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The Beedie School of Business, SFU participates in academic and business plan competitions throughout North America, internationally and internally. Nearly 100 students participated in the external opportunities and over 250 participated in the internal opportunities.
10/11 Competition List
FALL 2010
Thammasat – Thailand – August 17-21, 2010
Web link - http://www.tubc.info/
This is a general case competition involving teams from around the world who will work on an extensive case experience.
ICBC – Queens – Preliminary – October 2010 (Finals – January 2011)
Web link - www.icbconline.ca
The Inter-Collegiate Business Competition is one of the most prestigious case competition in Canada. There are seven categories of cases and top schools are invited to also send a debate team. SFU participates in all seven categories of Accounting, Ethics, Finance, Marketing, MIS, HR and Policy. Universities are provided preliminary cases in the fall semester and through the preliminary cases, short listed teams are invited early in the spring to Queens for the finals.
IIBD – Hong Kong – Preliminary – June1-10, 2010 (Finals – November 17, 2010)
Web link - http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~iibd/CC2010/
Four students representing SFU will attend the case competition after going through a rigorous selection and training process. SFU has participated in 2006 and 2008.
Citi International Case Competition – Hong Kong – November 2010
Four students representing SFU will attend the competition sponsored by Citibank group. SFU first participated in this event in 2008.
Dalhousie Ethics Case Competition – Nova Scotia – November 11-13, 2010
Web link – http://www.dbecc.com/index.php
Four students representing SFU compete in an event which focuses specifically on business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
SFU Finance Competition – Vancouver – November 13, 2010
An SFU organized North American competition that is developed for students in North America. A preliminary case will be sent out to participating schools and from this, a short listing of schools will attend the finals in Vancouver.
SPRING 2011
JDC West – January 2011
Web link - http://www.jdcwest.com/
Jeux de Commerce is one of the largest competitions based on team participation. While most competitions have anywhere from 2-4 participants, JDC is comprised of about 45 students. From each institution, there is an academic, sport and social component to the competition. There are ten separate categories for the case competition component. SFU has participated each year from 2006.
IMC – Intercollegiate Marketing Competition
An SFU organized marketing case competition that is 24 hour in structure and comprises of three students per team. Most teams are within British Columbia but the outreach is also North America
RRICC – Royal Roads – Victoria – March 17-20, 2011
Web link - http://www.royalroads.ca/NR/exeres?305210BA-D674-482B-BF1E-5591F039B1F9.htm
Royal Roads competition allows four students and an observer in each participating team. This is a general case competition so the students should have a diverse background. Most of the students, but not all, should have past case competition experience.
MMICC – McGill – Montreal – March 22-26, 2011
Web link - http://www.mmicc.org/2010/
The McGill Management International Case Competition (MMICC) is an undergraduate business case competition hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University and held annually in Montreal, Canada. The competition is completely student-run, with the full support of McGill University. Since 2001, a selection of top business schools is invited each year from all corners of the globe. SFU has been invited and participated in 2007 and 2008.
CaseIT – SFU – February 2-5, 2011
Web link - http://caseit.org/
CaseIT is the premier MIS competition in Canada and has gone global. The participating teams are comprised of three students and a minimum of two of the three students should have an MIS background. Students should have past business academic competition experience. The competition is a 24 hour case analysis.
ICC – Maasticht – Netherlands – April 19-24, 2011
Web link - http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Faculties/SBE/Theme/CaseCompetition/ICCMaastricht.htm
An international case competition where 16 top business schools attend to do two 3 hour cases and one 24 hour case.
APEX – Singapore – April 25-29, 2011
Web link - http://apexglobal.smu.edu.sg/
This competition is very similar to CaseIT. The participating teams are comprised of three students and a minimum of two of the three students should have an MIS background. Students should have past business academic competition experience. The competition is a 24 hour case analysis.
SIFE (formerly ACE)
Web link - http://www.sife.org/ProgramsandCompetitions/Pages/regionalnationalcompetitions.aspx
SFU supports SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise). The SFU chapter is in place to promote awareness and education on entrepreneurship. There is a western regional competition in Calgary and a national competition in Toronto (2010 in Calgary first time) where teams are invited to showcase the work that the university chapters have done to promote and help communities. SFU has a strong chapter the last couple of years. At the SIFE Nationals, there are 50 schools from across Canada that participate and network.
INTERNAL COMPETITIONS
Ken Spencer Business Plan Competition – Fall 2010
An internal competition where a team of engineers from ENSC 201 are paired with a business student from Bus 477 to work on a business plan throughout the semester from a concept to delivery of a presentation on their idea.
Peak Performance – July 3, 2010
An internal 24 hour case competition where a team of three students with less than 60 credit hours are coached by a student with more than 60 credit hours. This competition provides an opportunity to understand what a case competition is all about.
Elite Case Challenge – July 17, 2010
An internal 24 hour case competition where a team of three students with more than 60 credit hours compete to build on their competition experiences.
Social Innovation – Spring 2011
An internal competition where teams of four examine and present on a 24 hour case in social innovation.