The winners were announced by Vladimir Nanut, president of the jury, Al Rosenbloom, member of the jury, and Emerald representative, Mr. Alec Egan:
- 1st place: Customer Retention at Hyundai Motor India Ltd: Mr. Rik Paul, and Mr. Debapratim Purkayastha, India. The co-authors of the case received a cheque for €2,500, publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies and 100% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs.
- 2nd place: Infosys Limited: Is It Still the Indian IT Bellwether, Dr. Meenakshi Nagarajan, india. He will receive €1,000, publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies and 50% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs.
- 3rd place: Tara Trade: A Marketing Challenge in Lebanon, Dr. Nisreen Bahnan, and Dr. Gina Vega, USA The co-authors will share €500, publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies and 30% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs.
In addition, the authors of 10 best cases were provided with 12-month free subscription to an Emerald subject collection or up to £100 of books from the Emerald book store.
The jury, consisting of
Vladimir Nanut, Dean of MIB School of Management, Italy;
Al Rosenbloom, Dominican University, USA; and
Leif Sjoblom, IMD, Switzerland, selected the winners of the Case Writing Competition from among the 10 shortlisted cases from 11 institutions and from 7 countries (Australia, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Pakistan, South Africa and USA) which were selected from 54 submitted cases, written by authors and co-authors from 65 institutions in 25 countries (Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Colombia, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States). The competition was organized for the seventh consecutive year in cooperation with Emerald Group Publishing.