Conference Awards

NACRA Awards for Consideration for 2019 Conference
Some awards may not be conferred; each nominated case must adhere to high quality standards as judged by reviewers.

Conference Awards	Description
Best Case (Gold, Silver, Bronze)	Awarded to top three cases presented at the NACRA 2019 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 case in any track
Jonathan Welch Award	Outstanding case in accounting, finance, or economics; commemorates distinguished service to NACRA by Jonathan Welch.
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.

2018 Conference Awards

Gold: Vista Outdoor: A Business Portfolio Under Stress
John Lawrence

Silver: Snakes & Lattes
Eric Dolansky

Bronze: Rules and Standards in Tax Incentives
Michael Jones

The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award (for the Best Case in Accounting, Finance, and Economics): Zorbas Bakeries (Cyprus): Launching a New Concept Store in New York?
Olga Kandinskaia

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

Cases in Spanish: ISA y la decision estratgica de InterNexa
Ignacio Osuna, Cindy Pinzon

Newcomer Award: Walked into a Lamppost?
Samantha Champagnie, Kristen Gallagher

2017 Conference Awards

Best Cases of the NACRA 2017 Conference
Gold: ESSEN: Cooking Is Good for You
Javier Silva – Gustavo Calatrava

Silver: Launching a Craft Cidery: High Quantity or High Quality?
Kathryn Savage – Tierney Schipper

Bronze: Elzra Corporation
Eric Dolansky

Other NACRA 2017 Case Awards

Ruth Green Award (for the Best Case by authors from outside North America): Veritas, The first real food supermarket
Alfred Vernis – Lourdes Urriolagoitia

The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award (for the Best Case in Accounting, Finance, and Economics): Infiniti HR: Target or Acquirer?
Karen Hallows – Sue White

Cases in French: Moustache Bikes
Christine Kratz

Cases in Spanish: Ecoservices: Saneando La Cultura Interna
Juan Parra

Newcomer: Ready or Not
Terry McGovern

2016 Conference Awards

Best Cases of the NACRA 2016 Conference
Gold: by Karen Boroff and Matthew Pratt
The Incident at Kabul

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

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

Other NACRA 2016 Case Awards

The Jonathan Welch Memorial Award (for the Best Case in Accounting, Finance, and Economics)
by Carolyn Conn and Fred Tedesco
The Almost Perfect CPA

Ruth Green Award (for the Best Case by authors from outside North America)
by Ignacio Osuna Soto, Javier J.O. Silva, and Charles Muller Sanchez
Nissin Foods

Best Case Written in French
by Ronald Kamin
Kaviari:Le Caviar a L’etat Pur

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

2015 Conference Awards

BEST CASES OF THE NACRA 2015 CONFERENCE

Gold: Randall D. Harris and W. Scott Sherman.
General Motors.

Silver: Syeda Maseeha Qumer, Debapratim Purkayastha & Vijaya Narapareddy.
A Lapse of Judgment.

Bronze: Grishma Shah, Janet L. Rovenpor & Musa Jafar.
A Brand under Attack: The Boycott of Stoli Vodka and the Power of Social Media
–AND–
Lisa Eshbach & Nancy M. Levenburg.
Adam’s Ribs: An Adventure in Food Cartology
Other NACRA 2015 Case Awards

Above and Beyond Award (For outstanding contribution to the NACRA annual conference):
Javier Silva

Best Case Written in French:
by Valentina Kirova & Marie-Noelle Rimaud.
La Maison de Cognac Remy Martin

Ruth Green Award (for the Best Case by authors from outside North America)
by Josep Franch, Ivo Fink & Augusti Casas.
KH Loreda: Internationalizing a Local Champion

Best Case by a NACRA Newcomer:
by Sarah Elizabeth Clark, Elisabeth Burgess & Alejandro Allera Mercadillo.
Making the Case for Cargo Flights to Guadalajara

Giving Voice to Values Award
by Cynthia A. Ingols
Refusing to Join the Looting Bandwagon

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