EFMD Case Writing Competition 2020

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EFMD is delighted to reveal the winners of the 2020 edition of the Case Writing Competition.

2020 EFMD Case Writing Competition Winners

The standard of teaching cases across the 17 categories was as high as ever.

During a year where educators around the world had to transition quickly to teaching and writing cases online, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of submissions were still made.

Eric Cornuel, President of EFMD Global, congratulated the 2020 EFMD Case Competition Winners by saying: "We are delighted to recognise innovative and impactful cases in the 2020 EFMD Case Writing Competition. With over 550 submissions this year, the cases allow for a great diversity of pedagogical objectives and raise much-needed debate that will pave a sustainable way out of the pandemic and an inclusive economic recovery. EFMD is proud to continue encouraging innovative case studies in cooperation with The Case Centre."

Richard McCracken, The Case Centre Director, said: “In what has been a challenging year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am delighted that so many high-quality cases have been submitted to the EFMD Case Writing Competition. The Case Centre is proud to support the competition and I offer my personal congratulations to all the winners.”

Category winners

African Business Cases

Sponsored by China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Stefan Christiaan Nel ; Mikael Samuelsson ; Sarah Boyd
Graduate School of Business, The University of Cape Town
Reference no. 321-0341-1

Bringing Technology to Market

Sponsored by Bringing Technology to Market (BTM) Center, ESMT Berlin
Dominique Turpin ; Douglas Quackenbos ; Martin Roth
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Reference no. IMD-7-2164

Continuous Improvement: The Journey to Excellence

Sponsored by EFMD Global
Tao Yue ; Deborah Sherwood ; Rene de Koster
RSM Case Development Centre
Reference no. 621-0011-1

Corporate Social Responsibility

Sponsored by ESC PAU Business School
Syeda Maseeha Qumer ; Debapratim Purkayastha
IBS Center for Management Research
Reference no. 721-0018-1

Entrepreneurship

Sponsored by emlyon business school
Suzanne Cordeau-Andrews (Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV)) ; Umesh Mukhi (Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV)) ; Beatriz Maria Braga (Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV))
Reference no. 421-0048-1

Family Business

Sponsored by Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut
K B S Kumar ; Indu Perepu
IBS Center for Management Research
Reference no. 821-0052-1

Finance and Banking

Sponsored by Portsmouth Business School

Hidden Champions

Sponsored by Hidden Champions Institute, ESMT Berlin
Liang (Lucas) Wang
Ivey Publishing
Reference no. 9B20M117

Inclusive Business Models

Sponsored by the Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Warren Nilsson ; James Chiswell ; Geoff Bick ; Sarah Boyd
The Case Centre
Reference no. 821-0035-1

Indian Management Issues and Opportunities

Sponsored by EFMD Global
Anshuman Tripathy ; Akshat Raj
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Reference no. IMB745

Innovative People Leadership Solutions in International Intergovernmental and Not-for-profit Organisations

Sponsored by AHRMIO

No submissions were selected for a prize. This testifies to the calibre of the competition, and we hope again to receive your outstanding case proposals for the upcoming edition!

Latin American Business Cases

Sponsored by Universidad Externado de Colombia
Esteban Brenes ; luciano Ciravegna ; Ezequiel Reficco
CLADEA-BALAS Case Consortium
Reference no. IC0019

MENA Business Cases

Sponsored by EFMD Global
Imane El Ghazali ; Zoulikha Maaroufi
The Case Centre
Reference no. 520-0065-1

Responsible Business

School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Rachida Justo ; Caroline Tilden ; Krystyna Liakh ; Mona Mueller
IE Business School
Reference no. 821-0017-1

Responsible Leadership

Sponsored by University of San Diego – School of Business
Daniel Han Ming Chng ; Liman Zhao ; Byron Lee ; Peter Moran ; Heming Sun
China Europe International Business School
Reference no. 722-0038-1

Supply Chain Management

Sponsored by EFMD Global
Simon Greathead ; Mark Kosiba ; Jonathan Richards
Ivey Publishing
Reference no. 9B20D010

Women in Business

Sponsored by the Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Lara Bekhazi ; Martin Schweinsberg ; Horacio Falcão ; Eric Uhlmann
INSEAD
Reference no. 421-0033-1

About the EFMD Case Writing Competition

Innovation and creativity

With the support of the Case Centre and our category sponsors, the case writing competition encourages innovative and impactful case writing and teaching. Take part in this yearly case writing competition, organised since 1988.

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Through seventeen categories representing critical managerial areas, you can contribute to management development and some of its future challenges.

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You get a chance to be assessed by an international judging panel, who reviews more than 400 cases every year; have an impact on teaching management development and join a community of outstanding innovators.

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