Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

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You are invited to submit your teaching case to the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies and the Academy of International Business – Middle East North Africa (AIB-MENA) 2013 competition!

Deadline 1st October, 2013

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies and the Academy of International Business – Middle East North Africa (AIB-MENA) are proud to announce the 3rd teaching case-writing competition aimed at cases based on organisations operating in the Middle East and North Africa region. These organisations can be SMEs, MNEs, Governments organizations or NGOs.

We are looking for original cases based on real business situations with signed case releases from the company protagonists. The cases should document a management problem, chronicling facts from the decision maker point of view and must be accompanied by a teaching note. Cases should be based on one of the following coutries:

Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Syrian, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The prize

The winning case will receive an award of $1500

Each author will receive a certificate of recognition from Emerald Group Publishing Limited and, subject to successful peer-review, have their case published as part of the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies.

In addition the AIB-MENA team will invite a selection of authors to be part of their 4th volume of their book series Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa which will be published in 2014.

Judging Criteria

Each application will be judged by a panel of experts on the criteria below:

• Concept and content – the topic relevance to the region, its ability to create a learning experience; and ability to document business challenges and opportunities of working in the region
• Teaching note – the analytical substance and usefulness of the teaching note
• Form - the style of writing, quality of presentation and clarity of data
• Authenticity - we are looking for teaching cases with a signed case release from the organization of study

Submission criteria

Submissions are to be made by 1 October 2013 via ScholarOne to the ‘AIB-MENA Case Writing Competition’. Authors are invited to follow these guidelines and are required to submit their case study, teaching notes and consent to publish form.

Submissions which are not flagged up as being part of the ‘AIB-MENA Case Writing Competition’ will not be eligible for the prize. Relevant submissions will enter into the review process and will be judged by the editorial board of Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. All authors will receive feedback on their work.

Please look at a sample case (Abraaj Capital Ltd) available for free here. Detailed resources on how to write a case are also available here.

NB: Cases will be automatically entered into the peer review process. Selected cases will be published in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies [EEMCS] collection [ISSN 2045-0621]. By participating in the competition, you are automatically agreeing to having your case study published in EEMCS, providing it is accepted for publication after peer review and rounds of revision [if required].

Important dates

Deadline for submissions has been extended until October 1, 2013

The winner of the competition will be announced at the 2014 AIB-MENA Conference.

Contact

If you have any questions or would like additional information please contact:

EEMCS Regional Editor Dr Melodena S. Balakrishnan, Chair & Founder: Academy of International Business: MENA Chapter
[email protected]