A first competition of case with IAAER
HEC Montreal and the International Association for Accounting Educating and Research (IAAER) are pleased to invite educators to develop an original IFRS teaching case for the HEC Montreal’s International Watch Center for Financial Information Case Competition.
The Case Competition represents a great opportunity to share your IFRS teaching expertise. Three prizes will be awarded – a $500 award for first place and $100 each for two runner-ups.
The three winning cases will be presented at an IAAER conference co-sponsored by NIVRA and the Free University of Amsterdam during the Spring of 2012. Additionally, The winning manuscript will be published in Accounting Education: An International Journal after an appropriate review.
Cases promoting a Framework-based approach to teaching IFRS are especially welcome. However, cases covering any IFRS related topic will be considered including IFRS and Financial Reporting; IFRS and Financial Analysis; IFRS and Management Accounting; IFRS and Auditing; IFRS and Tax; IFRS and Governance; IFRS and Information Technology; and IFRS and Education.
All submissions should satisfy the criteria for publication in Accounting Education: An International Journal and additionally meet the following criteria:
- Cases need to be rigorous and should require some quantitative and qualitative analysis of broad accounting issues. Cases should be based on real business situations but the company they are based on may be anonymous. References to the real life situations inspiring the case should be referred to in the accompanying teaching note.
- All cases should include an abstract of not more than 250 words detailing the case study and its pedagogical objectives. Abstracts of the three accepted cases will be included in the IAAER conference program.
- Cases should be accompanied by a comprehensive teaching note that describes the objectives of the case, in-class discussion notes including possible facilitation advice for instructors adopting the case, and feedback from students that have completed the case.
The International Watch Centre for Financial Information Case Competition Advisory Committee will select the first place case and the two runner-ups following a blind review process. The winner and two runner-ups will be notified by January 15, 2012. Cash prizes will be awarded at the IAAER Conference in Amsterdam.
Cases, including the teaching notes should be submitted electronically to civif.info@hec.ca as a Word or PDF attachment by November 1, 2011. To preserve anonymity, the cover page (with name and contact information) should be in a separate file. Cases may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. At least three submissions of deserving quality suitable for publication in Accounting Education must be received for all three prizes to be awarded.
Members of the International Watch Centre for Financial Information Case Competition Advisory Committee include, but are not limited to:
- Louise Martel, Chair
- HEC Montreal and Director of the International Watch Centre for Financial Information
- Ralph Alder
- Otago University and Senior Associate Editor Accounting Education: An International Journal
- Donna Street
- University of Dayton and IAAER Director of Research and Educational Activities
- Michael Wells
- IFRS Foundation Education Director
For more information contact Louise Martel at louise.martel@hec.ca.