The Curtis E. Tate Jr. Award is given each year at NACRA’s annual meeting to the case that is deemed to be the best case published in the Case Research Journal in the preceding year. The process for determining the award recipient begins with the editors of the CRJ nominating up to eight cases for the award. A panel of the three most recent past presidents of NACRA then select two to four cases as finalists and from this set of finalists select the Tate Award winning case. Below are the finalists and Tate award winners for the past few years, along with the Tate award winners going back to 2010. If you are looking for good examples of what Case Research Journal cases should be like, these are good cases to look at.
2021 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 40)
Green Zebra: Grow Fast or Grow Slow? Case B
Janet Hamilton and Charla Mathwick
2021 Tate Award Finalists
Cracking the Code at Coconut Calendar
Brooke Klassen
Doctors Divided: The Battle Over Relative Physician Compensation in Ontario
Meredith J. Woodwark, Stephen D. Risavy and Karin Schnarr
2020 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 39)
Vista Outdoor: A Business Portfolio Under Stress
John Lawrence
2020 Tate Award Finalists
Facebook’s Privacy Breach: Challenges of Managing an Information-Based Supply Chain Risk
Maryam Memar Zadeh
Innovation Works Community Bond
Melissa Jean
2019 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 38)
Russian River Brewing Company in 2016: Positioning Pliny the Younger Craft Beer for Growth
Sergio Canavati, Armand Gilinsky, and Jeffrey Young
2019 Tate Award Finalists
KidZania: Spreading Fun Around the World
Andres Terech, Martha Rivera Pesquera, and Maria Guadalupe Torres
Pleasant Ridge Habitat for Humanity Second Chance Home Supply
John J. Lawrence, and Michael McCollough
2018 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 37)
The Incident in Kabul
Karen E. Boroff, Seton Hall University, and Matthew L. Pratt, US Army
2018 Tate Award Finalists
Business Model Innovation at Wildfang
Charla Mathwick, Portland State University
Delta Plastics of the South: Product Innovation in a Resistant Market
David G. Hyatt, University of Arkansas
2017 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 36)
The Balancing Act: Making Tough Decisions
Colleen M. Sharen, Brescia University College
2017 Tate Award Finalists
A Brand Under Attack: The Boycott of Stoli Vodka and the Power of Social Media
Grishma Shah, Janet L. Rovenpor and Musa Jafar, Manhattan College
Mountainview Country Club: Who’s Minding the Store
Carolyn Conn, St. Edward’s University, and Kay Guess, Samford University
The Counterfeit Safety Label
Anne T. Lawrence, San Jose State University
2016 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 35)
Tradition and Transformation at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna
by James J. Kennelly & Liza Nagode, Skidmore College
2016 Tate Award Finalists
Facebook Folly at Northeast BMW
Gabrielle Lopiano & Mary Anne Watson, University of Tampa
Lott Industries: The CEO Fights for Survival
Denise Tanguay & Mary Vielhaber, Eastern Michigan University
2015 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 34)
LaborVoices: Bringing Transparency to the Global Supply Chain
Ronald M. Roman and Anne Lawrence, San Jose State University and Chirag Amin, Labor Voices
2015 Tate Award Finalists
Maria Gonzalez
Karen E. Boroff, Seton Hall University
The High West Distillery
Robert D. Perkins, Mercer University
2014 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 33)
The PCDA Project of Doctors without Borders- Spain
David Roman Coy and Alvaro Gonzalo Hormazábal Reed
2013 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 32)
Lehman Brothers: Crisis in Corporate Governance
Randall D Harris
2012 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 31)
Helen Drinan: Giving Voice to Values
Mary L. Shapiro, Cynthia A. Ingols and Mary C. Gentile
2011 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 30)
Babbitt Ranches: Governance and Strategic Planning in a Family Business
Lisa Majure and Kathryn Savage
2010 Tate Award Winner (selected from Volume 29)
SAS: Leadership in Business Intelligence
Stephanie Hurt and Marcus Hurt