Case competitions can play a role in highlighting the many skills involved in case writing, teaching and learning. They can benefit faculty, researchers and students and offer the opportunity to showcase expertise at business schools and universities.
ACRC McKinsey/HSBC Business Case Competition
Through the ACRC HSBC/McKinsey Business Case Competition, the organisers hope to give students an opportunity to stretch and apply their quantitative, qualitative, presentation and communication skills beyond classroom learning. It also allows these future leaders to network with over 40 members of Hong Kong's most elite business community. The two day competition is open to full-time undergraduate students from invited universities across the region. All cases used at the competition are unpublished business cases developed by the ACRC, The University of Hong Kong.
Members of the winning team receive internships at HSBC or McKinsey as well as a cash prize of HK$15,000. The runners-up receive a cash prize of HK$10,000.
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APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
Hosted by the Southwest District of APICS teams of students compete in two divisions: graduate and undergraduate. The teams spend a day working on an operations management case and turn in a case study paper and an eight minute powerpoint presentation before presenting the case to a team of six judges. The top two teams from each division compete in a final round the following morning.
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Arthur W. Page Society's Corporate Communications Case Study Competition
2012 winners announced
The Arthur W. Page Society's Case Study Competition, sponsored by the Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), recognizes students' exploration of corporate communications as a critical management function.
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The Aspen Institute's 2012 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
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In 2012 more than 1,000 students from 25 business schools will tackle a brand new case study, authored by the Yale School of Management, requiring innovative thinking at the intersection of corporate profitability and positive social and environmental impacts. These students will step into a real-life, time-sensitive scenario demanding integrative decision-making -- not unlike the challenges they will face as the next generation of business leaders.
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Baylor Entrepreneurship Student Case Writing Competition
2012 winners announced
The Baylor Entrepreneurship Case Writing Competition is an innovative international event that supports and encourages undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe who wish to engage in case research and case writing. Submitted cases are suitable if they advance the field of entrepreneurship, broadly defined, and contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena.
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Fisher Invitational MBA Case Competition
12-14 April 2012
Each spring, MBA students in the Fisher Invitational (formerly the Big Ten Case Competition) meet in Columbus, Ohio for a friendly competition among peers. One team from each school analyzes a complex business case; teams must identify the company's challenge and present their recommendations to an often unforgiving panel of industry and academic experts.
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CBS Case Competition 2012
27 February - 2 March 2012
CBS Case Competition is the most prestigious undergraduate case competition worldwide; attracting the most esteemed business schools from around the globe and positioning itself as a value creating asset for the Danish business community.
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The George Washington University 2013 International MBA Case Competition
2013 competition submission date: TBC
Held at George Washington University in Washington, DC the GWU International MBA Case Competition brings together MBA student teams from local, national, and international business schools to analyze a current situation facing a nonprofit organization and to present solutions that draw on the assets of the organization.
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Hult Global Case Challenge 2012
Regional finals: 24-25 February 2012
Global final: 25-26 April 2012
The 2012 Hult Global Case Challenge will be themed around Global Poverty. Under the Global Poverty umbrella, three subject social challenge areas will be tackled through respective individual tracks of competition across five cities.
The aim of the 2012 Hult Global Case Challenge is to drive solutions around those key social areas, which we believe have the greatest net impact on global poverty. Through collectively overcoming social challenges in education, energy and housing, it is our belief that we are undertaking global poverty on a grass-roots level. Through what has become the world's largest crowd-sourcing initiative dedicated to solving global social challenges, the Hult Global Case Challenge seeks ideas and solutions from the world's best and brightest future business leaders that will cause a step-change in the vicious global poverty cycle.
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John Molson MBA International Case Competition
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The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a not-for-profit event organized by a team of four MBA students from the John Molson School of Business. The competition is open to top business schools worldwide, and is recognized as the largest competition of its kind. Its main purpose is to bridge the gap between corporate and academic worlds, which ultimately enriches both students and executives alike.
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KeyBank Foundation Minority MBA Case Competition
Competition commences: 24-26 February 2012
The annual event, now considered one of the nation's premier minority MBA student case competitions, invites 16 universities from around the United States to compete in its Minority MBA Student Case Competition held in Cleveland at KeyBank Headquarters.
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KPMG’s International Case Competition
Finals: Hong Kong, 18-20 April 2012
KPMG’s International Case Competition is a chance to experience the fast-paced world of casework, meet new people and travel to places you may never have been before. If you get to the top of your national case competition, you’ll find yourself on your way to Hong Kong on an all-expenses-paid trip to the international final. There, you’ll have the chance to network with your peers from around the world as you compete for the global title.
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NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition
This competition seeks to find and publish the best business cases on social enterprise and the base of the pyramid, in order to engage students and faculty on campuses all over the world in the emerging field of social enterprise.
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PPM Regional Business Case Competition
Final: 29 September 2011
This case competition challenges graduate students in management from all over Southeast Asia, which are younger than 35 years and in teams of 3 people, to develop and present a solution to a case study. The report is graded on analysis quality, ideas, originality and theory relevancy. 12 teams are selected as finalists and the winner is selected through a debate.
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Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition
Submission deadline: 30 March 2012
There exists a limited pool of MBA-level business school cases which adequately address contemporary Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered issues with sensitivity and sensibility, the Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition seeks to ameliorate this situation. Students, alumni, and faculty from MBA and PhD programs throughout the world are invited to research and write an original business case for the competition. Research stipends of US$1,500 will be awarded to selected case writers who complete and submit a case according to the following milestones:
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abstract of case and outline of issues to explore due by 30 November 2011 - the strongest abstracts will be funded and invited to complete the entire case
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first draft of completed case due by 31 January 2012
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final draft of completed case submitted by 30 March 2012.
Additionally one case will be selected for its overall excellence and that author, or team of authors, will be awarded an additional US$3,500.
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Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills
10-12 April 2012
The Tournament In Management and Engineering Skills (TIMES), held in Stockholm is the largest pan-European case study competition for Industrial Engineering and Management students. This prestigious, highly acclaimed event has successfully been organised since 1994 and attracts around 250 top teams each year.
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