IJCSM Best Case Award

In 2023, the award went to Luc Bélanger-Martin, senior faculty lecturer at HEC Montréal, Anne Mesny, professor at HEC Montréal, Marie-Ève Quenneville, senior faculty lecturer at HEC Montréal, and Annie Guérard, faculty lecturer at HEC Montréal, for their case titled:

“Top Glaciers : un nouvel âge de glaces ? (A et B)” (French)
“Top Glaciers Inc.: A New Ice Age? (A & B)” (English translation)

In 2022, the award went to Jocelyn Cranefield, senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New-Zealand, Jean-Grégoire Bernard, CIRANO associate researcher, Rebecca Mines, tutor at Victoria University of Wellington in New-Zealand, and Ian Welch, associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington in New-Zealand, for their case titled:

“The Pug Predicament: Ethical Decision-Making in an Online Marketplace” (English)
“Le casse-tête du carlin : l'éthique décisionnelle d’un marché en ligne” (French translation)

In 2021, the award went to Marine Agogué, associate professor at HEC Montréal, Chantale Mailhot, professor at HEC Montréal, and Stéphane Lortie, multimedia illustrator at HEC Montréal, for their case titled:

“Le vol 92 de la British Midland (A et B)” (French)
“British Midland Flight 92 (A and B)” (English translation)

In 2020, David Pastoriza Rivas, associate professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for his case titled:

“Internationalizing a Sports Agency (A and B)” (English)
“Agence sportive vise le marché international (A et B) (Une)” (French translation)

In 2019, the award went to Luc Bélanger-Martin, full-time lecturer at HEC Montréal, and Anne Mesny, professor at HEC Montréal, for their case titled:

“Marou : produire du chocolat haut de gamme from bean to bar au Vietnam” (French)
“Marou: Producing High-End Chocolate from Bean to Bar in Vietnam” (English translation)

In 2018, two cases tied for the award:

Jinhwan Kim, PhD candidate in management at HEC Montréal, and Luciano Barin Cruz, associate professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for their case titled:
“BeautifulCoffee et le commerce équitable : collaboration avec les coopératives agricoles locales au Népal” (in French)
“BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal” (in English)

and

Camille Grange, assistant professor at HEC Montréal, Sandrine Promp Tep, professor at ESG - UQAM, and Sylvain Sénécal, professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for their case titled:
“Métamorphose de La Presse (A et B)” (in French)
“Digital Transformation at La Presse (A and B)” (in English)

In 2017, the award went to Jacques Roy, professor at HEC Montréal, and Léo Vincenti, logistics analyst at SSENSE, for their case titled:

“Bolloré Logistics Canada and the Use of Incoterms in International Maritime Shipping” (English)
“Bolloré Logistics Canada et l'utilisation des Incoterms en transport maritime international” (French translation)

In 2016, two cases tied for the award:

Line Dubé, professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for her case titled:
“Autopsie d’un vol de données : le cas Target” (in French)
“Autopsy of a Data Breach: The Target Case” (in English)

and

Joseph Facal, professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for his case titled:
“Construction Excalibur ou l’angoisse du jeune loup” (in French)
“Excalibur Construction or the Dilemma of the Young Go-Getter” (in English)

In 2015, the award went to Fabio Prado Saldanha, Ph.D. candidate in administration at HEC Montréal, and Marlei Pozzebon, full professor in the Department of International Business at HEC Montréal and associate professor at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas | EAESP, Brazil, for their case titled: 

“Fiat Mio: The Project That Embraced Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Creative Commons in the Automotive Industry” (English)
“Fiat Mio : intégrer l’innovation ouverte, la production participative et Creative Commons dans un projet porteur pour l’industrie automobile” (French translation)

In 2014, the award went to Ali Fadil, Consultant at Deloitte’s Montreal office, Céline Bareil, Associate Professor at HEC Montréal, and Isabelle Demers, Director of the Executive Committee Office at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre and of the Sainte-Justine School of Management, for their case titled: 

“La mise en œuvre d’une salle hybride d’interventions cardiaques au Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine : un défi de collaboration et de gestion du changement” (French)
“Implementation of a Hybrid Operating Room for Cardiac Surgery at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital: Collaboration and Change Management Challenges” (English translation)

In 2013, two cases tied for the award:

Normand Turgeon, Professor at HEC Montréal, won the award for his case entitled:
"La coopérative Just Us! Coffee Roasters – Un plan de marketing pour la division des cafés-bistrots" (in French)
"Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op – Coffeehouse Division Marketing Plan" (English translation)

and

Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate, and Dimitar Zvezdov, Research and Teaching Assistant, both with the Centre for Sustainability Management at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, in Germany, won the award for their case entitled:
"The Manager’s Job at BP: Decision Making and Responsibilities on the High Seas" (in English) 
"La fonction de gestionnaire chez BP : prise de décision et responsabilités en haute mer" (French translation)

In 2012, the award went to Rémy Boulianne and Serge Poisson-de Haro, Associate Professor at HEC Montréal, for their two-part case entitled:
"Ohlson Pumps Canada (A and B)" (English version)
"Les Pompes Ohlson Canada (A et B)"  (French version)

^{Michel Patry, Rémy Boulianne, Serge Poisson-de Haro and Anne Mesny}

In 2011, the award went to Anthony Wilbon, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Howard University School of Business (Washington, D.C.), Mark Bundy, Environmental Programs Manager and Kelton Clark, Director, both with the Estuarine Research Center, Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD), for their case entitled:

"Entrepreneurship in the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Industry" (in English)
"Entrepreneuriat dans l'industrie ostréicole de la baie de Chesapeake" (in French)

In 2010, the award went to Line Dubé, Professor in the Department of Information Technologies, and Alix Mandron, Professor in the Department of Finance, at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:

"Le projet CN2000, ou les défis de l'évaluation financière d'un projet d'implantation de PGI (A) (B) (C)"

^{Michel Patry, Alix Mandron and Anne Mesny. Absent: Line Dubé.}

In 2009, the award went to Carmen Bernier, Associate Professor, Line Dubé, Professor, and Vital Roy, Associate Professor, all three in the Department of Information Technologies at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:

"Réinventer les pratiques de développement de systèmes d'information à distance : CGI et le projet Hubble (A et B)" (French)
"Reinventing the Practices of Distance Information Systems Development: CGI and the Hubble Project (A and B)" (English)

^{Jean-Pierre Frénois, Honorary Professor and member of the jury, Carmen Bernier, co-recipient, Michel Patry, Director of HEC Montréal, Vital Roy, co-recipient, and Professor Guy Archambault, member of the jury. Absent: Line Dubé.}

In 2008, the award went to Yves-Marie Abraham and Cyrille Sardais, Assistant Professors in the Department of Management at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:

"Il était une foix dans l'Est, l'homme qui ruina la Barings"

^{Marie-Hélène Jobin, Director of the Department of Logistics and Operations Management and past Director of the Case Centre, in replacement of Vital Roy, Director of the Case Centre, Yves-Marie Abraham, co-recipient, and Michel Patry, Director of HEC Montréal. Absent: Cyrille Sardais.}

In 2007, two cases tied for the award:

Professor Marie-Hélène Jobin, Director of the Department of Logistics and Operations Management at HEC Montréal, for her case entitled:
"Conception de la plateforme logistique automobile de Toyota à Valenciennes"

and

Professor Louise Martel and Associate Professor Diane Paul, both in the Department of Accounting Studies at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:
"Mythco Pharma inc." (in French) 
"Mythco Pharma Inc." (English translation) 

^{Vital Roy, Case Centre Director, Marie-Hélène Jobin and Diane Paul, authors, and Michel Patry, Director of HEC Montréal. Absent: Louise Martel.}

In 2006, the award went to Chantale Mailhot, Assistant Professor, and Anne Mesny, Associate Professor, both in the Department of Management at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:
"Histoire d’un "mariage professionnel" : François Cartier et Marcel Sanscartier (A et B)"

^{Chantale Mailhot, co-recipient, Michel Patry, Director of HEC Montréal, and Anne Mesny, co-recipient.}

In 2005, the award went to Line Dubé, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technologies, and Alix Mandron, Professor, Department of Finance, at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:
"Van Houtte : le café... une tasse à la fois"

^{Jean-Marie Toulouse, Director of HEC Montréal, Alix Mandron, co-recipient, Marie-Hélène Jobin, representing the co-recipient of the Alma-Lepage Award, and Line Dubé, co-recipient.}

In  2004, the award went to Jean-Pierre Frénois, Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, and Marcel Tardif, Research Professional, at HEC Montréal, for their case entitled:

"Cognicase inc. : l'acquisition de Ezenet"

In 2003, the award went to Danielle Morin, Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting Studies at HEC Montréal, for her case entitled:
"Corporation Cinar (Parties I, II, III et IV)"

^{Danielle Morin accompanied by Michel Patry, Assistant Director, Faculty and Strategic Planning}