Student case competitions
- Aarhus Case Competition (Advanced)
- APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
- CBS Case Competition
- CFO Case Study Competition
- Climate Investment Challenge
- Creative Shock
- Global Family Enterprise Case Competition
- HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
- Hult Prize
- IMA Middle East and India Student Case Competition
- John Molson MBA International Case Competition
- Katz Invitational Case Competition
- KeyBank Foundation and Fisher College of Minority MBA Student Case Competition
- Net Impact Case Competition
- Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition
- PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
- Russian National Case League Changellenge
Aarhus Case Competition (Advanced)
Submission deadline: 10 March 2021
Aarhus Case Competition is one of the biggest case competitions in the Nordics gathering top business students.
In the Advanced track, nine selected teams will be solving three different real-life cases: two introductory cases and one extensive 30-hour main case, where the winning team will receive the title of Case Solving Champions and other amazing prizes.
Further information
Results
APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
The 2021 ASCM Case Competition is provided by ASCM in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting LLP. Participating teams will present solutions to an exciting end-to-end supply chain management problem, as they compete for prize money and recognition. The case may involve distribution, logistics, sales and operations planning, inventory, and other operations management challenges.
Further information
w www.apics.org/case-competition/home
Results
CBS Case Competition
Submission deadline: 9h CET on 16 February 2021 (case will be made available at 9h CET on 15 February, with teams given 24 hours to submit their final presentation)
GLOBAL is an international case competition and CBS Case Competition’s response to an increasingly digitised world. GLOBAL 2021 is open for all university students globally and it is a chance for anyone, no matter location, to compete with some of the top case teams out there.
This year, the initial round, semi-finals and finals will be held fully digital, allowing all students from around the world to once again take part in the case solving experience. The top three teams will compete in the online grand final which is streamed to all relevant platforms.
GLOBAL is your chance to practice case-solving and be challenged by a panel of industry-leading professionals, which is an experience rarely gained while studying.
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Results
CFO Case Study Competition
Submission deadline: 31 March 2021
The CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is an annual, open-entry, and global multi-stage business strategy and leadership-focused case study competition, organised by The CharterQuest Institute South Africa.
Split in to two editions; Global-Senior for university students and Continental-Junior for high school students, the competition challenges university students around the world and high school students across Africa to prove they can compete at the highest level. Students are required to solve a set of complex and integrated finance, operational, strategic and ethical problems that beset a real-world global business in the emerging markets.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the continental and global finals of the 2020 edition were postposed to 2021. In an exciting new development, the Top 6 Teams from 2020 will battle it out for three guaranteed slots at the semi-final stage in 2021, whilst all other entrants will compete for the remaining three slots in what promises to a fantastic all-round race.
Further information
w https://www.charterquest.co.za/the-cfo
Results
Climate Investment Challenge
Submission deadline: 21 February 2021
The Climate Investment Challenge calls on graduate students to develop and describe creative financial solutions and innovations addressing the defining challenge of our time - climate change. This could include identifying untapped climate finance opportunities or developing innovative financial structures or instruments that improve the bankability of climate investments.
There is no single right answer. In the battle against climate change and its impacts, ideas across all sectors, topics and regions are important!
The winning and runner-up teams will be awarded £7,500 and £2,500, respectively.
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Creative Shock
Creative Shock is a global social business case competition for students which first took place in 2011. Participants every year are gathered to solve finance, marketing, PR and strategy problems for social businesses. By organizing this competition, students are introduced to real-life global social business models and to communicate how all traditional business strategies can be applied to social enterprises and organizations, improve students’ strategic thinking by challenging them with real marketing and management problems, promote social business all around the world.
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Global Family Enterprise Case Competition
The annual Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC) prepares participants to understand the critical issues that are unique to family enterprise by applying the knowledge and expertise they have developed in the classroom towards solving complex family business cases.
During four tough rounds of competition, teams present their case to a distinguished panel of judges who will determine which group best understood, analysed and presented the case.
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HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
Submission deadline: 4 March 2021 (Hong Kong Competition), 21 April 2021 (APAC Finals)
The event brings together students and faculty from all of Hong Kong’s universities as well as top universities from the Asia-Pacific region. Teams of four undergraduates compete in business strategy-making and presentation, and are judged by senior international business executives. Students also have the opportunity to interact with some of Asia's brightest talents and experience Hong Kong's unique international culture.
Please note that this year’s competition will be taking place online.
Further information
w http://competition.acrc.hku.hk/
Results
View a list of winners
Hult Prize
Compete in the planet’s largest student competition to solve the world's toughest challenges. The Hult Prize Foundation is a start-up accelerator for budding young social entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s universities. Named as one of the top five ideas changing the world by President Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine, the annual competition for the the Hult Prize aims to identify and launch the most compelling social business ideas – start-up enterprises that tackle grave issues faced by billions of people. Winners receive USD 1 million in seed capital, as well as mentorship and advice from the international business community.
Further information
w https://www.hultprize.org/challenge/
Results
IMA Middle East and India Student Case Competition
Submission deadline: 31 January 2021
Are you ready for the challenge? This globally popular Institute of Management Accountants Middle East and India Student Case Competition invites university students to think strategically and stretch their analytical skills to solve a business case on “Should Star Textiles Cut Out The Intermediaries?”
Put your business acumen to the test and present your team’s analysis in front of leading business heads. This year’s case gives you and your team the chance to get selected for the Grand Finals, where you will compete with peers from around the world.
Please note that this competition is only open to students across the Middle East, Africa and India.
Further information
w https://imamiddleeast.org/en/student-case-competition-2021/
John Molson MBA International Case Competition
In light of the current circumstances due to COVID-19, the 40th edition of the John Molson School of Business' MBA ICC, originally scheduled for January 4-8, 2021, has been postponed to January 3-7, 2022.
This decision was made after multiple rounds of careful deliberation and, though unfortunate, the postponement allows John Molson the opportunity to revamp the infrastructure of the competition for 2022 and for the years to come.
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Results
Katz Invitational Case Competition
The University of Pittsburgh’s Jospeh M. Katz Graduate School of Business hosts an annual invitational case competition that will showcase the skills and talents of participating MBA students.
The case for the competition is be multi-dimensional, designed to test the teams’ ability to collaborate on different business disciplines. The case will give students the opportunity to evaluate a tough business situation in multiple perspectives in a very short period of time, and to present their recommendations to senior executives.
The ultimate goal is to allow students to apply their business education to deliver unique and creative recommendations.
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Results
KeyBank Foundation and Fisher College of Minority MBA Student Case Competition
Submission deadline: Closed for 2021
KeyBank and Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University will host its 17th Annual Minority MBA Student Case Competition on February 26-27, 2021 virtually.
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Results
Net Impact Case Competition
Submission deadline: Closed for 2021
The Net Impact Case Competition (NICC) is the premier MBA case competition; focused on solving real world social and environmental business challenges. The competition is hosted each year by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder in Colorado.
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Results
Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition
The NIBS Worldwide Case Competition brings together elite undergraduate students from some of the world’s top international business schools. Teams of four analyse business cases, prepare solutions to real problems, and present recommendations to panels of senior managers, policymakers and academics. The competition is distinguished by its emphasis on international business and the challenges of doing business across cultures and borders.
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Results
PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
Submission deadline: Closed for 2021
Be part of an award-winning international student competition.
The Risk Management Challenge, a case competition of the PRMIA Institute, empowers undergraduate and graduate students by taking them beyond the classroom and giving them exposure to real-world business situations.
The Challenge offers students the opportunity to apply the concepts they have learned and showcase their knowledge, critical thinking skills, leadership, and presentation abilities.
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Russian National Case League Changellenge
This is the biggest case league in Russia, founded in 2007.
Each year, Changellenge organises around a dozen of case competitions for students and professionals who graduated no more than two years ago. Each year, over 30, 000 participants join the competitions, which vary from traditional business-oriented ones to case competitions focused on specific fields.
Students work in teams of four on three different cases – one in the first round (online), one in the semi-final and one in the final (offline). The cases are kept secret until the competition starts.
There are special English sections in two of the Case League competitions: Changellenge – Cup Moscow (registration in November) and Changellenge – Cup Russia (registration in March).
Students across the world are encouraged to participate and face real Russian business problems and challenges.
Each competition is judged by business leaders from top international companies such as Accenture, EY, KPMG, Mars, Unilever, Danone, SAP and many others.
Full list of Changellenge case competitions:
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Changellenge – Cup Russia with preliminary regional competitions in Russian regions:
- Changellenge – Cup SPb
- Changellenge – Cup Ural
- Changellenge – Cup Siberia
- Changellenge – Cup Volga
- Changellenge – Cup Moscow
- Changellenge – Cup IT (with IT Analytics and Big Data sections)
- Changellenge – Cup Tech (with Oil and Gas, Engineering and Metallurgic sections)
- Modern Trade Code
- Supply Chain Cup
- Changellenge – Cup Kazakhstan
Further information
w changellenge.com (use translate button)
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