Best Papers – ABSEL

2024

Best Simulation Paper: “Decision Support-induced Engagement and Learning Trends by Simulation Phase,“ Aspy P. Palia (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Best Experiential Paper: “AI’s Endgame: Leveraging AI to Craft the Avengers Case Study,” Christopher M. Scherpereel (Northern Arizona University, The W.A. Franke College of Business)

Best Innovations Paper: “The AI Paradox: Unpacking the Potential and Perils in Business Education,“ Christopher M. Scherpereel (Northern Arizona University, The W.A. Franke College of Business)

2023

Best Simulation Paper: “The experiential learnings of two career academics: Reflections, insights and recommendations from years of teaching and research on the use of business simulation games in marketing education,“ A . J. Faria and William Wellington

Best Innovations Paper: “Managing Expectations in a Pandemic and ‘Getting Back to Normal’,“ Kristie Abston and Helen Soter

Best Student Paper: “An educational game about sustainability based on ESG+P concepts,” Marcos Felipe Magalhaes, Marcus Parreiras, Leandro Ouriques, Eduardo Mangeli, Farmy Silva, Eduardo Valle, Geraldo Xexeo (doctoral students)

2022

Best Simulation Paper: “Augmenting Engagement and Learning via Decision Support,“ Aspy P. Palia (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Best Experiential Paper: “The Juice SPC Game: An Excel Based Simulation Exercise,” Christopher M. Scherpereel (Northern Arizona University, The W.A. Franke College of Business)

Best Innovations Paper: “Assigning Individuals Credit Towards Grades for a Unified Submission: Theory and Application,“ Precha Thavikulwat (Towson University)

Best Student Paper: “Games with Purpose Development Methodology by Ludology Laboratory,“ Eduardo Mangeli (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Tadeu Moreira de Classe (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Horácio Macêdo (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Pedro Marques, Lincoln Magalhães Costa, Marcus Parreiras, and Farmy Silva (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

2021

Best Simulation Paper: “Engaging Digital Natives with Simulations in a Business Data Security Course,“ Wendy D. Ford (Queensborough Community College – City University of New York)

Best Experiential Paper: “Sustaining Engagement And Learning In A Pandemic,“ Aspy P. Palia (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Best Innovations Paper: “he Great Rotation: Experience-Based Learning in Business Education at a Distance in 2020,“ Tom Davis, Debbie Good, Kiersten Maryott (University of Pittsburgh)

Best Student Paper: “A Systematic Mapping of Gamification in Higher Education,“ Leandro Ouriques (Programa de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computação, COPPE/UFRJ; Center for Naval Systems Analyses (CASNAV), Brazilian Navy), Diego Castro, Diogo Olieveira, Jessica Seibert, Geraldo Xexeo, and Eduardo Mangeli (Programa de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computação, COPPE/UFRJ)

2020

Best Simulation Paper: “Enhancing Experiential Learning via Sustained Student Engagement,” Aspy Paila (University of Hawaii @ Manoa)

Best Experiential Paper: “Individualizing Experiential Learning a Theoretical Perspective,” Hugh Cannon (Wayne State University), James Cannon (Utah State University), Bryon Geddes (Dixie State University), Alexander Smith (Oklahoma City University)

2019

Best Simulation Paper: “Learning Transfer From A Business Simulation: How Are You Situated?,” Christopher M. Scherpereel, Susan K. Williams, Scott E. Hoefle, Northern Arizona University

Best Experiential Paper: “Lego® Mansion An Experiential Exercise For Understanding Leadership Styles,” Céleste Grimard, Université Du Québec À Montréal

Best Games Paper: “Development Of Base Life Planning Game To Learn The Balance Of Cost And Happiness,” Ryoju Hamada (Thammasat University), Takashi Yokouchi, (Tohoku University), Tomomi Kaneko (Hokkaido University Of Science), Masahiro Hiji (Tohoku University)

2018

Best Simulation Paper: “Why Is Learning So Difficult To Measure When “Playing” Simulations,” Richard Teach, Georgia Institute Of Technology, Emeritus

Best Experiential Paper: “Guide to Developing a Required Business Internship Program,” Khushwant K. S. Pittenger, Ashland University & “Experiential Learning with Capacity Building Management Projects,” Cheryl Ann Tokke, City University Of New York – Queensborough Community College

Best Innovations Paper: “Addressing the Crisis in Higher Education: An Experiential Analysis,” Bryon C. Geddes (Dixie State University), Hugh M. Cannon (Wayne State University, Emeritus), James N. Cannon (Iowa State University)

Best Student Paper: “Pre-Conceptual Schemas: Ten Years of Lessons Learned About Software Engineering Teaching,” Juan Sebastián Zapata-Tamayo, Carlos Mario Zapata-Jaramillo, Universidad Nacional De Colombia

2017

Best Simulation Paper: “Time and the Meta-Compostional Elements of Business Simulations” Jeremy Hall

Best Experiential Paper: “The Effects of Supplemental Instruction on Student Grades in a Blended Learning Context” Richard J. Szal, Kyle R. Kennelly

Best Innovations Paper: “Conceptualizing Co-Creative Strategies in Experiential Education: Individual versus Group Approaches” Bryon C. Geddes, Hugh M. Cannon, James N. Cannon

Best Student Paper: “Using Experience-Based Learning to Enhance Student Success: Step 1 – Exploratory Research to Identify Discipline-Specific Competencies” Kaylee M. Philbrick, Kiersten M. Maryott, Ronald A. Magnuson

2016

Best Simulation Paper: “Can Action Complexity be used to Measure the Effectiveness of an Educational Game?” Precha Thavikulwat, Jimmy Chang, Bosco Wing Tong Yu

Best Experiential Paper: “Experiential Learning Potential as a Function of Psychological Predispositions and Demographic Variables” Lori Tribble, Robert C. Giambatista, J. Duane Hoover

Best Innovations Paper: “Teaching Values: An Experiential Approach“ Hugh M. Cannon, James N. Cannon, Bryon C. Geddes, Andrew Hale Feinstein

Best Student Paper: “Process-oriented Research Method for Teamwork Effectiveness Assessment in Business Simulation Games” Anna Ruszkowska, Marcin Wardaszko

2015

Best Simulation Paper: “Hybrid Methods of Organizing Groups for a Business Game” Precha Thavikulwat, Jimmy Chang

Best Experiential Paper: “Developing Educational Strategies for Experiential Learning: An Application of Service Dominant Logic from Marketing” Bryon C. Geddes, Hugh M. Cannon, James N. Cannon, Andrew Hale Feinstein

Best Innovations Paper: “Strategic Knowledge Mapping: The Co-Creation of Useful Knowledge” Steven E. Wallis, Bernadette Wright

2014

Best Simulation Paper: “Customer Transaction Costs and marketing Simulations: Modeling a New Relationship Marketing Approach.” Hugh M. Cannon, James N. Cannon, Ahmet Köksal, Aaron Johnson

Best Experiential Paper: “An Exploration of Overconfidence in Experiential learning of Behavioral Skills among MBA Students.” Robert C. Giambatista, J. Duane Hoover

Best Innovations Paper: “The Distance MBA: A Need for Guiding Philosophy and Theories.” Vanthanh Phan, J. Duane Hoover

Best Accreditation Paper: “Experiential Strategies for Building Individual Absorptive Capacity.” Hugh M. Cannon, Bryon C. Geddes, Andrew Hale Feinstein

Best Student Paper: “A Business Simulation Game for Location-Based Strategies.” Martin Prause, Christina Gunther, Jurgen Weigand

2013

Best Simulation Paper: “Implementing Mental Models: Extending Insight and Whole Person Learning” by Robert E. Robinson, Ronald Mitchell, and J. Duane Hoover

Best Experiential Paper: “The Role of Simulations in Organizational Learning: Building Individual Absorptive Capacity” by Hugh M. Cannon, Andrew H. Feinstein, Daniel P. Friesen (student), and Attila Yaprak

Best Innovations and Future Directions Paper: “A Review of the Simulation Research in the Academy of Management Journal: Suggestions for Strengthening the Research Conducted by ABSEL Members” by Annette L. Halpin

Best Assessment Paper: “Accounting for Externalities Harnessing the ‘Face in the Mirror’ Phenomenon” by Hugh M. Cannon, James M. Cannon, Ahmet B. Köksal (student), Swati Verma (student)

Best Issues Related to ABSEL Scholarship Paper: “Measuring the Performance Ranking Curve in Marketing Simulation Games” by William J. Wellington, David Hutchinson, and Anthony J. Faria

2012

Best Simulation Paper: “Pick your Group Size: A Better Procedure to Resolve the Free-Rider Problem in a Business Simulation” by Precha Thavikulwat and Jimmy Chang,

Best Experiential Paper: “Build a Business … In an Hour or Less: Getting Closer to Reality into the Classroom” by Michael J. ‘Mick” Fekula.

Best Innovations Paper: “Modeling a Modest Proposal for Increasing the efficiency of Academic Research Dissemination” by Hugh M. Cannon and James N. Cannon.

2011

Best Simulation Paper: “Would You Take a Marketing Man to a Quick Service Restaurant? Modeling Corporate Social Responsibility in a Food Service Menu-Management Simulation” by J. N. Cannon, H. M. Cannon, D. P. Friesen, & A. H. Feinstein

Best Experiential Paper (tie): “Complexity Avoidance, Narcissism and Experiential Learning” by J. D.Hoover

Best Experiential Paper (tie): “Appreciating Complexity: The Chief of Staff of the Army Game” by Ken Long

2010

Best Simulation Paper: “Another Look at the Use of Forecasting Accuracy on the Assessment of Management Performance in Business Simulation Games” by M.P de Souza, R.S.S. Bernard and H.M. Cannon

Best Experiential Paper: “Mustard Seeds as a Means for Creative Problem Solving, Ethical Decision Making, Stakholder Alliance, & Leader Development Through Experiential Learning in Management Education” by L.L. Reed

2009

Best Simulation Paper: “Beyond the Profitable-Product Death Spiral: Managing the Product Mix in an Environment of Constrained Resources” by H.M. Cannon and J.N. Cannon

Best Experiential Paper: “The Simplicity Paradox: Another Look at Complexity in Simulation Design” by H.M. Cannon, D. Friesen, S. Lawrence and A. Feinstein

Best Student Paper: “In Search of the Ethnocentric Consumer: Experiencing ‘Laddering’ Research in International Advertising” by T.M. Ho, H.M. Cannon and A. Yaprak

2008

Best Simulation Paper: “Modeling Strategic Opportunities in Product-Mix Strategy: A Customer Versus Product-Oriented Perspective” by J.N. Cannon and H.M. Cannon

Best Experiential Paper: “Implementation of Effective Experiential Learning Environments” by A. McManus and A. Feinstein

Best Student Paper: “Internships and Occupational Socialization: What are Students Learning?” by A. McManus and A. Feinstein

2007

Best Simulation Paper: “Simulation Performance and its Effectiveness as a PBL Problem: A Follow-up Study” by P. Anderson

2006

Best Experiential Paper: “Is Pay Inversion Ethical? A Three-Part Exercise” by M. Boscia, B. McAfee and M. Glassman

2005

Best Simulation Paper: “Computer Business Simulaton Design: The Rock Pool Method” by J.S.B. Hall

Best Experiential Paper: “The Internet to Enhance Course Presentation: A Help or Hindrance to Student Learning” by W. Wellington, D. Hutchinson and A.J. Faria

2004

Best Simulation Paper: “Accounting for Company Reputation Variation on the Gold Standard” by H.M. Cannon and M. Schwaiger

Best Experiential Paper: “Integrating The Business Curriculum with a Comprehensive Case Study: A Prototype” by P.M. Markulis, D.R. Strang and H. Howe

Best Online Education Paper: “Designing a Globalization Simulation to Teach Corporate Social Responsibility” by N.S. Shami, N. Bos, T. Fort and M. Gordon

2003

Best Simulation Paper: “The Tobin Q As a Company Performance Indicator” by J.A. Wolfe and A.C.A. Sauaia

Best Experiential Paper: “Experiential Learning: Introducing Faculty and Staff to A Leadership Development Program” by M.J. Hornyak and D. Page

2002

Best Simulation Paper: “Incorporating Cosmopolitan-Related Focus-Group Research into Global Advertising Simulations” by H.M. Cannon, A. Yaprak and S. Sasser

2001

Best Simulation Paper: “Fidelity, Verifiabily, and Validity of Simulation Constructs for Evalulation” by A.H. Feinstein and H.M. Cannon

2000

Best Simulation Paper: “Visual Modeling of Business Simulations” by T. Pray and V. Perotti

1997

Best Research Paper: “The Impact of an Artificial of an Artificial Market Leader on Simulation Competitors” by W.J. Wellington and A.J. Faria

1994

Best Research Paper: “Complexity: Is it Really that Simple” by J.S.B. Hall and B.M. Cox

1992

Best Research Paper: “An Examination of the Effect of Team Cohesion , Player Attitude, and Performance Expectations on Simulation Performance Results” by W.J. Wellington and A.J. Faria

1991

Best Research Paper: “Increasing Simulation Realism Through the Modeling of Step Costs” by K.R. Goosen

1990

Most Innovative: “Executive Evaluation of Student Learning in the Looking Glass” by D. Page and R.M. Roberts

Best Computer Simulation Research: “Demand Equations: Which Include Product Attributes” by R.D. Teach

1989

Best Research: “A Study of the Relationship Between Student Final Exam Performance and Simulation Game Participation” by T.R. Whitely and A.J. Faria

Most Innovative: “A Simulating Simulation in International Business Negotiation With a Japanese Company” by B.S. Axe

1988

Best Paper-Simulation: “Strategy Design, Process and Implementation in a Stable/Complex Environment: An Exploratory Study” by J. Gosenpud and J.A. Wolfe

Best Paper-Experiential: “Experimental Analysis of Magnitude and Source of Students’ Inequitable Classroom Perceptions in Three Reward Conditions” by J.D. Overby and K.A. Durden

1987

Most Innovative: “Decision Styles and Student Simulation Performance” by R. Hornaday and K. Curran

Best Research-Simulation: “The Use of Expert Systems to develop Strategic Scenarios: An Experiment Using a Simulated Market Environment” by A. Varanelli, M. Sackson, D. Cronin and C.L. Dulberg

1986

Best Paper: “The Assessment Center as a Teaching Learning Device” by R.B. McAfee and A. Hawryluk

1985

Most Creative: “Developing the Competencies of ‘Resistance to Stress’ and ‘Accurate Self-Assessment” by D.S. Kline

Best Research: “Predicting Performance Over the Course of the Simulation” by J. Gosenpud and A. Larson

1984

Best Research: “A Path Analytic Study of the Effects of Alternative Pedagogies” by A.C. Burns and D.L. Sherrell

1983

Outstanding Paper: “Role-Playing Based on Video-Tape Scenarios: An Application of Modeling to Building Supervisory Skills” by J.C. Faltot and J.R. Ogilvie

Outstanding Research: “Simulating Market and Firm Level Demand-A Robust Demand System” by S.C. Gold and T.F. Pray

1982

Best Research: “The Effect of Different Team Sizes on Business Games Performance” by J.A. Wolfe and T.I. Chacko

Best Experiential: “The Value of Conjoint Analysis in Enhancing Experiential Learning” by L. Greenhalgh and S.A. Neslin

1981

Innovative Experiential: “Finding an Effective Means of Teaching Managerial Behavioral Skills: Two Different Experiential Teaching Methods” by D.G. Minton and B. Lilligen-Minton

Best Simulation Research:“Providing A Real World View of the Personnel Function: A Simulation” by G.E. Stevens and E.K. Burton

Innovative Simulation: “Teaching Performance Appraisal Skills: An Experiential Approach” by E.K. Burton

Best Experiential Research: “Problems in Evaluation of Experiential Learning in Management Education” by L. Kelley and J. Easton

1980

Best Research: “Association Between Individual Cognitive Processing Variables and Business Game Performance and Play” by J.A. Wolfe

1979

Best Experiential: “Personality Development and Conflict Dynamics: An Experimental Design to Study the effects of Teaching Methodologies on Conflict Resolution” by T. Basuray and J. Gosenpud

1978

Most Innovative: “Emergent Simulation in Administration Courses” by C.L. Wynn and G.E. Crawford