twenty 17 Notice of EFMD Case Writing Competition

1. Introduction

The EFMD case writing contest organized by the European Foundation for Management Development has been held for nearly 30 years so far. The contest aims to encourage and support the creation of new and innovative cases. The competition has a wide range of topics and focuses on specific issues and areas.

In addition to the 17 regular themes, this year's case contest will add continuous improvement: the new theme of Continuous Improvement: the Journey to Excellence. All the winning cases in this contest will win a prize of € 2000, and will receive more attention in EFMD related fields.

2. Case submission

Submission method

1. All evaluation cases are submitted through the website, and the submission materials include:
2. Executive Summary
3. Case body
4. Teaching Notes Instruction
5. Case Release Form/Company Release Form

For more information and case submission, please visit 2017 EFMD Case Writing Competition page

closing date: October 27, 2017

Other requirements and instructions

1. The case language must be English, including abstract and instructions.
2. Anonymity is required (the name and LOGO of the author and the affiliated organization are hidden).
3. Provide the letter of authorization of the enterprise (for cases developed based on published data, it may not be provided.)
4. For published cases, the publication date must be after January 1, 2016.
5. Since the competition encourages innovation, there is no requirement for case length.
6. Accept multimedia cases.
7. The award-winning cases in the previous EFMD case contest cannot participate.
8. The copyright of the case copyright still belongs to the author.