The Association of African Business Schools (AABS) is proud to work with Emerald on the AABS/Emerald Case Competition 2010. Cash prizes will be awarded to the three outstanding submissions. All case studies should be suitable for use in management education and should be related to managerial issues faced by organisations and individuals.

Entries for the case competition opened on the 15 February 2010 and will close on 1 April 2010.

The Winner will be announced at the AABS Annual meeting on the 4-5 May 2010 and will have an opportunity to present their case at the AABS Researching the Practice of Management Conference running alongside the AABS Annual meeting. 

Submitted case studies should be suitable for use in management education and should be related to managerial issues faced by organisations and individuals.

Applicants

1. Applicants need to be employed by an AABS members school or an AABS pipeline school.
2. Case entries may have more than one author, and each applicant may submit one case only.
3. Cases need to be submitted in English.
4. Cases need to be submitted with a teaching note.

Evaluation criteria

Particular attention will be paid to:

1. Concept and content - the topic relevance and its ability to create a learning experience.
2. Teaching note – the analytical substance and usefulness of the teaching note.
3. Form - the style of writing, quality of presentation and clarity of data.

Submission of entries

Entries must be e-mailed to info@aabschools.com by 1 April 2010 to enter into the competition.

Entries should include:

1. The case and teaching note in a PDF format.
2. A covering letter stating the author's full name, contact mobile number, e-mail address and business school.

Prizes & Incentives

The following prize money will be supplied by Emerald:

1. Winner: $1,500.
2. First runner-up: $1,000.
3. Second runner-up: $500.

Details of the winning cases will be published on the AABS website (www.aabschools.com).

The winner will be afforded the opportunity to work with an Emerald Editor with the ultimate aim of having their case published in an Emerald journal.

Contact

For further enquiries or further information please contact:

Sarah Tinsley
AABS Programme Director
Tel: +27 82 374 5535
E-mail: Sarah.tinsley@vodamail.co.za

or

Kieran Booluck
Author Relations Administrative Assistant
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 785197
Fax: +44 (0) 1274 785200
E-mail: kbooluck@emeraldinsight.com