The 2013 John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition is now closed!

Lead and compete in the John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition.

We are pleased to invite submissions of original business case studies, either in English or French. The purpose of the Competition is to generate unpublished and unused case studies to be used during the 2013 John Molson MBA International Case Competition (“MBA-ICC”). The cases submitted will only be used for this purpose and will be released to the case writers immediately after the MBA-ICC, which ends January 11th, 2013. The submitted cases used during the MBA-ICC will be translated into either English or French, as the case may be, and the translated versions will also be remitted to the case writer.

The submitted cases used during the competition will not only win up to $23,000 in cash prizes but also constant feedback & improvements from our Board of Directors consisting of management professionals and senior executives.

Entry Form

The following attached document contains instructions for submitting cases, as well as the entry form, statement of originality, and a sample letter of authorization required to submit a case: Call for Cases

Applicants*

Faculty members and individuals with or studying a graduate business degree are eligible to submit cases for the Competition*.

* Anyone involved with the training, coaching, and other preparation of students participating in the John Molson MBA-ICC is not eligible.

Requirements

The cases and associated material must:

• be aimed at MBA students,

• concentrate in the area of Strategic Management with specific issues in either operations, mergers/acquisitions, diversification, finance, globalization, implementation, entrepreneurship, HR, ethics, governance or other specific areas in any size of enterprise or non-profit sector,

• have a maximum of 20 pages of narrative text with a limit of 250 words per page, double spaced (maximum 5,000 words total) and no more than 30 pages when including financial and other appendices (case text is not permitted in appendices);

• be based on either field research or research from secondary sources and should describe a recent business situation in an actual organization. Some details may be altered slightly if necessary to obtain authorization from the organization in question to release the case;

• be written in English or French;

• include a brief teaching note explaining the key issues and the teaching objectives; and

• be submitted in electronic format (.doc or .docx file).

Prizes & Incentives (in Canadian Dollars)

The case writer judged to have submitted the best case will receive a prize of $10,000, and will also be invited as a guest

of the MBA-ICC to attend the final presentation and the closing banquet at which he/she will receive the first place prize ($2,000 maximum allotted for travel expenses).

The case writers of the cases judged to be second and third best will be awarded $5,000 and $3,000 respectively.

Case writers of all other cases used during the MBA-ICC will each be awarded $1,000.

The first prize winner will be notified by December 6th, 2012. Other winners will be notified during the week of January 6th, 2013.

Submission of Entries

Cases must be submitted no later than October 1st, 2012 with the Entry Form, the Statement of Originality and, where necessary, the Letter of Authorization (enclosed in the Entry Form section). A case will not be eligible unless accompanied by this supporting documentation, which should also be submitted in electronic format.

Competition Judges

The selection committee will be composed of executives from then MBA-ICC Advisory Board, MBA-ICC lead judges, and John Molson School of Business faculty members. The selection committee's decisions are final.

Information

Any questions and responses should be addressed to the following:

Simon Ainsworth
Director, John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., MB 06-313
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3G 1M8
514.848.2424. ext. 2736
cases@mbacasecomp.com

Past Cases

List of selected cases 2013

Case 1:

Yahoo! Inc – Marissa Mayers Challenge
Written by: Ram Subramanian

Case 2:

Vikas Spool Private Limited
Written by: Dr. Jyoti Kainth, Dr. Harsh Verma & Mr. Gautam Kainth

Case 3:

Short case: Real Ventures

Case 4:

Live case: Novartis Canada

Case 5:

Media Markt China Ltd. at a Crossroads
Written by: Thorsten Knauer, Thomas Liessem, Jessica Nathmann, Friedrich Sommer, Helena Tilke

Semi-Final Case:

Hanging The Competition Out To Dry: The Expansion Of The Maid Dry Cleaning And Laundry Service Company
Written by: Richard Farmer & Marta K. Dowejko

Final Case:

Tesco – Losing Ground In The Uk?
Written by: Ms. Indu Perepu

List of selected cases 2012

Case 1:

Sell or Stay
Written by: Joan Winn, Anna Pilková & Filip Šínsky

Case 2:

Technology Plus: Moving Forward
Written by: Susan White & Karen Hallows

Case 3:

Short case: ABC Bank

Case 4:

Live case: CGI Group

Case 5:

Tata Teleservices Ltd and NTT DoCoMo: A Strategic Tie Up
Written by: V.S. Pai

Semi-Final Case:

Dr Reddy's Laboratories: Growing Pains
Written by: Syeda Maseeha Qumer & Debapratim Purkayastha

Final Case:

The [yellow tail] Phenomenon
Written by: Dr. Raymond Lopez & Dr. Armand Gilinsky

List of selected cases 2011

Case 1:

Hero Honda Motors Ltd- A Long Lasting Joint Venture
Written by: V.S. Pai

Case 2:

Green Light Reshuffle: Phasing out Incandescent Bulbs in France
Written by: Ronald G. Kamin & Yuting Chang

Case 3:

Short case

Case 4:

Live case: Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada

Case 5:

The Gulf of Mexico Catastrophe: impact on relationships between business and the arts
Written by: Derrick Chong

Semi-Final Case:

Good Hotel: Doing Good, Doing Well?
Written by: Armand Gilinsky, Jr. & S. Nourein Inamdar

Final Case:

Under Armour in 2010
Written by: Ram Subramanian & Pradeep Gopalakrishna

List of selected cases 2010

Case 1:

Libert-E Motor
Written by: Raymond M. Kinnunen, Susan F. Sieloff and Joseph J. Chevarley

Case 2:

Strategic Planning in a State Controlled Economy
Written by: Yuliya V. Ivanova and Joan Winn

Case 3:

Short case

Case 4:

Live case: Montreal Canadiens
Presented by: Geoff Molson, Ray Lalonde

Case 5:

Green Shoe Estates
Written by: Raymond Lopez

Semi-Final Case:

Sony Corporation – Future Tense
Written by: Vivek Gupta and Indu Perepu

Final Case:

Naya – Growth in a Shrinking Market
Written by: Carole Charbonneau

List of selected cases 2009

Case 1:

Give Something back: A company built for the community
Sonoma State University
Written by: Javier Perez

Case 2:

Survey Research Associates
Pace University
Written by:Raymond Lopez

Case 3:

Short case:Crash

Case 4:

Live case: Jet Aviation
Presented by: Hani Farag, Eugene Hartl and Olivier Grassman

Case 5:

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.: Success with a Hybrid Business Model
ICFAI Business School Case Development Centre
Written by: Vandana Jayakumar and Vara Vasanthi

Semi-Final Case:

TATA MOTORS' Acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: Vivek Gupta and Indu Perepu

Final Case:

Starbucks back to basics
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: SS George and Sachin Govind

List of selected cases 2008

Case 1:

The Wii: Nintendo’s Video Game Revolution
Northeastern University
Written by: David Wesley and Gloria Barczak

Case 2:

Scwartz & Co. LLP: The Accounting Services Industry
St. John’s University
Written by: Robert J. Mockler, Brian Pagano, Dorothy Dologite and Marc Gartenfeld

Case 3:

Greenpeace International: Managing the Public Image

Case 4:

Live case: Costco
Presented by: Ron Damiani

Case 5:

Tata Steel’s Acquisition of Corus
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: Vivek Gupta

Semi-Final Case:

Executive Air Charter
Northeastern University
Written by: Raymond M. Kinnunen and Susan F. Sieloff

Final Case:

Sula Vineyards
Pace University
Written by: Dr. Raymond H. Lopez, Armand Gillinsky Jr. and Jigar Shah

List of selected cases 2007

Case 1:

British Airways: responding to low cost carriers
Concordia University
Written by: William D. Taylor

Case 2:

Vegetarian Gardens: Grow in Guyana or is the Grass Greener Elsewhere?
University of Ottawa
Written by: Shawn Roy and Prescott C. Ensign

Case 3:

Carrefour's Strategies in China
ICFAI Centre for Management Research
Written by: Vivek Gupta and Indu P.

Case 4:

Live case: Alcan
Presented by: Arvind Jain, Carmine Nappi, Daniel Allaire

Case 5:

The Betapharm Acquisition: DRL's Inorganic Growth Strategy in Europe
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: Rajiv Fernando and Debapratim Purkayastha

Semi-Final Case:

Parlance Communications in Mexico
University of Ottawa
Written by: Andrew Ray Lunnie and Prescott C. Ensign

Final Case:

BlackBerry in Red China: Research In Motion Navigates Institutional Barriers in an Emerging Market
University of Ottawa
Written by: Prescott C. Ensign and Nicholas Robinson

List of selected cases 2006

Case 1:

Rayovac Corporation
North Eastern University
Written by: David Weasley

Case 2:

Alpes S.A.
North Eastern University
Written by: David Weasley

Case 3:

Live case: Cirque Du Soleil
Presented by: Marc Gagnon

Case 4:

Short Case : Exxon Mobil Corporation

Case 5:

Wal-mart’s strategies in China
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: Ruchi Chaturvedi, Sanjib Dutta & Vivek Gupta

Semi-Final Case:

NYK Group: The Ceres Acquisition
Dalhousie University
Written by: Mary Brooks

Final Case:

Oliver’s Market
Sonoma State University
Written by: Armand Gilinsky

List of selected cases 2005

Case 1:

Brooktrout Technology Inc.
Northeastern University
Written by: Raymond Kinnunen

Case 2:

Li & Fung: The Global Value Chain Configurator
ICFAI Center for Management Research
Written by: Vivek Gupta

Case 3:

Transforming Aer Lingus: Implementing Strategic Change at Ireland’s National Airline
Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London, Waterford Institute of Technology
Written by: Dr. Thomas C. Lawton (Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London), Dr. Denis G. Harrington (Waterford Institute of Technology), Tazeeb Rajwani (Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London)

Case 4:

Live case: JetBlue Airways: Challenges in the Future
Presented by: Captain Al Spain

Case 5:

Charles River Laboratories
Northeastern University
Written by: Raymong Kinnunen

Semi-Final Case:

Copperfield’s Books Inc.
Sonoma State University
Written by: Tom Scott and Armand Gilinsky Jr.

Final Case:

L.L. Bean: A Multi-Channel Retailer
Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Written by: Robert Mockler and S. Sookray

List of selected cases 2004

Case 1:

One Card: Building a Savings and Benefits Platform
Center for Asian Cases
University of Hong Kong
Written by: Thomas M. Hout

Case 2:

General Motors Defense
Richard Ivey School of Business
University of Western Ontario
Written by: Changwha Chung

Case 3:

Staffing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Richard Ivey School of Business
University of Western Ontario
Written by: Ken Mark

Case 4:

Live case: Bombardier Inc. – New Product Launch

Case 5:

Hilti 2003: Maintaining a Proactive Sense of Urgency
University of St. Gallen
Written by: Prof. Heike Bruch & Sabine Bieri

Semi-Final Case

Taji Group Co., Ltd
Western China Managerial Case Projects
Canada-China University-Industry Partnership Program
Written by: Lin Guo (Xiamen University, China), Weidong Meng (Chongqing University, China), Linming Meng (Xiamen University, China), Jingbo Li (Guizhou University, China)

Final Case

The Globalization of Beringer Blass Wine Estates
Written by: Armand Gilinksy Jr., Raymond Lopez, Richard Castaldi

List of selected cases 2003

Case 1

Artemis Images: Providing Content in the Digital Age
Written by: Joseph R. Bell, Director, Monfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado
Joan Winn, University of Denver, Daniels College of Business

Case 2

Biochem Pharma, Canadian Leader in Biotechnology Industry
Written by: Dr. Martin Boyer, HEC

Case 3

Challenges Brewing at Breckenridge Brewery
Written by: John Mullins, London Business School

Case 4

Live case
Written and presented by: Pfizer CANADA

Case 5

Huxley Maquiladora
Written by: Paul W. Beamish, Associate Dean, Research Director – Asian Management Institute Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario

Semi-Final Case

Luxottica Group: The Optical Industry
Written by: Robert J. Mockler, Joseph F. Adams Professor of Management, Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Daniella S. Millevoi, Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Marc E. Gartenfeld, Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University

Final Case

The Internationalisation OF ALLIED IRISH BANKS
Written by: Dr. Thomas C. Lawton, Imperial College London, University of London
Dr. Denis G. Harrington, Waterford Institute of Technology

Backup Case

An Intrapreneurial Program: A Myriad of Ideas
Written by: Véronique Bouchard

List of selected cases 2002

Case 1

Deere & Company, Plowing the new millennium
Written by: Peter G. Goulet, Lynda L. Goulet, University of Northern Iowa, & Tony D. Thelen, Deere & Company

Case 2

Singapore Telecommunications Limited: The Bid for Cable & Wireless HKT Limited
Written by: Mary Ho, Centre for Asian Business Cases (CABC)

Case 3

Japan Net Bank: Japan’s First Internet-only Bank
Written by: Vincent Mak, Centre for Asian Business Cases (CABC)

Case 4

Union Financial: Anytime, Anywhere
Written by: Joan Leach, the Laurier Institute

Case 5

Liberating Entrepreneurial Energy
Written by: Heike Bruch & Bernd Vogel, University of St. Gallen

Case 6

Air Canada et l’industrie du voyage sur Internet
Written by: Sylvain Senecal & Jacques Nantel, HEC

Live case

SNC-Lavalin

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