21st ecch case awards go global: winners represent three continents
EABIS partners IMD and London Business School among the award winners.
Outstanding contribution to the case method was awarded to Kamran Kashani, Professor of Marketing and Global Strategy at IMD.
Case writing competition 'hot topic' case: This year's subject, Renewable and sustainable energy, technology and development, was won by George Kohlrieser, Francisco Szekely and Sophie Coughlan from IMD with their new case Playing to Win: Leadership and Sustainability at ESB Electric Utility a case about a 95% publically owned Irish utility's plan to become carbon neutral by 2035 while remaining competitive.
IMD also won awards in two further categories: Production and Operations Management, and Marketing, with the latter being won with a case authored by Kamran Kashani himself, together with Inna Francis.
London Business School was represented among the winners taking the Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour category with the case Richard Murphy and the Biscuit Company (A) by Michael Jarrett and Kyle Ingram.
Commenting on his award, Kamran Kashani was "honoured and humbled" to be selected by ecch's executive committee to be the first-ever winner of the Outstanding contribution to the case method award. "This takes a special place in my 37 years as a management educator, because, for me, the case method isn't just a pedagogical 'tool' but represents the fundamental position I take towards my students: it is a respect for their points of view and a profound belief in their capacity to learn from each other."
Read the full press release on the ECCH case awards online.