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    Conference Awards 2024

    The following is a list of Conference Awards. Please see the NACRA Awards Policy 2022 for more details.

    Conference Awards Description
    Best Case
    (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
    Awarded to top three cases presented at a NACRA conference.
    Best Student-Authored Case Awarded to a case whose author (s) are students
    Best Newcomer Case Awarded to best case by author/s attending their first NACRA conference.
    Best Case Written in Chinese Best case in track
    Best Case Written in French Best case in track
    Best Case Written in Spanish Best case in track
    Ethics Case Award Best ethics, CSR, governance, or sustainability case in any track.
    Jonathan Welch Award Outstanding case in accounting, finance, or economics; commemorates distinguished service to NACRA by Jonathan Welch.
    Ruth Green Award Best case where all authors’ primary affiliation is with institutions outside North America.
    Curtis E. Tate Jr. Award and CRJ Case Awards The Tate award, with a prize of $2,000, is given to the best CRJ case published in the preceding year’s volume. Recognition is also given to the second and third best cases published in the CRJ in the preceding year.

    Other NACRA awards include are the President’s Award for Outstanding Service, Distinguished Contributor Award, the Above & Beyond Award, and NACRA Fellow.


    2023 Conference Award Winners

    Gold: Facebook and the Future of Instagram Kids
    Author (s): W. Scott Sherman, Randall D. Harris, Anne T. Lawrence

    Silver: Sling Aircraft: Gearing Up for the Big Time
    Author (s): McEdward Muriimbika, Amanda Bowen, Claire Beswick

    Bronze:  Creating a More Sustainable World with Livestock Water Recycling
    Author (s): Brooke Klassen, Stephanie Yong

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: Crypto and the Condo:  Purchasing Real Estate Through the Second United States NFT Auction
    Author (s): Charles M. Hilterbrand, Jr. Sergio Gárate

    The Ruth Green Award: South Africa’s Solidarity Fund: Navigating the Shores of Uncertainty and Crisis
    Author (s): Keratiloe Sishoma Mogotsi, Clare Mitchell

    Ethics Case Award: Just Do It: Challenge Sneaky Conflicts
    Author (s): Carolyn Conn, Sherron Watkins

    Cases in Portuguese: Trade-offs da Sustentabilidade Corporativa: As Tensões do Tripé da Sustentabilidade
    Author (s): Patricia Taeko Kaetsu, Júlia Mitsue Vieira Cruz Kumasaka, Tânia Casado


    2022 Conference Award Winners

    Gold:  Caged or Cage-Free
    Author(s): Karen Boroff, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, Karen Meleta, Chief Communications Officer, Wakefern Corp., Paula Alexander, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University

    Silver:  Mercado Libre and TuCarro.com
    Author(s): Ignacio Osuna, Marketing and Operations Management, INALDE Business School, Javier Silva, Business School, University of San Andres

    Bronze:  Carol Aldana: Is it time to give up?
    Author(s): Juan Parra, INALDE Business School, Claudia Alvarez, INALDE Business School

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award:  Exchange rate crisis of Pakistan
    Author(s);  Choudhry Tanveer Shehzad, Lahore University of Management Sciences

    The Ruth Green Award:  JAC: The challenge of democratizing the electric car in Mexico
    Author(s): Silvia Cacho-Elizondo, Marketing, IPADE Business School

    Ethics Case Award:  The American Contract Bridge League: How to catch and punish cheaters, online and off?
    Author(s):  Janis Gogan, Information & Process Management, Bentley University
    Ashok Rao, retired, Rochester Institute of Technology

    Cases in French: *SeventyOne Percent: from the beaches to the world* _Quelle stratégie de communication pour une marque de cosmétiques responsable et lifestyle ?
    Author(s):  Marie-Catherine Mars, EDHEC Business School, Victor Mejía, IUT, Laboratoire GRM, Université Côte d’Azur

    Cases in Russian: Особенности управления франчайзинговой сетью на примере компании «Додо Пицца»
    Features of the Franchise Network Management on the example of the “Dodo Pizza” Company
    Author(s):  Alima Buganova, Narxoz University

    Cases in Portuguese: Na Rota de sol
    Author(s):  Eveline Iannarelli, Business Administration, Universidade de São Paulo, Tania Casado, Business Administration, Universidade de São Paulo

    Cases in Chinese:  Dahan Group: Develop New Business
    Author(s):  Zaiyang Xie, Zhejiang University of Technology, Roger Chen,University of San Francisco, William Wei,Fairleigh Dickinson University, Xiaohua Yang,University of San Francisco


    2021 Conference Award Winners

    Gold: Kehe Distributors LLC: The Shore Power Projec:
    Author (s): Michelle DeMoss and Ram Subramanian

    Silver: Boeing 2020: Firm Survival and Corporate Governance
    Author (s): Randall D. Harris and Walter Scott Sherman

    Bronze: Diablo Consulting Inc: Dissension in the Ranks
    Author (s): Suneel Upda
    –AND–
    ENACTUSOC: Motivating a Student Leadership team During a Global Pandemic
    Author (s): Kerry Rempel, Stacey Fenwick and Kyleen Myrah

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: Buying a Caribbean Condo During a Pandemic: Valuing a Vacation Rental Property Using Free Cash Flows
    Author (s): Louis Gattis

    The Ruth Green Award: UNACEM
    Author (s): Gustavo Calatrava and Javier J. O. Silva

    Special Award for Innovation in Case Writing: The Monkey’s Breaking the Law? Exploring Employee Relations in the Midst of Interpersonal Conflict
    Author (s):
    Robert A. MacDonald and Frannie Branswell

    Ethics Case Award: S H E: Style Her Empowered
    Author (s): Michael McCollough

    Cases in Russian: Profound English School
    Author (s): Krisitina Ryabova


    2020 Conference Award Winners

    Gold: Change in the time of COVID: Determining How a Lived Experience Circle on Homelessness Adapts Their Team Development Model
    Author (s): Kyleen Myrah and Kerry Rempel

    Silver: Urban Axes: First Mover in US Experiential Entertainment
    Author (s): Marilyn Anthony and Shreshthi Mehta

    Bronze: Throwback Brewery: Performance Appraisal Decisions to Ring in the New Year
    Author (s): Danielle Clark, Armand Gilinsky Jr., and Allo Gilinsky

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: Is This Recommendation In My Client’s Best Interest? Mutual Fund Selection Under Fiduciary Standards
    Author (s): Jan Serrano and Marie DeVincenzo

    The Ruth Green Award: MercadoLibre, Inc.—Fresh Products: In or Out?
    Author (s): Javier J. O. Silva, Enrique Chamas, Eduardo Catalán Villegas

    Best Newcomer Case: Love Books: Passion and Purpose Driving the Small Business of Paper Book Sales
    Author (s): Verity Hawarden and Amy Moore

    Ethics Case Award: Go Baby Go: Scaling a Social Movement around Mobility
    Author (s): Maria Ballesteros-Sola and Stephanie Raible

    The Best Student Authored Case: Vectra Digital: Capturing Artificial Intelligence Value after Adoption
    Author (s): Chrissann Ruehle

    Cases in Chinese: 猪”事可为:正邦生猪养殖业务模式创新 (Pig-breeding has a brilliant future: The business model innovation of Zhengbang swine industry)

    Author (s): Fucai Lu, Jingbo Hu, Guanying Lin, Haibo Hu, Xin Wang, and Kevin Zhao

    Cases in Spanish: Nutripunto y la propuesta de alimentos balanceados para Ubate
    Author (s): Ignacio Osuna


    2019 Conference Awards

    Gold: Sizable: Crowdfunding Campaign! …Again
    Author (s):
    Olga Kandinskaia and Nancy Huyghebaert

    Silver: Scaling Columba Leadership’s Impact
    Author (s): Michael Goldman, Maria Ballesteros-Sola, and Anthony Wilson-Prangley

    Bronze: A Good Blockchain Shepherd?
    Author (s):
    Janis Gogan and Howard Goode

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: EyeTrack: Envisioning Solutions
    Author (s):
    Elizabeth Grace and Catherine Lycurgus

    Cases in Chinese: The application of Value Stream Mapping in Low-Volume High Variety Enterprises
    Author (s):
    Jianyu Zhang, Yinghua Zhang, and Hui Han

    Cases in French: Sophie la Girafe : Comment continuer à grandir ?!
    Author (s):
    Christine Kratz and Jacky Koehl

    Cases in Spanish: La Fuerza De Ventas De Top Consulting
    Author (s):
    Juan Parra and Cindy Pinzón

    NACRA President’s Award for Outstanding Service: A. Kay Guess


    2018 Conference Awards

    Gold: Vista Outdoor: A Business Portfolio Under Stress
    Author (s):  John Lawrence 

    Silver: Snakes & Lattes
    Author (s): Eric Dolansky

    Bronze: Rules and Standards in Tax Incentives
    Author (s): Michael Jones

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: Zorbas Bakeries (Cyprus): Launching a New Concept Store in New York?
    Author (s): Olga Kandinskaia

    Cases in French: Pour vous depanner, AlloVoisins actionne 10 millions de sonneries!
    Author (s): Catherine Lejealle

    Cases in Spanish: ISA y la decision estratgica de InterNexa
    Author (s): Ignacio Osuna and Cindy Pinzon

    Best Newcomer Case: Walked into a Lamppost?
    Author (s): Samantha Champagnie and Kristen Gallagher


    2017 Conference Awards

    Gold: ESSEN: Cooking Is Good for You
    Author (s): Javier Silva and Gustavo Calatrava

    Silver: Launching a Craft Cidery: High Quantity or High Quality?
    Author (s): Kathryn Savage and Tierney Schipper

    Bronze: Elzra Corporation
    Author (s):
    Eric Dolansky

    Ruth Green Award (for the best case by authors from outside North America): Veritas, The first Real Food Supermarket
    Author (s):
    Alfred Vernis and Lourdes Urriolagoitia

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: Infiniti HR: Target or Acquirer?
    Author (s): Karen Hallows and Sue White

    Cases in French: Moustache Bikes
    Author (s): Christine Kratz

    Cases in Spanish: Ecoservices: Saneando La Cultura Interna
    Author (s): Juan Parra

    Best Newcomer Case: Ready or Not
    Author (s): Terry McGovern


    2016 Conference Awards

    Gold: The Incident at Kabul
    Author (s): Karen Boroff and Matthew Pratt

    Silver: Peer Feedback at Stress Engineering Services
    Author (s): Joseph Kavanagh, Sanjay Mehta, Donya Brewer, Kaitlyn Cole, and Matt Mistuc 

    Bronze: Redefining the Super Bowl
    Author (s): Michael Goldman, Nola Agha, and Maximillian Duran
    –AND–
    Delta Plastics of the South: Conserving Water in the Delta
    Author (s): David Graham Hyatt

    The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award: The Almost Perfect CPA
    Author (s): Carolyn Conn and Fred Tedesco

    Ruth Green Award: Nissin Foods
    Author (s): Ignacio Osuna Soto, Javier J.O. Silva, and Charles Muller Sanchez

    Best Case Written in French: Kaviari:Le Caviar a L’etat Pur
    Author (s): Ronald Kamin

    Best Case Written in Spanish: TigoUNE: La centralidad del cliente en una integración cultural
    Author (s): Ernesto Barrera and Natalia Arbelaez


    2015 Conference Awards

    Gold: General Motors
    Author (s): Randall D. Harris and W. Scott Sherman

    Silver: A Lapse of Judgment
    Author (s): Syeda Maseeha Qumer, Debapratim Purkayastha, and Vijaya Narapareddy

    Bronze: A Brand under Attack: The Boycott of Stoli Vodka and the Power of Social Media
    Author (s): Grishma Shah, Janet L. Rovenpor and Musa Jafar
    –AND–
    Adam’s Ribs: An Adventure in Food Cartology
    Author (s): Lisa Eshbach and Nancy M. Levenburg

    Best Case Written in French: La Maison de Cognac Remy Martin
    Author (s): Valentina Kirova and Marie-Noelle Rimaud

    Ruth Green Award: KH Loreda: Internationalizing a Local Champion
    Author (s): Josep Franch, Ivo Fink, and Augusti Casas.

    Best Newcomer Case: Making the Case for Cargo Flights to Guadalajara
    Author (s): Sarah Elizabeth Clark, Elisabeth Burgess, and Alejandro Allera Mercadillo.

    Giving Voice to Values Award Refusing to Join the Looting Bandwagon
    Author (s): Cynthia A. Ingols

    Above and Beyond Award (For Outstanding Contribution to the NACRA Annual Conference): Javier Silva

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