Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Case Writing Competition.

Previous Cases

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 Case development center
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