MBA Paper Award The annual competition for the "Best MBA Paper in Corporate Citizenship" is conducted by The Center along with Net Impact, a network of students and emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business to create a better world. Through this contest, we hope to encourage students and faculty to understand the practices, challenges and opportunities of corporate citizenship as well as the exploration of corporate citizenship in the business school curriculum. The contest is open to all enrolled full- and part-time MBA students at accredited institution of higher learning. Each year, the writer(s) of the winning paper receives a $2,000 award, and $750 is awarded to the faculty sponsor. The paper is posted on The Center's web site. Sponsors The MBA Competition is sponsored by corporations with the hope of increasing awareness and interest about corporate citizenship among the next generation of business leaders. The corporations supporting this project are sending a message to the next generation of CEOs that research and knowledge in this area are important to our nation's leading corporations. To become a corporate sponsor, contact The Center. Past Winners The 2005 Competition Winner: Douglas Young Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Recommendations for U.S. Banks The 2004 Competition Winner: Miranda Anderson, George Washington University Corporate Water Policies: An Examination of the Business Case for Strategic Water Management Honorable Mention: Brad Smith, University of Toronto Thinking Strategically about Corporate Responsibility: The Merits and Limitations of the Value Creation Approach The 2003 Competition Winner: Jessica Brinkman, The University of Michigan Business School Does Corporate Social Responsibility Lead to Improved Financial Performance? An Analysis of the Electric Utility Industry Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Givens, Maile Jedinsky, Heidi Natkin, Rachel Payne, and Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, Stanford Graduate School of Business Wireless Handsets on the Hook Honorable Mention: Dima Reda, Yale School of Management External Pressure, Internal Change: The Importance of Monitoring the Establishment of Industry Norms The 2002 Competition Winner: Andrea Maria Sjovall, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University From Actions to Impressions: Cognitive Attribution Theory and the Formation of Corporate Reputation The 2001 Competition Winner: Dan O'Brien, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility with Competitive Strategy