About NACRA

NACRA is a collaborative organization of approximately 500 researchers, case writers and teachers, mostly in the business disciplines, who support each other's research and writing efforts.

Benefits of Membership

NACRA membership is open to all persons interested in case research, writing and teaching in business and other academic disciplines.

Individual Membership Benefits Include:

• An opportunity to connect with leading case researchers, writers, and teachers. The annual meeting offers opportunities for professional development in writing cases and papers on case pedagogy, case research, and more.
• Journal subscription: Case Research Journal (CRJ) – the premier journal for teaching cases grounded in research.
• Access to members-only areas of our website with materials to support case researchers, teachers, and writers.
• All mailings, including our newsletter.
• Membership Directory as part of the yearly NACRA Conference Proceedings.

Institutional Membership Benefits Include:

• Journal subscription: Case Research Journal (CRJ) – the premier journal for teaching cases grounded in research.
• All mailings, including our newsletter.

Individual and Institutional Memberships follow the calendar year. Registered attendees of the yearly conference will receive membership benefits for the following year.

Call for Cases: Special Issue of CRJ

The Case Research Journal will publish a special issue on corporate social responsibility and business ethics, to be guest-edited by Professor Anne T. Lawrence of San Jose State University.

The deadline for submission to this special issue is December 1, 2009, for publication in 2010.

Spring 2009 Newsletter Available

Review current developments in NACRA, get a preview of the Santa Cruz Conference, and more in the Spring 2009 Newsletter.

NACRA 2009 Annual Meeting: Submission Deadline Extended to July 20, 2009!

The deadline for submission of cases has been extended to July 20 to afford everyone a greater opportunity to participate in NACRA’s 2009 annual conference in Santa Cruz, California, held at the Chaminade Resort & Spa, on October 29-31, 2009. The 2009 conference features roundtable discussions where all participants receive valuable feedback about their cases in a constructive atmosphere, and breakout sessions on special topics in case writing, teaching, and research. Cases and paper proposals dealing with topics such as "Sustainability" and "Green Business" are especially encouraged. Sessions will be designed to help authors develop their work for publication in refereed journals and textbooks. Cases and papers must be original work and must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Deadline for cases and paper/symposia submissions has been extended to July 20, 2009.