Based on the competition criteria, 30 cases were shortlisted for the evaluation by the jury consisting of professors Vladimir Nanut, MIB School of Management, Italy; Al Rosenbloom, Dominican University, USA and Leif Sjoblom, IMD, Switzerland.
The winning cases
In 1st place: Dr Peter Moricz and Associate Professor Gyorgy Drotos; Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
For the case entitled Returpack: The integrator of the beverage can recycling process
Dr Moricz and Associate Professor Drotos share a monetary prize of €2,500, 100% scholarship for participation in one of the CEEMAN faculty development programs, and a 12-month free subscription to an Emerald subject collection.
In 2nd place: Dr Kim Poldner, Institute for Organizational Psychology, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Dr. Olga Ivanova, ICN Business School, France; and Dr Oana Branzei, Ivey Business School, Canada
For the case entitled Osklen: The Aesthetics of Social Change
Dr Poldner, Dr Ivanova, Dr Branzei will share a monetary prize of €1,000, 50% scholarship for participation in one of the CEEMAN faculty development programs, and a 12-month free subscription to an Emerald subject collection.
In 3rd place: Dr Jenson Chong-Leng Goh, SIM University, Singapore; Professor Adrian Saville and Dr Caren Scheepers, GIBS, University of Pretoria, South Africa
For the case entitled Preserving the Delicate Balance to Manage a Thriving Business in South Africa – the Adventure of OneLogix
Dr Goh, Professor Saville and Dr Scheepers will share a monetary prize of €500, 30% scholarship for participation in one of the CEEMAN faculty development programs, and a 12-month free subscription to an Emerald subject collection.
Congratulations to all winning authors! The award ceremony will take place at the 23rd CEEMAN Annual Conference (23-26 September in Almaty, Kazakhstan) on September 25.
The following cases also made the top 10:
- Asia Pulp & Paper: A balanced balance sheet? by Mrs. Frances Chua, Professor Hector Perera, Mrs Frances Chua
- The first tech house of cards: A South African investment tale by Dr. Stephanie Giamporcaro
- Hacienda Flandes: Ups and downs of a Colombian coffee farm by Assistant Professor Ana Cristina Gonzalez & Mr Henry Ossa Vesga
- Manchester United's potential IPO in Singapore by Dr. Ming Jian & Dr. Huai Zhang
- Strategies for winding-down a commercial bank - A case of the Slovenian Probanka by Mr. Bence Kiss-Dobronyi, Mr. Márton Kövesdy, Mr. Balázs Szabó & Mr. Ede Borbély
- Back to the footure: The changing Portuguese footwear industry by Mr. Pedro Sena-Dias; Professor Miguel Pina e Cunha & Professor Arménio Rego
- Hotelvp: Swimming with sharks by Professor Yan Gong, Professor Ramakrishna Velamuri, Dr Liman Zhao & Ms Liang Dong
The full shortlist of cases selected for the judging process can be found here.
Congratulations to all of the authors whose cases made the shortlist and we thank all the authors who participated. All cases submitted to the competition will be considered for publication in the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS) collection, subject to successful double-blind peer review!