NACRA 2008 Annual Meeting Awards

Authors should indicate on the Case Submission Form if they are eligible for any of the following awards.

• The Outstanding Student-Authored Case Award is given to the student author and the faculty supervisor for the best student-written case as presented at the conference. To be considered for the best student case award, no faculty member may be included as co-author. However, such cases should list the faculty supervisor(s), if any, on the cover page. The faculty supervisor(s) may be included as co-author(s) if the case is revised and submitted to the Case Research Journal.
  
• The Outstanding Newcomer Case Award is given for the best case as presented at the conference by authors presenting their first case at a NACRA roundtable.
  
• The Ruth Greene Memorial Case Award includes a stipend for conference registration for the best case submitted by author(s) outside the U.S. and Canada.
  
• The Emerson Center Award for Outstanding Case in Business Ethics is awarded to the best case in business ethics (in any discipline) as submitted and presented. The award includes a prize of $1,500 plus an honorarium of $500 and travel expenses to Saint Louis University where the winner will present the case at a forum of the Emerson Center. Decision focused cases are preferred.
  
• The Directors College (Canada) Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance is awarded to the best case in corporate governance (in any discipline) as submitted and presented. The award includes a first prize of $1,000 plus an honorarium of $500 to cover travel expenses to Canada where the winner will also present the case at a forum of the College. Decision focused cases are preferred. However, cases must deal with issues faced by a company's board of directors, e.g. transparency in governance; governance structures; corporate investment and disclosure; shareholder and stakeholder relations; accountability; privacy and security; executive and board compensation; board committees (roles and responsibilities); director independence; effective board management relations; board recruitment; the role of the board chair (or lead director); proxy voting; stock options, etc.
• The C. R. Christensen Award is awarded to an outstanding teaching case submitted to the Case Research Journal.  A member of the Harvard Graduate School of  Business Administration faculty for nearly five decades, Chris Christensen (1919-1999) became known as "Mr. Case Method."  The award is funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, friends, and students.  The winning case is presented at the conference.

All cases presented will also be eligible for the Best Workshop Case Awards: Gold, Silver, and Bronze.