Case writing competition

18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition in cooperation with Emerald

CEEMAN and Emerald are delighted to announce the launch of the 2012 Case Writing Competition.

The aim of the competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality case material relevant for the realities of transitional and emerging economies and at the same time promote the development of case-writing capabilities in those countries.

In the spirit of a fully inclusive competition, global submissions are encouraged.

The co-organizers will support global exposure of the submitted high-quality cases through a direct link with the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies collection. All case submissions will be considered for international publication.

The total CEEMAN/Emerald award prize pool is worth over €10,000, with €4,000 prize money. Prizes are awarded to the overall winner and two runners-up. Depending on the quality and number of submissions, additional awards may be bestowed in different categories.

Compulsory submission criteria

Cases should have a developing and emerging markets focus (Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania)
All cases should be based on a real situation in a real company, with a clear decision-making situation, and prepared in accordance with the general case writing guidelines and competition criteria
Case studies submitted should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form, or be under consideration for publication in any ISSN/ ISBN-registered publication or with any other case-centre
All case studies must include appropriate signed permissions from case protagonists
All submissions should be accompanied by a case teaching note and structured abstract

As all cases submitted for the competition will be considered for publication in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies collection, submissions must comply with the author guidelines, which include information on editorial objectives and criteria, as well as comprehensive manuscript requirements.

Please also consult the competition evaluation checklist before submitting your case.

Copyright

Emerald reserves the right to publish the cases submitted for the competition, but does not have any other claims for the copyright.

If the editorial team of the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies collection would like to publish a case submission, the editor will contact the author with an offer to do so. If, twelve months after the deadline for submissions has passed, Emerald has not contacted the author about publishing his/her case, Emerald will waive its first claim to publication and the authors will be free to submit their case to another publication.

In the event of publication authors will retain the academic freedom to contribute to the wider distribution and readership of their work. This includes the right to use their work as part of their own teaching. The rights retained by the author are explained fully in the Emerald Authors' Charter.

All cases submitted to the CEEMAN/Emerald Case Writing Competition that are later published in the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies collection will be made freely available to CEEMAN members for three months.

Prize

The value of the total prize pool is over €10,000, which will be distributed as follows:

The overall winner will be awarded:

Money prize of €2,500
Publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
Free participation in the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference on 26-28 September 2012 (includes participation in all conference program and social events, conference materials, meals, and up to three nights accommodation at the conference hotel; travel costs are not included)
A 100% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs

The first runner-up will be awarded:

Money prize of €1,000
Publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
50% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs

The second runner-up will be awarded:

Money prize of €500
Publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
30% scholarship for participation in one of CEEMAN faculty development programs

Top ten case authors will be provided with 12-month free subscription to Emerald subject collection.

Depending on the quality and number of submissions, additional awards may be bestowed in different categories. If a winning case has more than one author, the prize will be split among the co-authors (the prize may be subject to local taxes). Full evaluations from the competition judging panel will be made available to authors upon request.

Entry details

To enter the competition, please send your case, teaching note, structured abstract, signed case release and filled-in application form by email to info@ceeman.org.

Important dates

Case submission deadline: 1 June 2012

Authors notified about the competition results: 1 September 2012

Case Writing Competition Award: 28 September 2012, at the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference Gala Dinner (location to be confirmed)

Instructional materials

Case Writing Competition evaluation checklist

Case writing guide by Ali Farhoomand, University of Hong Kong

A simplified approach to writing case studies by Dr Melodena Balakrishnan, Chair of the Academy of International Business, MENA chapter and Regional Editor Middle East, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies.

Case organization chapter from Writing Cases, 4th Edition / Learning with Cases, 4th Edition (Book Set), by Michiel R. Leenders, James A. Erskine, Louise A. Mauffette-Leenders

Case primer by David Wylie, Babson College

How to write a teaching note, by Lejf Sjoblom, IMD