Case Program The annual Case Writing Competition is an ongoing oikos program. Active since 2003, encourages the writing of high-quality cases on sustainability topics that can stimulate innovative teaching and learning experiences. The program aims at giving students the possibility to approach their faculty to start embedding sustainability into curricula through the use of case studies. This year the program received 30 cases, which undertook 2 rounds of evaluations. The student jury and faculty jury set up this year came from different parts of the world and was actively involved in reviewing the cases.
The authors of the best three cases are added to the oikos free Case Collection and receive a financial reward while also getting the chance to engage with peers and organizations and learn about their latest tools, actions and initiatives. The oikos Case Program is promoted among oikos Chapters and encourages students and academics worldwide to write about sustainability in management, entrepreneurship and finance education. The case studies are meant as tools to encourage innovative teaching & learning mechanisms and to include sustainability into curricula.
2020 Case Writing Competition Winners 1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Shwetha Kumari and Prof Muralidhara Gv, ICFAI Business School (IBS) – Bangalore for their case study Nigeria’s Hello Tractor – Leveraging Technology to Provide Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture. The case study focuses on the Hello Tractor enterprise, an agricultural technology social enterprise aiming at improving food and income security throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The company developed a Uber-like platform allowing Smart Tractor owners to rent them out to other farmers.
Prof Arpita Agnihotri, Penn State University-Harrisburg and Dr Saurabh Bhattacharya, Newcastle University Business School — Challenges of Promotion Sustainable Innovation Through Biomimicry Case of Biomimicry Institute. The case study presents the Biomimicry Institute’s initiatives to foster biomimicry, an approach which aims to respond to human challenges with sustainable solutions using mother’s nature patterns.
Dr Sonal Purohit, Chandigarh University - Transaction to Trust: Sustainable Business in Gift Economy. The case study introduces the business model of a café built on the concept of the gift economy. This communitybased café was built on principles of involvement, participation and support and offered locally produced meals on a participatory and voluntary basis.
