Winners of the 2025 John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025 John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition, sponsored by the Bob and Raye Briscoe Centre in Business Ownership Studies.

"These exceptional cases are advancing scholarship and education in business ownership," says Raymond Paquin, director of the John Molson Case Publications Initiative.

Cases will be published by Ivey Publishing as part of the Ivey-Concordia John Molson case collection.

First Place ($5,000)

From Fandom to Fulfillment: LightUpK's Digital Pivot in Canadian Retail
Sumin Song, Tenzin-Lhudup Guilbault, Justin Hua

Second Place ($3,000)

Haqdarshak (HQ) Digital Platform: Catalyzing Welfare Inclusion with Technology in India
Suchit Ahuja and Jyoti Gaur

Third Place ($2,000)

Scaling with Care: Digital Transformation at Parsis Immigration Services
Sumin Song, Dan Kazakov, Aëlle Olier

Honourable Mention

Curated Second-Hand Shoes: Reinventing Canadian Fashion
Solène Thubert and Michèle Paulin

The annual John Molson Business Ownership Case Writing Competition selects three winners and honourable mentions for outstanding cases that are focused on the perspective of the business owner. The cases must be based on field research or secondary sources and describe a recent, real challenge in a real organization.

Topics can include acquiring or divesting an existing business, intergenerational ownership or transition, valuation, liquidity, governance, strategy making and more.

The John Molson Case Publications initiative was founded to support the development of new teaching case studies as part of the School's commitment to the case method. See the growing library of cases at Ivey Publishing.