2023 global Case Awards reveal new talent and greater representation of women
Winners announced – The Case Centre’s 33rd global Awards and Competitions
The Case Centre’s global Awards and Competitions 2023 are characterised by new talent, with 30 of the 35 winning individuals (86%) winning their first award or competition.
The 33rd Awards and Competitions also see an unprecedented number of female case writers and teachers achieving success. 14 (80%) of the total 17 successes in the awards and competitions include at least one female educator. 16 of the 35 total individual laureates (46%) are now women, and 15 of those 16 win for the first time*.
Two category awards were won for cases with single-authors – both women. Suchitra Mohanty, Amity Research Centers, Amity University won the Economics, Politics and Business Environment category award, and Sophie Manigart, Vlerick Business School, the Entrepreneurship category.
The 2023 Awards and Competitions also reflect the increasing number of cases with women protagonists. Traditionally the vast majority of cases have a male protagonist. Five winning cases feature a woman as the main protagonist, seven a man, and three a company/sector.
Vicky Lester, Chief Executive Officer of The Case Centre, commented:
“This year’s Awards and Competitions have uncovered a new wave of successful case educators emerging after the disruption of the pandemic. The results signal renewal in business education, right across the globe. Cases are now demonstrably being written and taught to a competitively high standard of excellence and social relevance at an ever-broader spectrum of schools worldwide.
“At a time when many flagship international awards are making headlines because of a lack of diversity, this year’s global Case Awards and Competitions signal a huge step forward, not only in terms of gender but they also evidence ethnic diversity, which will impact positively on business and management pedagogy across the world.”
“This year’s Awards and Competitions have uncovered a new wave of successful case educators emerging after the disruption of the pandemic. The results signal renewal in business education, right across the globe. Cases are now demonstrably being written and taught to a competitively high standard of excellence and social relevance at an ever-broader spectrum of schools worldwide.Flagship results
The Overall Winning Case award, Domino’s Pizza: Business Continuity Strategy During the Covid-19 Pandemic, goes to Hadiya Faheem, (co-authored with the late Debapratim Purkayastha). This represents the first Overall Winning Case prize for ICFAI Business School (IBS), and its 17th win in the history of the global awards and competitions. Hadiya Faheem additionally wins an 18th award for IBS in the Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management category, with Digital Transformation at Starbucks, co-authored with Sanjib Dutta, also a new awards recipient.
Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method was won by Gina Vega (Organizational Ergonomics) in recognition of her long-standing, committed, inspirational and entrepreneurial role in developing the case method as both a professor and an editor of flagship case journals.
Outstanding Case Teacher was won by Natasha Katuta Mwila (De Montfort University) as a result of her widely acknowledged and admired, innovative and engaged case teaching.
School highlights
Harvard Business School won three category awards: Ethics and Social Responsibility category award for the second time, Finance, Accounting and Control for the sixth time, and Strategy and General Management for the fourth time, all since the Awards went global in 2011.
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) won both the Outstanding Case Writer and the Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic competitions. The 2023 hot topic was ‘Business, social media and society’.
INSEAD won the Marketing category award for a record tenth time in the history of that award.
Copenhagen Business School won the Free Case category for the third time.
Grenoble Ecole de Management won the Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour category.
Johnson & Wales University won the Outstanding Compact Case competition, and University of Münster the Outstanding New Case Writer competition.
For six winning institutions, it is their first success in these awards and competitions: Amity Research Centers, Amity University; De Montfort University; Grenoble Ecole de Management; Johnson & Wales University; Organizational Ergonomics; and University of Münster.
Case highlights
The annual Awards in 11 categories (nine management disciplines, ‘Free case’, and Overall Award) and the six annual Competitions also shine a spotlight on the latest topics and organisations being selected for learning in business and management classrooms across the globe.
In 2023 winning case ‘companies’ include: Daddy Lab, Domino’s Pizza, Haier, IKEA, Lemonade, LookOut, Lytt, Nike, Ovinto, Snap Inc., Starbucks and Wuling.
Featured case topics/issues include: auto production, continuity strategy during the pandemic, digital transformation, disruptive modelling for better customer experience, diversity/inclusion, entrepreneurship within big companies, entrepreneurship in a digital world, global sourcing, go-to-market strategies, maternity leave, multicultural teams, NFTs/digital assets, online trading impacts on manufacturing, social enterprise, and venture capital investing.
*Nancy Hua Dai, Harvard Business School, wins her second award (co-author this year with Rosabeth Kanter in the Strategy and Management category). She previously won an award in 2021.
Results in full
Awards
Overall winnerDomino’s Pizza: Business Continuity Strategy During the Covid-19 PandemicDebapratim Purkayastha and Hadiya Faheem, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
Economics, Politics and Business EnvironmentNFTs: The Booming World of Digital AssetsSuchitra Mohanty, Amity Research Centers, Amity University
EntrepreneurshipOvinto: Preparing for a Series A Venture Capital Investment RoundSophie Manigart, Vlerick Business School
Ethics and Social ResponsibilityGlobal Sourcing at NikeNien-hê Hsieh, Michael W Toffel and Olivia Hull, Harvard Business School
Finance, Accounting and ControlValuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)Marco Di Maggio, Benjamin C Esty and Greg Saldutte, Harvard Business School
Human Resource Management / Organisational BehaviourUnpacking the Layers of Diversity & Inclusion in Multicultural TeamsMichelle Mielly and Naida Culshaw, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems ManagementDigital Transformation at StarbucksHadiya Faheem and Sanjib Dutta, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
MarketingLemonade: Delighting Insurance Customers with AI and Behavioural Economics: A Disruptive InsurTech Business Model for Outstanding Customer Experience and Cost-effective Service ExcellenceLaura Heely, Wolfgang Ulaga and Ziv Carmon, INSEAD
Production and Operations ManagementIKEA Goes Online: Implications for Its ManufacturingKasra Ferdows, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown UniversityJan Olhager, Lund University
Strategy and General ManagementHaier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese GiantRosabeth Kanter and Nancy Hua Dai, Harvard Business School
Free caseLookOut: Visionary Entrepreneurship in a Digital WorldAttila Márton and Whitney Byrn, Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Competitions
Outstanding Contribution to the Case MethodGina Vega, Organizational Ergonomics
Outstanding Case TeacherNatasha Katuta Mwila, De Montfort University
Outstanding Case WriterWuling Hongguang MINIEV: A New Breed of Chinese AutomakerGao Wang and Qiong Zhu, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Outstanding Case Writer: Hot Topic ‘Business, social media, and society’Daddy Lab: A Chinese Social Enterprise’s DilemmaDaniel Han Ming Chng, Liman Zhao, Byron Lee, Peter Moran and Hellen Heming Sun, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Outstanding Compact CaseAlice’s Maternity Leave: Beneficial Leave or Left Behind?An Ivey Publishing case byJohn Varlaro and Nicole Amos, Johnson & Wales University
Outstanding New Case WriterLytt: Determining a Go-to-Market StrategyAn Ivey Publishing case byKai Schaumann and Simon Jeurissen, University of Münster
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