna Eckardt
IMD
Reference no. IMD-3-2366, IMD-3-2367, IMD-3-2368, IMD-3-2369
The Alibaba Group's Corporate Values
Jean Lee, Rebecca Chung and An Jing
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Reference no. 413-125-1
Responsible Leadership
A Tragedy in the Red Sea: Al Salam 98
Iman Seoudi and Mirette Shoeir
American University in Cairo
Reference no. 715-064-1
Warm congratulations from EFMD to all the winners and a big thank you to all the sponsors who continue to support this competition and help to make it such a success.
