CEEMAN Champion Awards and the winners of the 18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition
CEEMAN Champion Awards and the winners of the 18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition announced at the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. On the final day of the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa from 26 to 28 September, the CEEMAN Champion Awards were officially announced as well as the winners of the 18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition, which was held in cooperation with Emerald Group Publishing.
Among 15 nominations from nine countries (Austria, France, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the UK) for the CEEMAN Champion Awards, an evaluation committee with Jim Ellert, Professor Emeritus, IMD, Switzerland as president decided as follows:
- In the category of Teaching: Arthur Lindemanis, RISEBA, Latvia
- In the category of Responsible Management Education - two co-winners: Bernard Belletante and Jean-Christophe Carteron, Euromed Management, France and Nadya Zhexembayeva, IEDC – Bled School of Management, Slovenia
- In the category of Institutional Management: Peter McKiernan, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK and Murdoch University, Australia
Based on the received nominations, the jury decided not to give the award in Research category this year.
On that occasion, Danica Purg, President of CEEMAN, congratulated to all winners for their contributions in areas that are considered critical for the success in business education and management development.
18th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition, held for the seventh consecutive year in cooperation with Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, attracted 37 cases, written by authors from 33 institutions in 21 countries (Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and USA). Based on the competition criteria, 19 cases from 17 institutions and 12 countries were then shortlisted for the evaluation by the jury consisting of Vladimir Nanut, MIB-School of Management, Italy; Al Rosenbloom, Dominican University, US; and Leif Sjoblom, IMD, Switzerland.
The awards were presented as follows:
1st place: Thai Beverage Public Company Limited: Thailand Leader, Global Challenger by Amonrat Thoumrungroje, Assumption University, Thailand and Olimpia Racela, Mahasarakham University Business School, Thailand. The co-authors of the case will share €2,500, participation in the 20th CEEMAN Annual Conference on 26-28 September 2012, and a 100% scholarship for participation in CEEMAN’s IMTA – International Management Teachers Academy.
2nd place: An Old Bank in a New Country: Restructuring Nile Commercial Bank of South Sudan by Veit Etzold, ESMT - European School of Management and Technology, Germany. He will receive €1,000 and 50% scholarship for participation in CEEMAN’s IMTA – International Management Teachers Academy.
3rd place: Kraft Foods Argentina: The H1N1 Disparity by Susan Myrden, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada and Kathy Sanderson, Organizational Behaviour, Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University, Canada. The co-authors will share €500 and 30% scholarship for participation in CEEMAN’s IMTA – International Management Teachers Academy.
In addition, the authors of 10 best cases received a 12-month free subscription to an Emerald subject collection.
