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Case Competitions
 Case competitions allow first-year MBA students an opportunity to demonstrate
in a practical way their professional development after the initial year of the
program. Easily one of the most anticipated events of the program, the
case competition is the first comprehensive test of strategic thinking and
analytical skills first-year MBA s encounter. At the start of the
competition, teams are given a general management case that examines broad
strategy issues facing a company.
Thirty-two teams submit their analyses and recommendations in written and
oral presentations. Four teams advance to the final round, which is judged
by a panel of distinguished business leaders who act as the company’s board of
directors.
Case competitions will give you the opportunity to demonstrate and develop
your communication and collaboration skills and to strategize business
challenges in real time. Some have even landed job offers through the
experience.
| Smith MBA Case Competition Results 2007-2008 |
1st Place
Event: The MBA Stock Pitch Competition, 2007
Dates/Location: Nov. 2 in Ithaca, N.Y.; Johnson School of Business, Cornell
University
Participating Schools: 12 in total, including Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Michigan,
North Carolina, Northwestern, NYU, UVA, Wharton
Smith Participants: 2nd-year MBA students Siddharth Matur, Alex Obaza, Eric
Olesh
Prize: $3,000 |
1st Place
Event: Booz Allen Hamilton Case Competition, 2008
Dates/Location: Feb. 8 in College Park, Md.; Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Participating Schools: Georgetown, George Washington University, Howard
University
Smith Participants: 1st-year MBA students David Adams, Emily Chan, Zach
Girod, Josh Merchlinski
Prize: $6,000 |
1st Place
Event: Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Mergers & Acquisitions Case
Competition
Dates/Location: Feb. 11 in Washington, D.C.
Participating Schools: George Mason, George Washington University, University
of Virginia
Smith Participants: 2nd-year MBA students Jonathan Steele, Alex Obaza, Denny
Chu, Fang Fang
Prize: $10,000 |
1st Place
Event: Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), Mid-Atlantic Region
Dates/Location: Feb. 15 in Philadelphia, Pa.; Wharton School of Business,
University of Pennsylvania
Participating Schools: Georgetown, Indiana University, University of Rochester,
Vanderbilt University, University of Virginia
Smith Participants: Executive MBA students Scott Clark, Parag Sheth, and
1st-year MBA students Reed Atkin, Jonathan Mervis, Ahmadali Arabshahi.
Prize: $1,500 |
1st Place
Event: The FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition,
2008
Dates/Location: Mar. 1 in Fayetteville, Ark.; University of Arkanasas, Sam
M. Walton College of Business
Participant Schools: 20 in total, including Brigham Young, Michigan State,
Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin.
Smith Participants: 2nd-year MBA students Brandon Yamashita, Eduardo Vargas,
Songtao Yu, and 1st-year MBA students Arun Karthikeyan, Anirudhta Roy Chowdhury,
Girish Jaguste
Prize: $3,000 |
2nd Place
Event: Howard MBA Exclusive Minority Case Competition, 2008
Dates/Location: Nov. 2 in Washington, D.C.; Howard University Graduate School
of Business, Howard University
Participating Schools: Howard, Morgan State, Penn State, Rensselaer, Syracuse,
Wake Forest
Smith Participants: 2nd-year MBA students John Bullock, Tekisha Harvey,
Ngozi Pole
Prize: $3,000 |
2nd Place
Event: Purdue University’s Global Supply Chain Case Competition, 2008
Dates/Location: Feb. 14-15 in West Lafayette, Ind.; Krannert School of Management,
Purdue University
Participating schools: 14 in total, including Dartmouth, Indiana, Michigan,
UNC, Northwestern, Purdue, and UCLA
Smith participants: 2nd-year MBA student Songtao Yu, and 1st-year MBA students
Girish Jaguste, Abhinav Dass, Aniruhda Roy Chowdhury.
Prize: $2,000 |
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