The 2023 theme is “Diverse Protagonists,” with lead sponsorship by the Fox School’s Center for Ethics, Diversity and Workplace Culture (CEDWC). Teaching cases should feature protagonists from marginalized backgrounds.
Undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds study in business schools around the world. Despite this diversity in the student population, the teaching cases from which they learn often include executive protagonists from a small sliver of the population. This lack of representation impacts student learning, students’ ability to relate to the content and the effectiveness of the material.
The 2023 Fox Business Case Writing Competition seeks to close this learning gap by helping authors create teaching case material focused on business cases that involve diverse protagonists from marginalized backgrounds (including but not limited to race, gender, ethnicity, religion and ability). The competition invites case authors from different fields to create business cases with primary protagonists from these underrepresented groups. It encourages high-quality teaching case material and promotes case-writing capabilities in both developed and developing nations.
Kick-off event
Fundamentals in Case Writing Part 1
Fundamentals in Case Writing Part 2
Portal for submissions opens
All Submissions Due
The Fox School of Business will host a free, virtual kick-off event for this year’s case competition. This will be followed by two virtual workshops on case writing strategies in conjunction with Ivey Publishing and CEDWC for interested authors. Paid registration for these two workshops will be required. The workshops will focus on case writing strategies and will cover following topics:
Key dimensions and key questions of effective cases
Case plan and writing process
Data collection and field research
Opening paragraph assessment Impactful teaching note
Considerations for cases for virtual class
Case publication process with Ivey Teaching cases, consulting cases, and research cases
Challenges and opportunities of case writing
Cost: $295 per person for both workshops
Early Bird (until June 28): $195 per person for both workshops; Use code: CASEWORKSHOP
Temple University Faculty, PhD and DBA students: $0; Use code: TEMPLEFACULTY. Please use your temple.edu address to avail yourself of the discount.
Registration for workshops will close on July 10, 2023.
Facilitator: Both workshops will be facilitated by Gal Raz, associate professor and associate dean of research at Ivey Business School. Raz teaches operations management and sustainability with expertise in sustainability, supply chain management outsourcing, supply chain contracting, environmental regulation and pricing. Raz has a PhD in business and a master's degree focusing on public policy from Stanford University.
Monday, July 31: Case Submission Portal opens
Monday, October 2: Submissions due
Wednesday, November 15: Finalists announced
Monday, Dec. 4: Awards ceremony
The first-place case will receive $2,500. The second-place case will receive $1,500. The third-place case will receive $1,000.
Winning case submissions will be reviewed for possible publication by Ivey Publishing.
The competition is open to academicians and practitioners, and joint submissions are encouraged. We require at least one faculty member or PhD candidate at a business school actively teaching.
The Fox Business Case Writing Competition has a strong preference for field-based cases (cases based on direct contact and/or fieldwork with a company, including interviews, internal company data, etc.). Field-based submissions require a Consent to Use (release) form.
Cases based on published sources should list all sources clearly. Citations should reflect CMOS17 – Chicago Manual of Style.
All cases must have an accompanying teaching note.
Case length not to exceed 8 pages (body).
Authors should hold copyright at submission. The cases should have never been published in part or in whole in any other venue.
Ivey Publishing will review cases by competition winners for possible publication under the Ivey/Temple co-brand (where copyright will be held by Ivey Publishing and royalties paid by Ivey Publishing to individual).
Case submissions will be evaluated on:
All submitted cases will be subject to review by plagiarism detection software under license to Ivey Business School Foundation. The submitted case and teaching note will be peer-reviewed by one or more judges, who are full-time faculty members at Ivey Business School and Fox School of Business. Revisions may be requested to the case and teaching note before being accepted for publication.
If accepted for publication, winning cases will be added to the Ivey/Temple library of business cases. Prizes will be awarded to authors once published. If needed, cases may be further developed in partnership with Fox faculty co-authors. Author royalties will be managed through Ivey.
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