Case Research Foundation | Annual Report 2024
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.
“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.”
introducing our new chair, Dr. Armand Gilinksy
Our founder, Dr. Anne Lawrence, is retiring as chair of the Case Research Foundation at the end of 2024. We are delighted to announce that NACRA has appointed as her successor Dr. Armand Gilinsky. Armand is Professor of Business (Emeritus) at Sonoma State University, where for 30 years he taught strategy and served as director of the Entrepreneurship Center, Wine Business Program, and Small Business Institute. A distinguished case writer, Armand has published over 50 cases, as well as articles and books on strategy, social entrepreneurship, and the wine business. He has served as president of NACRA, editor of the Wine Business Case Research Journal, and guest editor of the Case Research Journal. Learn more about Armand on his personal website.
Armand and Anne at the NACRA conference, October 2024.
A word from Anne:
“I am proud of the work the foundation has accomplished during its first decade. It has been a great honor to support and mentor the dozens of impressive early-career scholars who have come through our fellowship program. Now, I am ready to transition more fully out of professional work to spend more time with family and friends, travel, and pursue creative projects, especially non-academic writing. I have known and worked with Armand for 25 years, and I know he will do a great job as CRF chair.”
Our 2024 Fellows
This year, we received 73 completed applications (38 doctoral students; 35 early-career faculty). We were pleased to award 10 Paul R. Lawrence Fellowships in 2024 (an acceptance rate of 14%). Meet our 2024 fellowship recipients here.
2024 Paul R. Lawrence Fellows
The 2025 conference will be held in Newport Beach, CA
ADDING VALUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
With NACRA, the Case Research Journal, and our institutional sponsors, the Case Research Foundation has worked to provide professional development opportunities to members and former fellows throughout the year—not just during the conference.
Recent webinar topics have included:
What Makes a Good Case?
NACRA Reviewers Workshop
What Can I Submit to the Pedagogy Track?
Spotlight on prl fellow alums
Nermeen Shehata (on left), and Michael Goldman (fourth from right) at the KCC MEA Case Conference 2024.
Nermeen Shehata & Michael Goldman
Nermeen Shehata, PRL Fellow ’17, is an associate professor of accounting and director of the El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center at the American University in Cairo. In December of this year, the Center sponsored its inaugural annual case conference, the first ever focusing exclusively on the Middle East and Africa. The event brought together case experts from all over the world to address the needs of educators and students in the MEA region. The keynote speaker was another PRL Fellow, Michael Goldman ’15, who spoke on “Making and Demonstrating a Real Impact in Case Research.” Congratulations to both Nermeen and Michael for the impact they are having through their work!
Financials
Expenses
Note: Data through December 9, 2024.
“Other” includes printing, bank fees, and website.
Fundraising
In 2024 (through mid-December) we have raised $22,165. We are grateful to NACRA, to our institutional sponsors (Ivey Publishing, Emerald Publishing, SAGE, and the Open Access Teaching Case Journal), and to many individual donors for their support.
Our fundraising goal for 2025 is $25,000.
Assessing our Impact
This year, board member Maria Ballesteros-Sola and PRL Fellow ’22 Lam An conducted an online survey of past PRL fellows to gather information about the impact of the fellowship program. Former fellows from 14 different countries responded.
Of all the past PRL fellows who responded:
100% use cases in their teaching
75% have published a case since their fellowship
50% are members of NACRA
47% submitted a case to the NACRA conference after their fellowship year
22% are members of another case research organization or case teaching center
Thanks to
Board of Directors
Anne T. Lawrence
Melanie Reed
Kathryn Savage
Allan R. Cohen
Michael M. Goldman
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
Anjan Ghosh
Faculty mentors
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
Brent Beal
Karen Boroff
Thomas Buckles
Sergio Canavati
Clinton Daniel
Eric Dolansky
Jim Fisher
Josep Franch
Armand Gilinsky
Janis Gogan
Michael Goldman
Mahendra Gujarati
Cynthia Ingols
Chuck Kalnbach
Olga Kandinskaia
Joe Kavanaugh
Brooke Klassen
Christine Kratz
Pascale Lapointe
Anne Lawrence
John Lawrence
Joan Ramon Mallart
Terry McGovern
Rebecca Morris
Kylene Myrah
Margaret Naumes
Susan Peters
Marlene Reed
Woody Richardson
Arunaditya Sahay
Karin Schnarr
Grishma Shah
Jeff Shay
Susan Sieloff
Vishwanath SR
Ram Subramanian
Marilyn Taylor
John Walsh
William Wei
Vijaya Zinnoury (Narapareddy)
Donors
Ogechi Adeola
Mrityunjay Athreya
Sherwood E. Bain
Maria Ballesteros-Sola
James Biteman
Denise Breckon
Lew Brown
Michael Burawoy
James Carroll
Chad Carson
Christopher Cassidy
Bala Chakravarthy
Caleb Chen
Danielle Clark
Allan and Joyce Cohen
Clifford E. Darden
Nancy Dearman and John Kotter
Eric Dolansky
Gregory Dunn
Robert Eccles
Timothy Edlund
Nada Elnahla
Deborah Ettington and Thomas Burean
Lisa Facey-Shaw
Victor A. Faux
Cle-Anne Gabriel
Michael Goldman
Viktor Golovii
Aundrea Kay Guess
Monika Gupta
Takahiro Fujimoto
Ankan Ghosh
Janis Gogan and Ashok Rao
Ranjay Gulati
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
Rebecca Morris
William and Margaret Naumes
Jeff Paul
Stephanie Raible
Marlene Reed
Aravind Reghunathan
Mark P. Rice
Lynne and Woody Richardson
Ronald Roman
Satyam
Kathryn Savage
Nermeen Shehata
Karin Schnarr
John Seeger (in honor of)
Melvin and Linda Stanford
David Stehlik
Linda Swayne
Marilyn and Robert Taylor
Paul Thompson
Michael L. Tushman and Marjorie Williams
Charalambos Vlachoutsicos
Michael F. Welsh
Meredith Woodwark
Jan Zahrly
We thank the following organizations for their generous sponsorship
