CALL FOR CASES AND PROPOSALS
2013 Annual Meeting of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA)
October 17 – October 19, 2013
The Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.nacra.net/nacra/
Important Dates
31 May Proposals for Panels and Symposia
22 June Case and RIP ("embryo" case) submission deadline at noon.
16 July Decisions to authors; Conference registration opens
6 Sep Early Registration deadline (for discounted conference fee)
Cases: NACRA's annual meeting features a distinctive case roundtable discussion format which helps authors develop teaching cases that support student-centered discussion-based learning and are suitable for publication in textbooks and refereed journals (such as NACRA's Case Research Journal). Roundtable participants offer constructive suggestions about each others' cases. In submitting a case, you are committing to have at least one author attend the conference and participate in case roundtables on October 18 (begin at 8 am) and October 19 (8 am to Noon).
Most cases target business school courses (e.g., accounting, entrepreneurship, ethics, finance, HRM, organizational behavior, strategy, technology and operations management, other topics). Cases dealing with educational administration, engineering, healthcare management, social work, law, and other topics amenable to student-centered discussion-based learning are also welcome. Undisguised decision-focused cases based on primary sources (interviews, field visits) are highly preferred. Although cases may be disguised, they must be based on real events and real people in real organizations. Submitted cases may have been previously taught, but must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere (journals, books, online) before the October 17-19 2013 conference.
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Research-in-Progress (RIP): Two categories of authors are encouraged to submit a 2-page case-let ("embryo" case) for discussion at the RIP Workshop (formerly known as the Embryo Case Workshop), Thursday October 17 (noon to 4 pm):
newcomers who want to learn how to develop effective teaching cases and instructors manuals;
experienced authors who want advice on the instructor manual or a new case approach -- such as an interdisciplinary or multi-media case.
In submitting your two-page RIP case, you are committing to having at least one author attend the NACRA conference and participate in the RIP Workshop on Thursday, October 17, 2012 (noon to 4 pm).
Panels and Symposia: Proposals for panel discussions or symposia are welcome and should be submitted to the New Views track. Past conferences have included sessions on "Teaching with Cases" and "Case Research for Theory Building and Testing."
Contact:
Janis Gogan, NACRA Vice President for Programs, 2013
Bentley University, Waltham MA 02452 jgogan@bentley.edu 781 891 2098
See the NACRA website in April 2013 for detailed submission instructions (www.nacra.net)