EDITORIAL POLICY

The journal Recherche et Cas en Sciences de Gestion  aims to promote the development and distribution of case studies in the various fields of management science.

The case studies are designed to serve ambitious knowledge transfer objectives, by helping students, professionals and teacher-researchers to integrate the most advanced and recent scientific knowledge in a given field.

While the cases can be used in a pedagogical context, the authors are required to focus their audience on scientific issues.

Each case should focus on a specific topic belonging to one of the management-science disciplines, e.g., Business Model in Strategic Management. It will demonstrate the practical application of one of this discipline's theoretical concepts or tools

The case study will describe company situations that are rooted in current business issues, and based on actual (primary or secondary) data .  The name of the organisation must be explicitly mentioned; only the names of the protagonists may be changed if confidentiality so requires.

Bringing teaching and research closer together is a major concern of this editorial project. To this end, authors are asked to produce three separate deliverables:

(1) the case study, presenting the situation studied in narrative form. This case study may include appendices,

(2) the teaching note, containing questions about the situation presented in the case study, and suggested answers to these questions,

(3) the academic article. Its aim is to address a management science issue, and to show how the case study contributes to this issue and to existing research.

(1) CASE STUDY

• Cover Page

The case study comprises a maximum of 15 pages, including appendices.

The document should be submitted in Word format, Times New Roman 12, A4 format:

- 1 cover page presenting the title of the case, abstracts in French and English presenting the interest and topicality of the case (100 words max.) + key words

- 10 to 15 pages presenting the case statement (main text + appendices)

Ø Cover page

The cover page contains the following information:

1- The title of the case. Two-part title: the first part identifies the subject of the study, and the second carries the name of the company, followed by a play on words intended to "hook" the reader.

2- The author(s) with contact details.

3- A summary in French, not exceeding 100 words, followed by 5 key words.

4- A summary in English, not exceeding 100 words, followed by 5 key words.

Ø Case study

The case study combines a main text and appendices, from which the reader can draw information. The author must ensure that all the data needed to deal with the proposed problem is included. The main text consists of several paragraphs preceded by contextualised headings. It includes an introduction, and ends with a conclusion putting the situation presented into perspective. The appendices are part of the information needed to deal with the case. Sources are indicated in footnotes. The author may list the main sources at the end of the statement, after the appendices. Summaries of theoretical frameworks useful for reading the case may be presented in the appendices.

• Title of case
• Format of presentation

The case presentation includes a main text, assignment questions, and attachments. It is intended to be read by students. Students should be capable of organizing raw information in order to answer the questions. The author should take care that all the data required by the teaching notes are indeed included in the presentation. The attachments are part of the information required to solve the case. The assignment questions are placed after the main text, and before the attachments.

(2) TEACHING NOTE

• Format of teaching notes

The teaching note will contain the following headings:

The author's view of the case data is not necessarily the only one possible; however, the author must be able to show that there are convincing, well-argued answers to the problems raised. These must be related to the approaches or theories used in the literature review.

- The list of "learning objectives" targeted by the case study

- The list of  "Topics covered in the case"

- The list of "Questions"
- Suggested answers

The answers to the questions should be detailed, and be based on the study, the attachments, and the topics and tools to be employed in solving the case. References must be explicit.

Answers should not be limited to a list of bullet points. They must be written out in detail (introduction, development, summary). Authors' should note that short summaries of the theories involved may be included in the teaching notes, as long as they are closely connected to solving the case study, and to the questions being addressed.

Compliance with the case format is not only an essential constraint to ensure the coherence of the journal, it is above all a framework intended to help the author to comply with the spirit of the editorial policy.

(3) ACADEMIC ARTICLE

The academic article (maximum 15 pages, including bibliography) has a separate title from the case study. The title is followed by abstracts in French and English (separate from those of the case study), as well as the associated keywords.

The academic article falls into two parts:

- The first part is devoted to a literature review of existing academic articles on the chosen issue in management sciences, highlighting in particular relevant research (in addition and as an option, a literature review of existing research or teaching cases, making it possible to clarify the positioning of the proposed case).

- The second part begins with a brief presentation of the case chosen. It is possible to explain the conditions under which the case was developed (direct contact with the decision-makers, number of interviews, nature of the relationship between the researcher and the organisation, nature and sources of the data used), the type of treatment expected (application of formulas, tools, theoretical frameworks, conceptual reflection, target audience). The questions raised in or by the case will be developed in detail, in order to show the multiple dimensions and elements for discussion. Authors are invited to show how the literature review improves our understanding of the situation or, conversely, to show how the case enriches or amends the literature. By way of example, two questions may be addressed by the authors to achieve this closure: What does the theory bring to the case? What does the case bring to the theory? In this way, the theoretical contributions of the case will have to be explained.

In addition, and as an option, the authors may develop their feedback on the case, in qualitative form (answers given by the learners) or quantitative form (before-and-after survey, assessment of the interest shown in the case).