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| Thank you for your interest in the "2020 Global Contest for the Best China-Focused Cases". To follow up on the recent Announcement of Contest (click here to view) as well as the Evaluation Criteria and Review Process (click here to view), we've summarized the FAQs to help you better understand the submission guidelines. |
| The Online Submission System will be accessible at publishing.chinacases.org from September 1, 2020. We look forward to receiving your entry. |
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| 1. What kind of opportunities or benefits will participants enjoy? |
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Case authors will have the opportunity to win handsome prizes (CNY 100,000 for the Best Case Award; CNY 50,000 for the First Prize, and CNY 20,000 for the Second Prize, before tax). |
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The Global Platform of China Cases (ChinaCases.Org) will publish accepted cases, providing a platform for their use in business school classrooms in China and around the world. Successful submissions demonstrate the commitment and achievements of you and your institution in case development and case teaching. |
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ChinaCases.Org offers a royalty system in keeping with the standards of international case libraries. All cases published by ChinaCases.Org will earn royalties. |
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For cases accepted from "Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform" member institutions, the copyright attribution and other matters in relation to the case shall be executed in accordance with the Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform Member School's Copyright Statement and with the relevant polices of the Platform. The author will receive case development funding from the government. |
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Meeting the case acceptance standards of ChinaCases.Org can satisfy certain criteria of faculty performance evaluations at some business schools. (Please check with your institution for the relevant information.) |
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Following a rigorous review process, all submitted cases will promptly receive professional and comprehensive comments from expert reviewers to help case authors revise and improve their cases. |
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Professional editing and type setting services will be provided to all cases that meet the acceptance criteria of ChinaCases.Org. |
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Authors of award-winning and accepted cases will receive exclusive certificates. |
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Award-winning cases will be eligible for publication in the English-language case collection book, to help bridge the gap between the world management community's interest in China and the limited availability of China-focused management cases. |
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| 2. How are prizes different this year? |
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| Best Case Award |
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One wining case
A prize of
CNY 100,000 (pre-tax)
for the Best Case Award
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| First Prize |
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Around five wining cases
A prize of
CNY 50,000 (pre-tax)
for each First Prize
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| Second Prize |
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Around ten wining cases
A prize of
CNY 20,000 (pre-tax)
for each Second Prize
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| In principle, winning cases from any single institution (i.e. cases whose first author[s] come[s] from the same institution) shall account for no more than one-third of the total number of Best Case Award and First Prize winners combined. The same principle also applies to the total number of Second Prize winners. |
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| 3. If a case is accepted, how will the royalties be calculated and paid? |
| Once ChinaCases.Org collects and publishes a case, the author or copyright holder is entitled to annual royalties (pre-tax)(cases developed by CEIBS and cases under special cooperation agreements shall be stipulated separately). The royalty will be paid according to the regulation of ChinaCases.Org piloted from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021. Under this regulation, the combination of a fixed royalty and a sales-based royalty will transition to a sales-based royalty only. The royalty will be calculated on an annual basis (from the date of case publication by ChinaCases.Org). The fixed royalty will decline each year. Specifically, a complete teaching case (including the case body and the teaching note) will earn a fixed royalty of CNY 1,500 in the first year; a fixed royalty of CNY 1,000 and a sales-based royalty in the second year; a fixed royalty of CNY 500 and a sales-based royalty in the third year; and a sales-based royalty only in the fourth year. The sales-based royalty for each case is calculated as 20% of the case price per person-time use multiplied by the number of person-times used. This 20% royalty rate is consistent with the standards of world-renowned case libraries. Prior to royalty disbursement, CEIBS shall deduct taxes on the pre-tax royalties to comply with all national laws and regulations, after which CEIBS shall pay the post-tax royalties to the first author or the copyright holder. ChinaCases.Org reserves the right to make appropriate adjustments to the royalty system through announcement (click here to view). |
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| 4. What are the basic requirements for cases to be submitted? |
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Only teaching cases (as opposed to research cases) are eligible for the contest. Submitted cases should be China-focused cases that address management issues confronted by any company that either operates in China or operates outside of China but is China-based. |
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We encourage cases based on the author's own field research and interviews. In the absence of field research, library cases based on second-hand materials are also eligible. |
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Regardless of whether it is a field-researched case or a library case, the case author should obtain permission from the copyright holder and clearly mark the source of the information when using or quoting others' works or works materials (including but not limited to illustrations, tables, data, reports, theories, analytical frameworks and reference literature). Once a case is submitted to ChinaCases.Org, ChinaCases.Org regards these materials as having obtained the consent or authorization from the copyright holders. The case author confirms that the submitted case complies with academic norms and the requirements of national intellectual property laws and regulations. The case author shall assume full responsibility for all copyright issues related to the submitted case, including but not limited to plagiarism and infringement. |
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The case submitter shall ensure that the case does not contain any content or element that may violate any laws, rules or regulations or infringe on any rights or interests of a third party. If any third party claims that the case and the use of it violate their intellectual property rights or other legal rights, the case submitter shall be responsible for handling the aforesaid third party's claims and bear all expenses incurred therefrom. |
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| 5. What are the requirements for format? |
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A complete teaching case should include both the case body and a teaching note in the same language as the case (Chinese or English). In addition to traditional text cases, we welcome video cases and other new forms of cases. Regardless of case form, the case must be accompanied by a written teaching note in the same language as the case. |
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Considering students' learning experience and the standard case length required by international case libraries, this year's contest will add case length to the review criteria. In principle, the maximum length for Chinese cases is 12 pages (including exhibits and appendices), and English cases 15 pages (including exhibits and appendices). Chinese cases should not exceed 10,000 characters and English cases should not exceed 6,000 words. The video case or video attachments shall be in MP4 with subtitles. The video attachments need to be less than 50MB in size. |
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To guarantee impartiality in the review process, submitted documents should not contain author or institution related information (including but not limited to the author's name, affiliations, and the publication of the book or article, etc.). |
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| 6. How do I submit cases? |
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The Online Submission System (publishing.chinacases.org) is the only way to submit cases. The submitter should submit the case through the Online Submission System after completing user registration. |
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The submitter shall be the copyright holder of the case or have been legally authorized to submit the case by the copyright holder. In the event that the copyright holder is not able to submit cases, the submitter shall submit a Letter of Authorization for Submitting Cases signed by the copyright holder. Case submitters should fully read and ensure they understand the Submission Guidelines and Copyright Statement and sign both documents online. The submitter should ensure that the case information submitted is accurate and correct, that the case type (field-researched case or library case) is consistent with the facts, that the information on case authors is submitted in order, that all names are correctly spelt, and that all authorization documents are submitted at the same time. |
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Field-researched case must be accompanied by a Case Content Confirmation Letter signed by the case company (organization/ institution) with the company's official seal and the signature of the person in charge. |
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In the event that the author is not the copyright holder of the case, the author shall obtain all necessary legal authorization from the copyright holder in advance and submit online the Approval for Participation and Non-Exclusive License signed by the copyright holder. |
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| 7. Is there any limitation on when the events in the case take place? |
| We welcome those cases that address current typical challenges, key decisions, or hot issues confronted by an organization. Thus we prefer the cases which describe events from the last five years. |
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| 8. Is there a limit to the number of submitted cases per institution or person/team? |
| There is no maximum number of submissions for each institution or person/team. However, all submitted cases should satisfy the entry criteria. |
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| 9. If my case is accepted, must I grant copyright of the case to ChinaCases.Org? |
| Once a case has met the criteria for acceptance into ChinaCases.Org, the submitter should, by means of rights licensing or transfer, grant ChinaCases.Org the legal authorization to use that case. |
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For cases submitted by non-member institutions of the Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform: the case copyright holder does not need to transfer the case copyright; instead, the copyright holder shall grant to CEIBS a global, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license authorizing CEIBS, through ChinaCases.Org, to reproduce, distribute (providing copies of the case to users) or disseminate the case online. Ways in which the case may be used by ChinaCases.Org include but are not limited to the sale of the case in the form of physical or digital versions, the provision of online reading services and transmission online. |
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For cases submitted by Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform member institutions: the copyright attribution and other matters in relation to the case shall be executed in accordance with the Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform Member School's Copyright Statement signed by the copyright holder and with the relevant policies of the Platform. |
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| 10. Can I submit the participating case to other institutions? |
| In accordance with international academic norms, cases taking part in the competition phase may not be submitted to other institutions (from formal submission of cases to the completion of review). Any discovery of the case being submitted to multiple institutions will result in the case being disqualified from participation in the contest. To enable authors to submit their cases to other institutions at a later date, we will notify the author(s) whether their cases have met the acceptance criteria of ChinaCases.Org by the end of March 2021. Cases that have not met the acceptance criteria of ChinaCases.Org are no longer subject to the restraints on submitting cases to other institutions. |
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| 11. If my case has already been published or included in another case library, can I still submit it to the contest? |
| In order to prevent authorization conflicts, the submitted cases should in principle not have been published elsewhere. In the event that a case has already been publicly published (including but not limited to publishing through journals, magazines, textbooks, case collections and publicly searchable case libraries, online media and other intermediary forms of public publishing), the submitter shall simultaneously submit the following items for qualification review: (1) detailed information on the copyright holder and licensee (if any); (2) any prior license agreement or letter of authorization (if any), signed by the copyright holder and the licensee, pertaining to the publication, issuing and use of the case; (3) and—in the event of any conflict between the Copyright Statement and a prior licensing agreement or authorization document—a Confirmation Letter, signed by the licensee, agreeing to execute the Copyright Statement. |
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| 12. How will the cases be reviewed? |
| The case review process includes three phases: |
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October 2020 – January 2021 |
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| The Case Review Committee of the Shanghai MBA Case Development and Sharing Platform will organize an initial review, a blind review and an area-editor review to decide whether a submitted case can be accepted by the Global Platform of China Cases (ChinaCases.Org). |
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| The discipline-based editorial board of ChinaCases.Org will select about 6 cases as First Prize finalists and about 10 cases as Second Prize winners. |
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| An international expert panel will select one case amongst the First Prize finalists as the Best Case Award winner. |
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| The results of the review will be communicated before the end of March 2021, and the winners will be announced at www.chinacases.org on March 31, 2021. |
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| 13. What are the changes in case evaluation criteria? |
| The evaluation criteria has been further adjusted to align with international case library standards more closely so that accepted cases can be used more effectively in teaching scenarios. |
| Evaluation Criteria for the Case Body |
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Emphasis on a classic or surprising China-focused story. |
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Clear and specific business issues, challenges, or decisions that require students to analyze and make decisions using theories, concepts, frameworks, analytical methods, or tools. |
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Sufficient complexity in the case issues that go beyond the surface of the problems facing the manager(s). |
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Emphasis on compelling students to analyze and make decisions through class discussions and debates. |
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Sufficient information for the intended discussion of the case issues. |
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Healthy tension, i.e. enough but not overwhelming ambiguity, to prompt students to think and analyze. |
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Concise and logical writing with a case body of up to 15 pages, including tables, figures, and graphs (up to 12 pages if written in Chinese). |
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An objective and neutral language that engages students' thinking but avoids any unfounded positive portrait of the protagonist' s mental state or decision-making process. |
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| Evaluation Criteria for Teaching Notes |
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Clear and specific learning objectives that are important for the applicable courses and target students. |
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Logic assignment questions that match the teaching objectives. |
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A clear and feasible teaching plan with an estimated time for identified topics and themes. |
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A well-designed board plan if applicable. |
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A detailed analysis of each question with the use of theories, concepts, frameworks, analytical methods or tools that offer insights and implications beyond the case company. |
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Guidance on how the discussion might unfold and how an instructor should respond and manage the discussion flow, if applicable. |
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Concise, logical, and easy-to-follow writing. |
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A summary of takeaways if applicable. |
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Detailed information on follow-up development if applicable. |
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Necessary supporting materials helpful for others to adopt the case. |
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