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Competition status: Open
Early-bird closing date: 28 February 2025
Closing date: 15 April 2025
Publication: Emerging Markets Case Studies
Emerald Publishing and The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies (CEEMAN) welcome high-quality teaching cases to this joint case writing competition.
The aim of the competition is to develop case material relevant to dynamic and emerging economies and to nurture case-writing capabilities in those countries. We encourage global submissions.
Award and publication
The total award prize fund is €4,000, including €2,500 for the winner. Prizes are also awarded to two runners-up.
Additional funding for scholarships may also be available.
We also consider all submissions for international publication in Scopus-ranked Emerging Market Case Studies (EMCS).
Though we are an international publisher, we must comply with all current economic sanctions within the United Kingdom. This may impact our ability to pay authors from restricted countries. Please know, however, that these submissions are still welcome and given all due consideration. If you are concerned about what this might mean for your submission should it go on to win the competition, please contact us.
Entry criteria
Your case should:
- Have a developing and emerging markets focus (Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Middle East).
- Be based on a real situation in a real company.
- Be a teaching case, we cannot accept academic (research) cases.
- Not have been published before in its current or substantially similar form or be under consideration for publication in any ISSN/ ISBN-registered publication or with any other case centre.
- Meet the standard EMCS author guidelines (more below).
- Include a completed and signed consent to publish release form.
- Your case will be automatically entered into the peer-review process. Selected cases will be published in the Scopus-ranked EMCS collection (ISSN 2045 0621). By participating in the competition, you are agreeing to publish your case study in EMCS, subject to acceptance for publication after peer review and revisions (if required).
Enhancing case writing excellence
Insights and awards from CEEMAN Emerald case writing competition
Join us as we celebrate the long-standing collaboration in the CEEMAN & Emerald Case Writing Competition. This event aims to spotlight the exceptional case studies submitted, recognise the winners, and provide valuable feedback to all participants. The webinar will offer a platform to:
- Highlight the success and impact of the CEEMAN & Emerald Case Writing Competition
- Provide feedback and guidance on common challenges and best practices in case writing
- Celebrate the achievements of the 2024 competition winners and express appreciation to the jury.
Enter the competition
To enter the competition, you will submit your case study through the Emerging Markets Case Studies collection on ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Closing date: 15 April 2025
Select ‘CEEMAN 2025’ from the options.
Your entry should include: case study, teaching note, title page and consent to publish form.
Competition winners
CEEMAN and Emerald are delighted 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 that a total of 37 case studies were submitted from 12 countries, including Somalia, Ukraine and Nepal.
The judging panel consisted of Leif Sjoblom (IMD, Switzerland), Alfred Rosenbloom (Dominican University, USA) and Shalini Rahul Tiwari (IMT Ghaziabad, India). We are very grateful for their time and expertise in judging this competition.
Congratulations to all the winning authors!
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the case study competition, please contact our cases publisher Melissa Close using this form, or get in touch with Živa Žmavc Thongvanh, CEEMAN Project Manager