Case Research Foundation | Annual Report 2019
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Helping keep the classroom vital and alive, grounded in the shifting complexities faced by managers around the world. Paul R. Lawrence Fellowships, granted by the CRF, enable doctoral students and early-career faculty members to attend the annual conference of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) for specialized training in case research, writing and teaching.
The 2019 Paul R. Lawrence Fellows
By bringing in talented early-career scholars from around the world, our fellowship program helps promote the development of outstanding cases that will be relevant to the experience of students from many cultures.
–Anne Lawrence, Chair of the Board
What’s included in one fellowship?
On average,
a donation of $1,800 supports one fellowship.
Our Progress
Fellowships Granted
Applications received
in 2019 from…
Spotlight on prl fellow alums
Anjan Ghosh (’16)
Anjan, who was a doctoral student at IIM-Calcutta at the time of his fellowship, told us that “the fellowship helped me decide on the case method as the core of my research career.” He is now an associate professor of strategic management at the Narxoz Business School in Kazakhstan, where he founded and directs the Silk Road Case Center. “We have a growing need for teaching cases on businesses in Central Asia,” Anjan reported. “The young generation who are poised to lead must understand the local business context. And, in a connected global economy, multinational organizations must understand Central Asia.”
Nermeen Shehata (’17)
Nermeen, an associate professor of accounting, became the director of the El-Khazindar Business Research & Case Center (KCC) at the American University in Cairo in 2018 after completing her Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship. In 2019, KCC was the academic sponsor for the first School of Business International Case Competition, which brought together teams from many countries, including Canada, India, UAE, and Egypt, to compete in solving a challenging business case. Nermeen recently presented a report on financial disclosure by top Egyptian companies to a United Nations meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Financials
Costs
Fundraising
Our Administrative Costs
Our board of directors, faculty mentors, and committee members volunteer their time. We receive in-kind donations from the North American Case Research Association and other friends. Our administrative costs support website development, fellowship marketing, and management of the selection process.
Thanks to
Board of Directors
Anne T. Lawrence
Aundrea Kay Guess
Allan R. Cohen
Michael M. Goldman
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
Javier Silva
Eric Dolansky
Faculty Mentors
Anne Lawrence
John Lawrence
Joan Ramon Mallart
Rebecca Morris
Vi Narapareddy
Margaret Naumes
Susan Peters
Marlene Reed
Karin Schnarr
Jeff Shay
Susan Sieloff
Vishwanath SR
Ram Subramanian
Marilyn Taylor
William Wei
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
Karen Boroff
Thomas Buckles
Sergio Canavati
Eric Dolansky
Josep Franch
Armand Gilinsky
Janis Gogan
Michael Goldman
Mahendra Gujarati
Cynthia Ingols
Joe Kavanaugh
Christine Kratz
Pascale Lapointe
Donors
Randall Harris
Matthew Hollow
Cynthia Ingols and Steven J. Spitz
Joshin John
Shahir Kassam-Adams
Harvey Kolodny
Kerryn Krige
Harry W. Lane
Mitchell Langbert
Anne T. Lawrence
William S. (Tad) Lawrence
Jay W. Lorsch
Michael McCaskey
Terry McGovern
Jeff Paul
Mark P. Rice
Lynne and Woody Richardson
Satyam
Kathryn Savage
Nermeen Shehata
Karin Schnarr
Linda Swayne
Marilyn and Robert Taylor
Paul Thompson
Michael L. Tushman and Marjorie Williams
Charalambos Vlachoutsicos
Michael F. Welsh
Meredith Woodwark
Jan Zahrly
Ogechi Adeola
Mrityunjay Athreya
Sherwood E. Bain
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
James Biteman
Denise Breckon
Lew Brown
Michael Burawoy
James Carroll
Christopher Cassidy
Bala Chakravarthy
Caleb Chen
Danielle Clark
Allan and Joyce Cohen
Clifford E. Darden
Nancy Dearman and John Kotter
Robert Eccles
Timothy Edlund
Nada Elnaha
Deborah Ettington
and Thomas Burean
Lisa Facey-Shaw
Victor A. Faux
Cle-Anne Gabriel
Michael Goldman
Aundrea Kay Guess
Monika Gupta
Takahiro Fujimoto
Ankan Ghosh
Janis Gogan and Ashok Rao
Ranjay Gulati
Testimonials
“Best experience ever! The program for fellows was very well-designed. I met awesome people and gained so much from those wonderful seminars, constructive discussions and helpful mentoring. What touched me the most was the servant leadership exhibited by the NACRA team. In the amazing three days, NACRA’s unique culture won my loyalty.”
“A positive atmosphere and great people passionate about what they do made this a unique experience for me.
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“From special sessions, to 1-on-1 mentoring, to being part of a cohort of amazing Fellows who became friends and even collaborators before the end of the conference, it was an experience I will carry with me for a long time to come. ”
“I found my interactions with my assigned mentor and my Paul R. Lawrence cohort to be inspiring and highly beneficial to my development as an early career academic interested in case writing.”
“The fellowship gives you an opportunity to work with a fantastic set of people who engage in deep, insightful discussions of your work.”