June 25-27, 2009
SOCIETY FOR CASE RESEARCH
31st Annual
Summer Case Writer's Workshop
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
The Society for Case Research's 31st Annual Summer Case Writer's Workshop is planned for June 25-27, 2009 on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). The campus is located in Murfreesboro, TN, approximately 30 miles from Nashville. The area is well noted for Civil War battles, music, and excellent shopping and should provide many entertainment opportunities for non-participants in the workshop and vacation opportunities before and after the workshop.
Housing will be available on campus for workshop participants. There are a wide variety of motels as well as historical bed and breakfasts available to meet individual tastes
Workshop Purpose: The primary purpose of the workshop is to develop and improve business research, case writing, and the case reviewing skills of participants. The workshop helps aspiring case writers, beginners, and experienced case writers prepare and develop cases and teaching notes for classroom use and/or publication.
Abstracts of all cases accepted for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Cases presented at the workshop are eligible for submission to Annual Advances in Business Cases, a blind-refereed publication sponsored by the Society for Case Research.
Case: Case submissions must be based on real events in an actual organization, although individuals and/or the organization may be disguised to preserve anonymity. Cases can be decision based (requiring the student to assume the position of a case member and make a decision about what to do) or descriptive, (describing a real situation and what happened.)
Submission: Cases must be submitted by May 1, 2009. Decisions regarding acceptance will be sent to authors by May 15, giving ample time for making travel arrangements to Nashville and Murfreesboro. Nashville is a major airport and flights are usually fairly inexpensive. It is also served by Interstates 24, 40, and 65
Authors of cases accepted for the workshop are expected to be, or to become, members of the Society for Case Research.
The contact person for additional information or to submit a case is Joe Thomas, jgthomas@mtsu.edu, or 615-898-5652.