Winners of the 2024 John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2024 John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition, sponsored by the Bob and Raye Briscoe Centre in Business Ownership Studies.
"Yet again this year, the John Molson Case Writing Competition received a number of impressive submissions exploring pertinent and timely topics," says Jordan LeBel, John Molson Case Publications director and professor in the Department of Marketing.
"Case writing and teaching are at the heart of our strategic goal to enrich teaching and learning. In addition, this competition aligns with our goal to increase meaningful and impactful intellectual contributions and is yet another way that we are advancing scholarship and education in business ownership."
The winning cases will be published by Ivey Publishing as part of the Ivey-Concordia John Molson case collection.
First Prize ($5,000)
Beam Paints: Lighting the path to more sustainable paints and pigments
Cheryl Gladu and Patricia De Siqueira (Thompson Rivers University)
Second Prize ($3,000)
Ikure Health Platform: Strategic Growth in a Challenging Rural Environment
Suchit Ahuja, Jyoti Gaur (Concordia University), Nadege Levallet (Maine Business School)
Third Prize ($2,000)
ThinkZone 2.0: How to Develop Capabilities to Scale EdTech in Rural India
Suchit Ahuja, Arman Sadreddin, Abby Golub (Concordia University)
Honourable Mention
Sienci Labs: Navigating the Crossroads of Human Ingenuity and Generative AI
Fatih Yegul (Conestoga College), Chun (Martin) Qiu (Wilfrid Laurier University), Michelle Grimes (Conestoga College)
The annual John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition selects three winners and honourable mentions for outstanding cases that are focused on the perspective of the business owner. The cases must be based on field research or secondary sources and describe a recent, real challenge in a real organization.
Topics can include acquiring or divesting an existing business, intergenerational ownership or transition, valuation, liquidity, governance, strategy making and more.
The John Molson Case Publications initiative was founded to support the development of new teaching case studies as part of the School's commitment to the case method.
See the growing library of cases at Ivey Publishing.