1. Outstanding Student-Authored Case Award (as presented at meeting)

Awarded to the student author and the faculty supervisor for the best student-written case  as presented at the NACRA annual meeting.  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 supervisors may be included as co-author if the case is revised and submitted to the Case Research Journal if the authors so choose.  Track Chairs nominate cases (complete with instructor’s manual/teaching note) which are then judged by a committee chaired by the president-elect.

 

2. Outstanding Newcomer Case Award (as presented at meeting)

Awarded to the best case as presented at a roundtable by an author attending his or her (or their) first NACRA annual meeting.    Track Chairs nominate cases (complete with instructor’s manual/teaching note) which are then judged by a committee chaired by the president-elect.

 

3. Ruth Greene Memorial Case Award (as presented at meeting)

Awarded to the best case as submitted by authors outside the U.S. and Canada and presented at that year’s annual NACRA meeting.  The award includes a stipend to cover the registration to the conference.  Track Chairs nominate cases (complete with instructor’s manual/teaching note) which are then judged by a committee chaired by the president-elect.  The award is sponsored by Walt Greene, who is always one of the members of the committee.

 

4. Best Workshop Case: Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards (as presented at meeting)

Awarded to the top three cases presented at each year’s case workshop.  Track Chairs will nominate a case for the Best Workshop Case from their track based on reviewer recommendations and their own review of the cases accepted for the track.  If there are more than ten cases accepted for the track, two cases could be nominated (more than 30 cases accepted, three cases could be nominated).  A Track Chair does not have to nominate a case if no cases are accepted that appear to be worthy of the nomination.  A Track Chair cannot nominate his or her own case (or co-authored case) in the year that he or she serves as a Track Chair.  The President-elect will serve as chair of the “as presented” awards committee comprised of no less than three members, none of whom will be track chairs (who have nominated the cases).

 

5. Jonathan Welch Case Award (as presented at meeting)

Awarded to the best case in economics or finance as presented at a roundtable at the NACRA annual meeting by an author.  This award commemorates the many years of service of Jonathan Welch as the Track Chair of the Economics/Finance Track at NACRA.  The Track Chair of the Economics/Finance  Track will nominate cases (complete with instructor’s manual/teaching note), and the judging of the cases shall be done by a committee chaired by the President-elect.

 

6. Emerson Award for the Outstanding Case in Business Ethics (as presented) 

Awarded to the best case in business ethics (in any discipline) as submitted and presented to the annual NACRA meeting.  It funded by the Advisory Board of the Emerson Center for Business Ethics at Saint Louis University, but is administered by NACRA.  The award includes a prize of $1,500 plus an honorarium of $500 and travel expenses to Saint Louis University where the winner will also present the case at a forum of the Emerson Center.  Decision focused cases are preferred.  Submissions must include an instructor’s manual/teaching note and follow NACRA’s Call for Cases.  Judging is a blind review process conducted by a three-member committee.  The committee is composed of one person selected by the Emerson Center and two persons selected by the immediate past-president.

 

7. Curtis E. Tate Jr. Award (as revised for CRJ)

Awarded each year for the best case published (or accepted for publication) in the Case Research Journal for the previous year.   The award includes a plaque and a prize of $2,000.   The editor nominates eight cases for consideration each year and forwards copies of those cases and teaching notes/instructor’s manuals to the Tate judging committee no later than March 1.  The CRJ editor may not be an author or co-author of a nominated case.  The award is presented the following Fall at the annual meeting.  The judging committee is composed of the three recent past-presidents and chaired by the immediate past-President of NACRA.  If one of the committee has a case under consideration, that person will be replaced by another past president.

 

8. Philip D. Cooper Award (as revised for CRJ)

Awarded to the best case in Health Care Management (in any track) presented at a NACRA meeting and revised for submission to the Case Research Journal.   The judging committee is composed of the three recent past-presidents and is chaired by the immediate past-president of NACRA.  The case and its instructor's manual/teaching note should be submitted electronically via Word e-mail attachment to the Editor of the CRJ by March 15. The award will be presented the following Fall at the annual meeting.  The award is supported by Phil’s wife, Victory Cooper and includes a $200 prize.

 

9. C. R. Christensen Outstanding Teaching Case Award (as revised for CRJ)

Awarded to a case submitted to the NACRA Education Track for presentation to the annual meeting, revised, and submitted to the Case Research Journal.  The award carries a prize of up to $1,000.  Cases to be considered focus on the teaching process, pedagogical issues, and intra/extra classroom incidents in the tradition reflected in the work of C. R. Christensen.  The judging committee is composed of three NACRA members appointed by the current president of NACRA.  The recipient is expected to participate in a discussion of the case at the C. R. Christensen Teaching Session, a plenary session at the annual NACRA meeting the following Fall.  The dollar amount of this award depends on fund availability and on the participation of the participant in the session.   The award is supported by donations and by a grant from the E. M. Kauffman Foundation.  The case and its instructor's manual/teaching note should be submitted electronically via Word e-mail attachment to the Editor of the CRJ by March 15.  The award is presented the following Fall at the annual meeting. 

 

10. Selection of New Fellows

Nominations are solicited by the Advisory Council and submitted to a three-person committee composed of the two immediate past-presidents and the current president as chair.  A nominee should have a record of long-time service to NACRA beyond being an officer and been a consistent contributor to the CRJ and the annual meetings.  More specifically, a nominee should have been an active member of NACRA for a minimum of 10 years, served as an elected officer, case reviewer, track chair, etc., and been a consistent contributor of cases/papers to NACRA meetings and the CRJ.  The Advisory Council may consider other criteria, such as strong participation with a NACRA affiliate, responsibility for a major change in NACRA’s direction, and service as editor or associate editor of CRJ.

 

11. Directors College (Canada) Award for Outstanding Case in Corporate Governance (as presented) 

Awarded to the best case in corporate governance (in any discipline) as submitted and presented to the annual NACRA meeting.  It funded by The Directors College (Canada) of McMaster University, but is administered by NACRA.  The award includes a first prize of $1,000 plus an honorarium of $500 to cover travel expenses to McMaster University where the winner will also present the case at a forum of The Directors College.  The award also includes two honorable mentions - each worth $500.  Decision focused cases are preferred. However, cases must deal with issues faced by a company’s board of directors, such as transparency in governance, governance structures, corporate investment and disclosure, shareholder and shareholder relations, accountability, privacy and security, executive and board compensation, roles and responsibilities of board committees, director independence, effective board management relations, board recruitment, role of the board chair or lead director, proxy voting, and stock options.   Submissions must include an instructor’s manual/teaching note and follow NACRA’s Call for Cases.  Judging is a blind review process conducted by a three-member committee.  The committee is composed of one person selected by The Directors College and two persons selected by the current NACRA president.

 

12. Case Research Journal Editor’s Awards to Outstanding Reviewers

The editor of the Case Research Journal presents three awards at the annual meeting.  The awards are based on the quality of reviews, timeliness, and the number of reviews during the past year for Editorial Review members and the past year or two for others.  The Outstanding Reviewer Award is given to a CRJ Editorial Board member.  The Outstanding Ad Hoc Reviewer Award is given to a reviewer not a member of the CRJ Editorial Review Board.  The Outstanding New Reviewer Award is given to a new reviewer for the CRJ.

 

13. Distinguished Contributor Award

This award is made to an individual who has contributed to case teaching, research, and publication over a sustained period of time.  These individuals need not have been affiliated with NACRA, but must attend the annual meeting in order to receive the award.  It is not awarded every year.  The NACRA Advisory Council selects a winner by majority vote.  The first recipients were Andy Towl (1989), C. R. Christensen (1990), Curt Tate (1992), and Joe Latona (1993). 

Note: 

*Authors receiving awards receive a plaque – one for each author.  Monetary awards, if any, are divided amongst the case authors.

(Revised  8/03/09 by MMR)