Conference Awards
NACRA Awards for Consideration for 2021 Conference
Read the conference awards policy.
| Conference Awards | Description |
|---|---|
| Best Case (Gold, Silver, Bronze) |
Awarded to top three cases presented at the NACRA 2021 conference. |
| Best Student-Authored Case | Awarded to student author and faculty supervisor for best student-written case. Faculty co-author/s not permitted; faculty supervisor may subsequently co-author revised case for submission to CRJ. |
| 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. |
NACRA Fellows
NACRA Fellows are those members who have distinguished themselves through their life-long achievement in case research, writing, and teaching plus meritorious service to the organization.
Process for nominating NACRA Fellows
NACRA Fellows may be nominated by any member of NACRA. Anyone wishing to nominate a member as a NACRA Fellow should send the Past President an email message with a nominating letter describing the nominees accomplishments and a copy of the nominee’s CV.
Selection of NACRA Fellows
The NACRA Advisory Board will be polled for input on nominees and provide that input to the selection committee. The decision to induct new NACRA Fellows rests with a selection committee composed of the current President and two immediate Past Presidents.
The following NACRA Members have been selected as Fellows (since 1980)
| Robert L. Anderson Bobby G. Bizzell* William R. Boulton* Lew G. Brown Tupper Cawsey* Robert P. Crowner* George G. Eddy* Richard Eisenbeis Deborah R. Ettington Armand Gilinsky Randall Harris Robert D. Hay* |
David Hunger* Anne T. Lawrence John Lawrence Robert McGlashan Leon Megginson* Thomas Miller Rebecca Morris Margaret P. Naumes William Naumes Marlene M. Reed David W. Rosenthal Kathryn Savage |
Charles R. Scott* John A. Seeger Jeffrey P. Shay Timothy Singleton* Burnard Sord* Melvin J. Stanford Raymond G. Stephens* Linda E. Swayne Curtis E. Tate, Jr.* Marilyn L. Taylor Lyle Trueblood* Thomas L. Wheelen* |
* deceased
NACRA Distinguished Contributor Award
The NACRA Distinguished Contributor Award is awarded to an individual who has contributed to case teaching, research, and publication over a sustained period of time. Individual need not be a NACRA member but must attend the conference in order to receive the award. This Award is not awarded every year. The NACRA Advisory Council selects a winner by majority vote. A partial list of past recipient includes:
Andy Towl (1989), Harvard Business School
C. R. Christensen (1990), Harvard Business School
Curt Tate (1992), Past NACRA President and NACRA Fellow
Joe Latona (1993), University of Akron and Ohio University, DSI
Paul Lawrence (1998), Harvard Business School
Art Thompson (2000), University of Alabama
Louis.B. (“By”) Barnes, Harvard Business School
Jim Erskine (2001 or 2002), Ivey Business School, Western Ontario
John Seeger (2003), Bentley College, Past NACRA President, CRJ Editor, and NACRA Fellow
Michael Porter (2005), Harvard University
Marilyn Taylor (2009), University of Missouri-Kansas City, Past NACRA President, and NACRA Fellow
Margaret Naumes (2012), U. of New Hampshire, NACRA Fellow
William Naumes (2012), U. of New Hampshire, Past NACRA President, CRJ Editor, and Fellow
James G. Clawson (2014), Darden Graduate School, University of Virginia
Anne Lawrence (2018), San Jose State University, Past NACRA President, and NACRA Fellow
NACRA President’s Award for Outstanding Service
The NACRA President’s Outstanding Service Award is awarded to an individual who has made a sustained and meritorious contribution to NACRA. This Award is not presented every year. Past recipients of the Award include:
A. Kay Guess, 2019
2020 Conference Awards
Best Cases of the NACRA 2020 Conference
Kyleen Myrah and Kerry Rempel
Marilyn Anthony and Shreshthi Mehta
Danielle Clark, Armand Gilinsky Jr., and Allo Gilinsky
Other NACRA 2020 Case Awards
Jan Serrano and Marie DeVincenzo
Javier J. O. Silva, Enrique Chamas, Eduardo Catalán Villegas
Verity Hawarden and Amy Moore
Maria Ballesteros-Sola and Stephanie Raible
Chrissann Ruehle
(Pig-breeding has a brilliant future: The business model innovation of Zhengbang swine industry)
Fucai Lu, Jingbo Hu, Guanying Lin, Haibo Hu, Xin Wang, and Kevin Zhao
Ignacio Osuna
2019 Conference Awards
Best Cases of the NACRA 2019 Conference
Olga Kandinskaia and Nancy Huyghebaert
Michael Goldman, Maria Ballesteros-Sola, and Anthony Wilson-Prangley
Janis Gogan and Howard Goode
Other NACRA 2019 Case Awards
Elizabeth Grace and Catherine Lycurgus
Jianyu Zhang, Yinghua Zhang, and Hui Han
Christine Kratz and Jacky Koehl
Juan Parra and Cindy Pinzón
2018 Conference Awards
Best Cases of the NACRA 2018 Conference
John Lawrence
Eric Dolansky
Michael Jones
Other NACRA 2018 Case Awards
Olga Kandinskaia
Catherine Lejealle
Ignacio Osuna and Cindy Pinzon
Samantha Champagnie and Kristen Gallagher
2017 Conference Awards
Best Cases of the NACRA 2017 Conference
Javier Silva and Gustavo Calatrava
Kathryn Savage and Tierney Schipper
Eric Dolansky
Other NACRA 2017 Case Awards
Alfred Vernis and Lourdes Urriolagoitia
Karen Hallows and Sue White
Christine Kratz
Juan Parra
Terry McGovern
2016 Conference Awards
Best Cases of the NACRA 2016 Conference
Karen Boroff and Matthew Pratt
Joseph Kavanagh, Sanjay Mehta, Donya Brewer, Kaitlyn Cole, and Matt Mistuc
Redefining the Super Bowl
by Michael Goldman, Nola Agha, and Maximillian Duran
–AND–
Delta Plastics of the South: Conserving Water in the Delta
David Graham Hyatt
Other NACRA 2016 Case Awards
Carolyn Conn and Fred Tedesco
Ignacio Osuna Soto, Javier J.O. Silva, and Charles Muller Sanchez
Ronald Kamin
Ernesto Barrera and Natalia Arbelaez
2015 Conference Awards
BEST CASES OF THE NACRA 2015 CONFERENCE
Randall D. Harris and W. Scott Sherman
Syeda Maseeha Qumer, Debapratim Purkayastha, and Vijaya Narapareddy
A Brand under Attack: The Boycott of Stoli Vodka and the Power of Social Media
Grishma Shah, Janet L. Rovenpor & Musa Jafar
–AND–
Adam’s Ribs: An Adventure in Food Cartology
Lisa Eshbach and Nancy M. Levenburg
Other NACRA 2015 Case Awards
Javier Silva
Valentina Kirova and Marie-Noelle Rimaud.
by Josep Franch, Ivo Fink, and Augusti Casas.
Sarah Elizabeth Clark, Elisabeth Burgess, and Alejandro Allera Mercadillo.
Cynthia A. Ingols