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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 All cases used at the competition are unpublished business cases developed by the ACRC, The University of Hong Kong.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$20,000.

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Videos of the presentations can be found on the ACRC youtube channel at www.youtube.com/user/acrchk

APICS West Coast Student Case Competition

Next competition 22-23 February 2013 in Phoenix, USA

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

2013 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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Baylor Entrepreneurship Student Case Writing Competition 

2013 competition in January at the USASBE Conference

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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CBS Case Competition

25 February – 1 March 2013

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.

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Hult Prize

Regional rounds: 2 March 2013, On-line competition launches: 3 March 2013, On-line competition closes registration: 19 April 2013


Over the past three years, the Hult Prize has taken on some of the planet's toughest challenges. These have included Education, Energy, Housing, and Water. For the 2013 Prize, President Clinton has personally selected the challenge: the Global Food Crisis. A detailed case study, narrated by President Bill Clinton, will be released to all selected participants in early January to set the framework for this year's challenge. Competitors will then be asked to develop social enterprises that answer the President's Challenge. The global winner will receive US$1,000,000 in start-up capital to launch their new social enterprise.

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ICC@M (International Case Competition@Maastricht)

21-27 April 2013


The fourth edition of the International Case Competition@Maastricht (ICC@M) will be held at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. The challenge for competitors at ICC@M is to address selected business cases and to present their solutions and recommendations to judging panels consisting of academics in business and business executives. The undergraduate students will be addressing challenging international all-round business cases in a true crossing borders European environment, addressing entrepreneurship, responsible leadership and sustainability as the main issues of today and tomorrow. ICC@M is more than a competition: it furthermore entails several corporate and social events, thereby connecting ICC@M participants, business corporations, SBE-students, alumni and UM staff and to involve in value exchange with external stakeholders. Business schools can only participate on invitation.

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John Molson MBA International Case Competition

6-11 January 2013
Registration deadline for 2013 competition: 1 October 2012 (international schools), 15 October (all schools including US & Canadian)
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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

22-24 February 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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: 2-5 April 2013 in Madrid, Spain

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 Case Writing Competition 2012-13

Entry forms due: 12 October 2012
Submission deadline: 14 December 2012
 
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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NIBS 2013 Worldwide Case Competition

Championship round: 3-9 March, Leuven, Belgium
 
In this competition small groups of students, made up of the best undergraduates, work as a team to resolve cases at MBA level. After a qualifying round in November 2012, which is open to all NIBS members, the ten best teams are invited to the championship week in Leuven in March 2013. During this week, the teams are challenged to come up with the best ideas and solutions for strategic business problems. For every case the teams have to present and defend their strategic plan for a jury, consisting of professional and academic experts.

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Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition

2013 competition dates to be confirmed

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 competition milestones. 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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The Aspen Institute's 2013 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition

Round one: 3 April, Round two: 3-10 April, Round three: 19 April

In 2013 more than 1,000 students at 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 impact. 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 next generation business leaders.

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The George Washington University 2013 International MBA Case Competition

2013 date to be confirmed

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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Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills

22-28 April 2013 in Munich, Germany

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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