Student case competitions
- Aarhus Case Competition
- APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
- Aspen Institute's Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
- CBS Case Competition
- CFO Case Study Competition
- Creative Shock
- HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
- Hult Prize
- 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
- RSM Private Equity Case Competition
- Russian National Case League Changellenge
- The University of California Press’ Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition
Aarhus Case Competition
The Aarhus Case Competition (ACC) is the largest case competition in the Nordic countries and takes place in Aarhus, Denmark.
Throughout an entire week, the participating students solve two five-hour introductory cases and one extensive 30-hour main case.
Each year, nine distinctive teams consisting of top-students compete in the competition.
A unique feature about the ACC is that all expenses are paid for the participating students (this includes accommodation, food, flights).
Further information
Results
APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
The 2020 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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
Further information
w www.apics.org/case-competition/home
Results
Aspen Institute's Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
More than 1,000 students from 25 business schools 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. As a student participant, you will step into a real-life, time-sensitive scenario demanding integrative decision-making — not unlike the challenges that you and your teammates will face as the next generation of business leadership.
Entry deadline: Competition not yet open for 2020 submissions
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CBS Case Competition
Copenhagen Business School Case Competition is one of the leading undergraduate case competitions in the world. 12 international universities are represented by teams of four students who are challenged to solve a real-life business challenge. The judges of the competition are well-known and acknowledged business leaders from the Scandinavian business community.
Entry deadline: Competition not yet open for 2020 submissions
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CFO Case Study Competition
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. It challenges university students around the world to prove they can compete at the highest level: by solving a set of complex and integrated finance, operational, strategic and ethical problems that beset a real-world global business in the emerging markets.
Entry deadline: 31 March 2020
Further information
w https://www.charterquest.co.za/the-cfo
Results
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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2019
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HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
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.
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.
Entry deadline: 2020 early bird deadline is 20 November 2019
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John Molson MBA International Case Competition
The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a not-for-profit event organised by a team of MBA students from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The competition is open to top business schools worldwide, and is recognised as the largest case 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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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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
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KeyBank Foundation and Fisher College of Minority MBA Student Case Competition
The KeyBank Foundation Minority MBA Student Case Competition is now considered one of the United States’ premier minority MBA student case competitions. Sixteen universities from around the US are invited to compete in this annual event, held in Cleveland at KeyBank Headquarters.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
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Net Impact Case Competition
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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
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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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
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PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
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.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2020
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RSM Private Equity Case Competition
RSM full-time MBA students will be hosting the 2019 Private Equity Case Competition, an annual event that brings top finance talents from renowned MBA programs to the Netherlands.
This premier private equity case competition provides a great opportunity for participants to:
- Network with world class finance professionals and international students
- Learn by solving a real life private equity case
- Boost their personal profile and capabilities
Held in Amsterdam, the competition will be opened by a symposium on 8 November with the competition proper taking place on 9 November.
Teams should consist of four-five students, and only two teams per school are allowed.
Please note this competition has now taken place.
Further information
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)
The University of California Press’ Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition
Case Studies in the Environment is a journal of peer-reviewed case study articles, case study pedagogy articles, and a repository for editor-reviewed case study slides. The journal informs faculty, students, researchers, educators, professionals, and policymakers on case studies and best practices in the environmental sciences and studies.
To be eligible for consideration for the prize, submitted pieces to the journal will have to clear our peer review process and be accepted for publication. After acceptance, the editors of each section will propose a selection of semi-finalist articles to the Editor-in-Chief and a subset of the Editorial Board, who will select the winning articles.
Entry deadline: Closed for 2019
Further information
w http://cse.ucpress.edu/content/prize-competition
Results
View a list of winners
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