Emerald Publishing and The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies (CEEMAN) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Case Writing Competition

The main goal of the competition is to develop case material relevant to dynamic and emerging economies, and to nurture case-writing capabilities within those countries. We are delighted to have received over 30 case studies, from 11 countries, including Indonesia, Hungary and Pakistan.

The winning cases are:

1^st Place – From Gavels to Algorithms: The Vidhii Partners GenAI Evolution
Siddharth Wadehra, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India
Ambuj Anand, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India

2^nd Place – Kavak: A Latin American Startup Aiming to Disrupt the Used-car Market across Emerging Economics
Syeda Ikrama, ICFAI Business School- Hyderabad, India
Syeda Maseeha Qumer, ICFAI Business School – Hyderabad, India

3^rd Place – Empowering Farmers and Enhancing Sustainability: Inaru’s Impact on the Dominican Cocoa Industry
Shwetha Kumari, ICFAI Business School – Hyderabad, India
Jitesh Nair, ICFAI Business School – Hyderabad, India

 

The judging panel would also like to congratulate the authors of the competition shortlist for the quality of their submissions. In no particular order, these are:

Brewing Success: Woolah’s Bagless Tea Dip for Sustainable Sipping - Namita Nigam (Jaipuria Institute of Management Indirapuram Ghazibad, India), Devi Mohanty (Jaipuria Institute of Management Indirapuram Ghazibad, India),  and Puja Agarwal (Jaipuria Institute of Management Indirapuram Ghazibad, India)

Expanding the footstep of a Cape Town-based non-profit to the Wild Coast -Taryn Miller (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Goolam Modack (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

South Africa’s Solidarity Fund: Navigating the Shores of Uncertainty and Crisis - Keratiloe Mogotsi (Wits Business School, South Africa), Amanda Bowen (Wits Business School, South Africa), and Clare Mitchell (Wits University, South Africa)

SQM Seeking Greener Pastures at the Cost of Sustainability - Arpita Agnihotri (Penn State Harrisburg, United States) and Saurabh Bhattacharya (Newcastle University Business School, United Kingdom)

Sling Aircraft: Gearing Up for the Big Time - McEdward Murimbika (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa), Claire Beswick (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa), and Richard Thomson (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)

PetroSahand International Group: The Dilemma of Outsourcing for EPC Activities - Soroush Dehghan Salmasi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran), Mehran Sepehri (Sharif University of Technology, Iran) and Yashar Dadashzadeh (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Green Watech: Low-Cost Technology for Wastewater Treatment - Manish Agarwal (ICFAI Business School, India), Anil Anirudhan (ICFAI Business School, India) and Sanjib Dutta (ICFAI Business School, India)

We would like to thank all the authors and our esteemed judging panel for their contribution to this competition. It is our pleasure to work with CEEMAN to support the development of case writers in emerging economies. For more information on other case writing competitions, please visit the competition homepage to stay up to date.

Our sincere congratulations to all the winning authors!