Case writing competitions

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In partnership with the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), Emerald invite authors from African higher education institutions to submit business teaching cases focused on emerging markets in Africa.

Be in with a chance to win up to $2,250 and have your case published globally.

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 Submission deadline: 10 May 2025

AIMA-India Case Research Centre (ICRC) is pleased to announce the fifth edition of its Case Writing Competition & Conference. The competition aims to encourage and promote the development of high-quality India-focused teaching case material that brings Indian ethos in managing the business.
 
The business world has changed significantly in the past few years, particularly during the pandemic. The Case Writing Competition aims to capture the changing industry trends, technological changes, digital economy, sustainability, survival and several other market requirements in the form of teaching cases.

Monetary prizes of INR 100,000 for first place, INR 50,000 for second place, and INR 25,000 for third place and best young case author are being awarded.

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Page and the Institute for Public Relations conduct an annual competition for the writing of original case studies by students enrolled in a school of business, communication or journalism and who are pursuing a degree that is focused on corporate communications and the practice of public relations. The objectives of the competition are to introduce the practical applications of the core principles that define public relations as a critical function of management to scholars, teachers, and students, and encourage research that contributes to the profession's body of knowledge and provides practical suggestions on how to improve the corporate public relations function.

Student authors of winning entries and their faculty advisors are awarded cash prizes and recognized by the nation's leading corporate communications executives.

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In partnership with El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the American University Cairo (AUC) School of Business, this case writing competition is open to authors from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Pakistan and Turkey. 

The aim of the competition is to develop high quality teaching case material focusing on business and management issues in dynamic and emerging economies and at the same time to nurture case writing capabilities in these regions. 

A prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the top case.

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Submission deadline: 1 April 2025

The aim of this competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality teaching case material that positively represents real women in leadership positions in the workplace.

Having 10 years of research on award-winning case papers, Lesley Symons of The Case for Women showed that women protagonists are present in only 11% of award-winning case papers. She developed the Symons Test which is used to assess the presence of women in case papers:

• Does it have a woman in it?
• Is she the protagonist?
• Does she speak to another woman about the business?

Only 4% of the case papers researched met all three of the rules. 

The total prize fund for the competition is $9,500. Prizes are awarded to the winning case ($5,000) and two runners-up ($3,000 and $1,500 for second and third place).

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 Submission deadline: 15 April 2025

The aim of the CEEMAN & Emerald Case Writing Competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality teaching case material relevant for the realities of dynamic and emerging economies, and at the same time to promote the development of case-writing capabilities in those countries.

The total CEEMAN/Emerald award prize pool is worth over €10,000, including €4,000 prize money. Prizes are awarded to the overall winner and two runners-up.

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China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform and The Global Platform of China Cases first co-organised the Global Contest for the Best China-Focused Cases in 2015. The aim was to promote research on unique management issues in the Chinese environment from a global perspective.

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List of winners in: 2023, 2022, 2021,2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.

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The Curtis E. Tate Jr. Award is given each year at NACRA’s annual meeting to the case that is deemed to be the best case published in the Case Research Journal in the preceding year. 

The process for determining the award recipient begins with the editors of the CRJ nominating up to eight cases for the award. A panel of the three most recent past presidents of NACRA then select two to four cases as finalists and from this set of finalists select the Tate Award winning case.

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The CMS Division is pleased to sponsor the annual Dark Side Case Competition at the Academy of Management meeting. The competition is designed to encourage and acknowledge case writing that addresses the dark side of contemporary capitalism. The 2024 competition will be coordinated by Elina Riivari.

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You are invited to enter WDI's competition and support and strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) skills and knowledge for today’s students, who will become tomorrow’s global business leaders. WDI Publishing and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business are proud to present the third annual DEI Global Case Writing Competition.

Entrants are encouraged to submit an academic case study about a DEI-related business dilemma within one or across multiple business disciplines. 

The winning individual or team will be awarded $10,000.

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 Submission deadline: 20 November 2025 

With the support of The Case Centre and 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. Through 12 categories representing critical managerial areas, you can contribute to management development and some of its future challenges. All winning cases receive €2000, wide visibility across the EFMD network and publication opportunity by The Case Centre.

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Petra Grestenbergerova,
e petra.grestenbergerova@efmdglobal.org 

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List of winners in: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003

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Case authors from all business disciplines are invited to participate in the Fox International Business Case Writing Competition. Fox School invite case submissions under two separate streams this year:

• Ethics in Business
• Finance, and Accounting

The Fox School of Business will host a free, virtual kick-off event for this year’s case competition. 

This will be followed by two virtual workshops on case teaching strategies in conjunction with Ivey Publishing. 

The first-place case under each stream will receive $2,000. The second-place case under each stream will receive $1,500. Winning case submissions will have the opportunity to publish their case with Ivey Publishing. 

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Submissions will open on 1 June 2025 

Ivey Publishing, in collaboration with Ivey Women Investing in Leadership (IWIL), is launching the Ivey Women Investing in Leadership Case Writing Competition, an annual competition celebrating outstanding case writing that highlights women in leadership. This initiative will recognise and promote high-quality cases that feature female protagonists, such as founders, senior managers, NGO and industry leaders, policymakers, and entrepreneurs, or focus on leadership issues impacting women in business. 

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Submission deadline: 9 October 2025

We run four global case writing competitions each year:

• Outstanding Case Writer
• Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic
• Outstanding Compact Case
• Outstanding New Case Writer.

Prizes and recognition

The winner of each competition receives a prize of £1,150 ($1,400; €1,300) and a special trophy. We also announce the result to leading business press worldwide and invite the winner to feature on our website and in our newsletter, which is sent to the global case community.

The chosen topic for our 2025/26 Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic competition is 'Leading in turbulent times'.

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Find out more about all our awards and competitions 

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List of winners: Outstanding Case Writer, Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic, Outstanding Compact Case, Outstanding New Case Writer.

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​​​​​The Case Hub at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut, is hosting its second annual Case Study Writing Competition. The competition aims to promote impactful case studies and honour the best case study writers about the Arab MENA region and Cyprus.

Monetary prizes of $3,000 for the best case study, $1,500 for the runner-up, and $750 for the third case are being awarded.

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