· January 2005
  ACRC Case Study awarded first prize in the 24 th Concordia MBA International Case Competition (John Molson - MBA-ICC)

· July 2004
  The Asia Case Research Centre (ACRC) Wins International Accolades

· February 2003
  ACRC Awarded First Runner-up Prize at its debut in the Asia-Pacific Case Writing Competition

· October 2001
  For second year in a row, the Asia Case Research Centre wins international accolades

· September 2000
  The Asia Case Research Centre Wins International Accolades

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ACRC Case Study awarded first prize in the 24^th Concordia MBA International Case Competition (John Molson - MBA-ICC).

ACRC was awarded the first prize in the 24^th Concordia MBA International Case Competition (John Molson - MBA-ICC) held between the 3 rd and 8 th of January in Montreal , Canada . The winning case, " Shanghai Volkswagen: Time for a Radical Shift of Gears ", looks at the strategic challenges facing a first-mover in a fast moving economy.  Congratulations to Dr. Ali Farhoomand and Dr. Zhigang Tao, the supervisors of the case, and Iris Wang, the lead case writer. 

With over 150 students from 30 business schools from all over the world participating, the annual John Molson MBA International Case Competition is one of the oldest and the most prestigious global case competitions in the world. Details of the competition may be found at http://www.mbacasecomp.com/en/home .

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Congratulations to the ACRC research team for winning the First Place award in the prestigious SIM 2004 International Paper Competition. The Paper will be presented at the opening session of SIM's Annual Conference, SIMposium, to be held on September 13, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

In a case entitled "Stepping up the Value Chain: TAL Apparel Limited", Dr Ali Farhoomand and Phoebe Ho, in collaboration with Dr. Harry Lee, Managing Director,TAL Apparel Limited, explain how a no-name Hong Kong-based apparel manufacturer has used Information Technology strategically to gain competitive advantage in the intensely cut-throat global apparel industry. The paper shows how the company has developed a sophisticated information management system to manage the supply chain of its major retailer customers, while at the same time, provide backward integration into its own production and material sourcing networks. The initiative carries significant strategic implications for industry practitioners, highlighting the way a traditionally weak member in a global industry can use IT to step up the value chain.

The full paper can be downloaded from (http://www.simnet.org).

The Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit organization of information technology experts, including Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO) and emerging IT leaders, as well as key professionals within the IT community, such as academicians and consultants.

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ACRC Awarded First Runner-up Prize at its debut in the Asia-Pacific Case Writing Competition

ACRC was awarded the first-runner up prize at its debut to the annual Asia-Pacific Case Writing Competition organised by the Management Development Council of Hong Kong. The winning case, "NTT DoCoMo: Establishing Global 3G Standards", was written by Dr Ali Farhoomand and Mr Vincent Mak.

Pauline Ng (4th from the right) at the award ceremony with organisers,
judges, sponsors and other ward recipients.

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For second year in a row, the Asia Case Research Centre wins international accolades

For second time in a row our research team at the Asia Case Research Centre wins the prestigious SIM International Paper Award.

In a paper entitled "Embedding the Business Landscape in Open System Architectures", Dr Ali Farhoomand and Pauline Ng in collaboration with David W.K. Lo, Vice President, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. show how a traditional business can deploy the Internet to sustain its competitive advantage. A copy of the paper can be downloaded from the SIM Website.

Click here for the teaching case entitled "Capitalising on a World-Class Securities Trading System: HKEx's AMS/3 "

For information on the 2000 award obtained by ACRC, click here.

The Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit organization of information technology experts, including Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO) and emerging IT leaders, as well as key professionals within the IT community, such as academicians and consultants.

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The Asia Case Research Centre Wins International Accolades

Congratulations to our research team at the Asia Case Research Centre for winning the Second Place award in the prestigious SIM 2000 International Paper Award.

In a case entitled "Building an e-Business at FedEx Corporation", Dr Ali Farhoomand and Pauline Ng in collaboration with William Conley, Vice-President and Managing Director, FedEx Europe, explain how FedEx has transformed itself from a traditional mode of operation into an e-business by integrating physical and virtual infrastructures across information systems, business processes and organizational bounds. By changing its business model from managing inventory at rest to managing inventory in motion, entire industries are seeing structural and strategic implications.

The full paper can be downloaded from (http://www.simnet.org). Click here for the teaching case entitled "FedEx Corp: Structural Transformation through e-Business"

The Society for Information Management (SIM) is a not-for-profit organization of information technology experts, including Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO) and emerging IT leaders, as well as key professionals within the IT community, such as academicians and consultants.