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INFORMS Case Competition

2020 Winner(s)

Dessislava Pachamanova, Babson College
Vera Tilson, University of Rochester
Keely Dwyer-Matzky, University of Rochester Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital

Purpose of the Award

Application Process

All submitted cases must be previously unpublished at the time of submission, or have first been published within 12 months of the original published submission deadline. If the case contains material drafted originally by individuals or groups other than the author(s) submitting the case, then the intellectual history and ownership of these portions must be disclosed clearly to the Case Competition Award Committee upon submission of the case. Contestants are responsible for assuring that this guideline is strictly met.

The recipient of First Prize shall receive $500 and a framed certificate; there may be up a runner-up who shall receive $300 and certificate.

All materials must be submitted to the committee via the INFORMS award software. Packages will be reviewed by a panel of judges familiar with the case method. The judges will select up to four finalists and the Chair will notify all contestants of the judges' decisions by the end of summer 2021.

Finalists must present their cases at the INFORMS Annual Meeting to be eligible to win. Click here for instructions »

Committee

2021 Committee Chair:

Jeroen Belien
KU Leuven
Email: christy.blevins@informs.org

Click here for committee information.

Past Awardees

2020 Winner(s)

Dessislava Pachamanova, Babson College Vera Tilson, University of Rochester Keely Dwyer-Matzky, University of Rochester Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital

2019 Winner(s)

Saurabh Bansal, Philip Jones, Timothy Lowe

2018 Winner(s)

Maxime C. Cohen, C. Daniel Guetta, Wenqiang Xiao

2017 First Place

Shelly Bajaj, Ivey Business School Sean Bandyopadhyay, Ivey Business School Srini Krishnamoorthy

2017 Second Place

Kate Stets Elliott Weiss

2016 First Place

Fredrik Odegaard, The University of Western Ontario

2016 Second Place

David Kopcso, Babson College

2016 Third Place

Vincent Slaugh, Carnegie Mellon University Milind Dawande, University of Texas at Dallas Tim Huh, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Ganesh Janakiraman Mahesh Nagarajan, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Yang Bo, Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

2015 First Place

Vera Tilson, University of Rochester Gregory Dobson, University of Rochester

2015 Second Place

Kathleen Iacocca, University of Scranton

2015 Third Place

Wendy Swenson Roth

2014 First Place

Yao Zhao, Rutgers University

2014 Second Place

Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business

2014 Third Place

David Kopcso, Babson College Annie Gao, Babson College Howard Simon, Babson College

2013 First Place

Allison Elias, University of Virginia Tim Kraft, University of Virginia Gal Raz, University of Virginia

2013 Second Place

Masoud Talebian, University of Newcastle Garrett J. van Ryzin, Cornell Tech

2013 Third Place

Ersin Korpeoglu, Carnegie Mellon University Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University

2012 First Place

Gökhan Ceyhan, Middle East Technical University Sinan Gürel, Middle East Technical University Gülser Köksal, Middle East Technical University Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Sinem Mutlu, Middle East Technical University Şahan Yıldız, Middle East Technical University

2012 Second Place

Tinglong Dai, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Joshua Rheinbolt, Morganton Eye Physicians, PA Robert Noecker, UPMC Eye Center

2011 First Place

Anton Ovchinnikov, University of Virginia Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business

2011 Second Place

Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business
Akshay Mittal

2011 Third Place

Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Ozgun Caliskan Demirag, Georgia Institute of Technology

2010 First Place

Timothy Kraft, Stanford University Yenho Thomas Chung , Stanford University Feryal Erhun , Stanford University

2010 Second Place

Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. , Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

2010 Third Place

Monica Villarreal, Georgia Institute of Technology Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Özlem Ergun, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
Gonca Karakus, Georgia Institute of Technology Paul Kerl, Georgia Institute of Technology Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering

2010 Finalist

Yun Shin Lee, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

2009 First Place

Amr Farahat, Cornell University Susan Martonosi, Harvey Mudd College, Department of Mathematics

2009 Second Place

Jessica Heier Stamm, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Özlem Ergun, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering

2009 Third Place

Gregory S. Zaric, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Peter C. Bell, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business

2008 First Place

Guzin Bayraksan, University of Arizona Brian Keller, University of Arizona

2008 Finalist

Jeffrey Ohlmann, University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business & Management Science
Justin Goodson, University of Iowa

2007 First Place

Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Selin Bilgin Özpeynirci, Middle East Technical University Haldun Süral, Middle East Technical University

2007 Finalist

Nicos Savva , London Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Harish Krishnan, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business

2006 First Place

Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Sakine Batun, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Industrial Engineering

Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
Zeger Degraeve, London Business School Pascale Crama, Singapore Management University

2006 Finalist

Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Paul M. Griffin, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE
Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering

James J. Cochran, The University of Alabama

2005 First Place

John C.W. Parsons, Parsons, McKinsey & Company Stephen C. Graves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Anton Ovchinnikov, University of Virginia Scott Sampson, Brigham Young University
Dmitry Krass, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

2005 Finalist

Nicos Savva , London Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

Tianjun Feng, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California - Irvine L. Robin Keller, University of California - Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business Xiaona Zheng, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

2004 First Place

Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
Zeger Degraeve, London Business School Pascale Crama, Singapore Management University

2004 Finalist

Ricardo Ernst, Georgetown University Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah

Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah Jan A. Van Mieghem, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

2003 First Place

Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration Stanley Tse, Visual8 Corporation

2003 Finalist

Russ G. Garber, Stanford University Robert C. Carlson, Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering Department

John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain

2002 First Place

Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University F. Sibel Salman, Koc University, College of Engineering

2002 Finalist

Alexander M. Smith, University of British Columbia David Glenn, Profit Logic Mehmet A. Begen, University of Western Ontario
Richard Ivey School of Business Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration

John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Stephanie Leung, Cua-Oh Consulting

Wedad Elmaghraby, University of Maryland, RH Smith School of Business Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering

2001 First Place

Don Kleinmuntz, Strata Decision Technology LLC

2001 Finalist

Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain

Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University

Woo-Je Kim, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering Katta G. Murty, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering

2000 First Place

Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

2000 Finalist

John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain

Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University

Gregory S. Zaric, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Robert McGowan, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business

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