AIMA, the apex body of management in India, organises several summits and competitions every year. The Case Writing Competition and Conference (CWCC) is a refreshing, stimulating and a learning journey for every case author/case writer. The case competition is an annual event hosted online, in partnership with a leading organisation of India and abroad. We are encouraging eminent faculty/case authors from Universities/ B-schools and leading journals/publishers to participate in this competition. The competition aims to encourage and promote the development of high-quality India focused case studies & teaching notes which dwell on issues affecting business, society, economy, and emerging international issues. Case authors are encouraged to develop case studies using multimedia and innovative pedagogy. More than 25 reviewers from different business schools and universities have been invited to review the submitted cases.

• Finance & Banking Services
• Fintech
• Marketing/Branding
• HRD/Leadership/L&D
• Data Science
• Entrepreneurship/ Start-ups
• Family Business
• Supply chain and logistic
• Strategy/Policy
• CSR
• ESG
• Digital Transformation

• Chance to win Award of Cash Prizes and get recognised.
• Opportunity to attend free Workshop on Case Development and interact with renowned International Speakers and Prominent Journal editors
• AIMA ICRC will hand hold selected case authors by giving support for case review, editing and publishing.
• Publication and distribution of selected Case Study in AIMA – India Case Research Centre
• Publication opportunity with other leading case journals.

For Complete Details regarding the competition CLICK HERE

To submit Case studies for Case Competition CLICK HERE

All participants need to REGISTER first at the ICRC portal and use the same login credentials for submitting the case study through the link provided above.

Eligibility

Submission of cases and teaching notes are invited from academics, practitioners, or academic/practitioner teams.

Conditions

Case studies and associated material must:

• be presented in English, include a case study and teaching notes
• be anonymous (the name of the application or his/her institution should not feature in any of the documents)
• deal with real enterprises and/or organisations (company release form to be submitted if applicable)

Cases that do not meet these conditions will be excluded from the competition.

Note: Multi-media presentation of cases is acceptable. But all multimedia cases should include a detailed teaching note.

Free example case:

One of our classic business ethics cases is available for free until the end of January. To download a copy, please visit https://www.caseresearchaima.in/

• For First Author Rs. 5500/-
• For Second Author Rs 4500/-

+ GST will be payable @18%

Registration fees are not refundable, however participation by a substitute is allowed.

For online registration- Click Here

All submissions must:

• Contain no identifying information about authors or their affiliated organisation or university within the text
• Only previously unpublished cases are acceptable
• Include either a decision focus or an analytical focus
• Be true and factual. The company may be disguised and the characters may have their names changed for confidentiality, but all situations must be accurate. Disguises must be disclosed on page 1 in a footnote. Fictionalised cases will be disqualified.
• Cases may be based either on primary (field*) research or secondary sources (publicly available data and documentation, including news articles, court materials, YouTube videos, and others) or research
• Must include a Title Page
• Be written in the past tense throughout (except indirect quotation)
• Case studies should be submitted in .doc or PDF format in 12 point Times Roman font, single-spaced with 1” margins.
• Be no longer than 8 pages (8,000 words), excluding exhibits and Teaching Notes

*If the case study is based on primary research, including a release document from the company or organisation (sample case release format provided on request). If the case study is based on secondary research, no release is needed but should be with proper referencing and footnotes.

All cases should incorporate the following components (the sections should not be subtitled with these generic headings):

• An opening paragraph/hook that generates interest and foreshadows the key problem
• Company/organisation story or history
• Industry background as relevant
• Key characters should be fully developed
• Complete description of the situation or problem
• Exhibits or appendices and references as relevant
• Include a Teaching Note

All cases should incorporate the following components (the sections should not be subtitled with these generic headings):

• An opening paragraph/hook that generates interest and foreshadows the key problem
• Company/organisation story or history
• Industry background as relevant
• Key characters should be fully developed
• Complete description of the situation or problem
• Exhibits or appendices and references as relevant
• Include a Teaching Note

All Teaching Notes must include the following elements:

• Abstract (75-word maximum)
• Target audience and usage
• Learning objectives (not teaching objectives)
• Thought questions that relate to the learning objectives
• Short theory review – identify relevant theories without extensive discussion
• Pedagogy – minimum three per case
• 5-minute self-test for students
• Editable PPT (optional)
• Epilogue
• References and exhibits, as relevant

Every case entry must be submitted via AIMA –ICRC website https://www.caseresearchaima.in

Please note that we will not be accepting any paper submissions. All participants need to register at the ICRC portal and use the same login credentials for submissions. Please pay close attention to the fact that any reference to the author and/or his institution anywhere in the text must be removed.

Detailed cases and Teaching Notes will be judged by a team of expert case referees/reviewers.

Submissions will be evaluated as follows:

Stage 1: Cases and Teaching Notes will be checked for adherence to all submission criteria and inclusion of required forms, signatures, and releases.

Stage 2: Review/Referees will evaluate cases based on the following weighted criteria:

Case: 60% of the score

Teaching Note: 40% of the score

Stage 3: Finalist cases will be ranked based on the preceding bulleted items and narrative commentary provided by the jury.
Stage 4: Finalist case will be called for the first round of presentation.
Stage 5: The winner case studies will be presented in the grand finale.

• In the Option ‘Content Type’ -please select Case Competition 2023.
• In ‘Content Area’ –please select the functional area in which you want your case to be considered.
• Abstract: highlighting the issues in the situation and the nature of the available data
• Case including the sub section as specified.
• Teaching Notes including clear identification of the concepts that the case is aiming to teach (see Evaluation Criteria), with the exception of cases submitted in the corporate track for which teaching notes are not compulsory.
• Case Release Form/Company Release Form*.

*If you are using already published data from the company, you base your case on, and then your case does not require a Case Release Form/Company Release Form. However, if you are using unpublished data from the company, you must submit a Case Release Form/Company Release Form, i.e. a response from the company giving permission for the case to be used. The Case release form has to be uploaded in the supplementary document.