NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

You are invited to submit your academic case study about a business dilemma faced by a company or organization located or doing business in the MENA region. Please review our entry requirements.

All submitted case studies must focus on a business dilemma of an organization or company located or doing business in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya , Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine and Yemen.) The organization or company can be small or large, entrepreneurial or long-established and can include private sector multinationals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or nonprofit organizations. The key is to ensure the case describes a challenge faced by the organization related to creating, implementing, evaluating, and/or disseminating a market-based solution in the MENA region.

By launching this case writing competition, WDI Publishing aims to:

• Encourage/reward the development and publication of new, relevant academic case studies about the MENA region.
• Publish teaching materials that will increase understanding of the unique and realistic challenges and advantages of doing business in the MENA region.
• Encourage usage of case studies in the MENA region as tools to develop the critical thinking skills of higher education students.