18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition – in partnership with Emerald

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CEEMAN and Emerald are delighted to announce the launch of the 18th Annual 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 award prize pool is worth over €10,000, with €4,000 prize money sponsored by Emerald. 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

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

Copyright

Emerald reserve the right to publish the cases submitted for the competition, but do 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 or the editor have 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 3 months.

Prizes

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

The overall winner will be awarded:

• Monetary prize of €2,500
• Publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
• Free participation in the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa 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
  

The author of the top ten cases will receive a certificate and in addition can choose either 12 months personal subscription to an Emerald subject collection or up to £100 of books from the Emerald book store.

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

Entries should be submitted via the online application form at the link below:
http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/ceeman.htm

The following documents must be submitted with the form:
• Case
• Teaching notes
• Case release document from the management of the company or individuals included in the case (see case release template)

Important dates

Case submission deadline: 1 June 2012
Authors notified about the competition results: 1 September 2012
Case Writing Competition Award: 28th September 2012, at the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference Gala Dinner (location to be confirmed) 

Instructional materials:

CEEMAN Case Writing Competition evaluation criteria
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 Professor Leif Sjoblom, IMD, Switzerland, Emerald Regional Editor – Africa
Frequently asked questions - read questions that we have been asked about this award and their answers.

Contact

Olga Veligurska
CEEMAN Head of Projects
olga.veligurska@ceeman.org
Tel: +386 4 57 92 505
or
Emma Stevenson
External Relations Executive
estevenson@emeraldinsight.com
Tel: +44 (0)1274 785198

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