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Conference Awards

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.


2021 Conference Award Winners

Gold: Kehe Distributors LLC: The Shore Power Project
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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