The competition
The participants
The schools
The case
Press release
Photos
Contact
The competition
A team of MBA's from IMD, Switzerland has won the European Business Schools Case Challenge 2007 which was held at INSEAD's Europe campus at Fontainebleau, France from 13-14 April. The members of the team were Ramyani Basu, Greg Davis, Alex Guest, Fumiyuki Oha and Shuguang Zhang.
The team from UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business, Ireland came second. The team members were Mrinal Anand, Conor Horgan, Orla Lydon, Peter Scallan and David Staunton. The team from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany came third. The members of the team were Andreas Antrup, Katherina Duong, Stefan Lay, Marius Luckmeyer and Florian Wieser.
Helsinki School of Economics, Finland and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK also made it through to the second stage of the competition.
IMD won the David Hall Trophy and also received a cheque for EUR7,500. UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management were also presented with trophies.
The participants
The
participating students, all at European business schools, came from
every continent, with around half from outside Europe, suggesting the
global strength of European business schools in providing a top
alternative to the US schools for ambitious MBA students. Just under a
quarter of the participants were women. Fuller details available on
request.
The schools
The top business schools
in Europe were invited to take part in the case challenge 2007. They
were required to select a team of five of their MBA students to take
part. The participating schools were all from The Financial Times Top
50 European Business Schools, published in December 2005. They were
Cass Business School, City University (UK), Cranfield School of
Management (UK), Groupe HEC Paris (France), Helsinki School of
Economics (Finland), IESE Business School (Spain), IMD (Switzerland),
INSEAD (France), Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (UK),
London Business School (UK), Manchester Business School (UK), Said
Business School, University of Oxford (UK), Solvay Business School
(Belgium), UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business (Ireland) and WHU -
Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany).
The case
The case featured the OSCar project, initiated by Hugo Spowers, to develop zero
environmental-impact cars using advanced hydrogen fuel cell and other
novel technologies; the project also featured new approaches to company
structure and financing, ownership, investment, vehicle life and
ownership plus non-patented technology development so that other
companies could produce the vehicles without royalties.
Photos
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The winning team from IMD
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The second place team from UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business
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The third place team from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Dr John Constable leading a discussion of the case
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The case focused on the OSCar project to develop, using Open-Source design, cars powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology
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Click to see more photos of the event: teams working, judges, case teaching session, presentation by BCG, presentations by finalist teams, gala dinner.
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Contact
For further information on the European Business Schools Case Challenge, please contact:
Kate Cook, Event Manager
t +44 (0)1234 756409
e k.cook@ecch.com
Gemma Bluck, Event Co-ordinator
t +44 (0)1234 756423
e g.bluck@ecch.com
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