Kenan-Flagler Students Shine in Case Competitions
MBA students from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School scored a string of wins in national case competitions held at their home school and across the U.S. this year.
Student teams from Kenan-Flagler put together winning strategies to tackle problems related to entrepreneurship, investment mangagement, management consulting, and other fields.
Kenan-Flagler students took first place in the UNC Real Estate Development Challenge, the Wachovia Regional Case Competition, the Leeds School of Business/Net Impact Case Competition, and the IBM Business Technology Case Competition.
Kenan-Flagler MBA students also won second place in Booz Allen Hamilton's Organization and Change Team Case Competition and first and fourth place in the Deloitte Consulting Case Competition.
First-year MBA student Grant Jaax felt that Kenan-Flagler's integrated core courses and emphasis on teamwork gave him and his classmates an edge in the competitions. He also feels that Kenan-Flagler students brought better communication and presentation skills to the contests than students from other top b-schools did, according to a Kenan-Flagler press release.
Associate dean and professor of marketing Valarie Zeithaml said that case competitions are an excellent way for MBA students to apply the knowledge and skills they are learning in their programs. Kenan-Flagler itself launched three new case competition programs this year to showcase students' abilities and to give them opportunities to network with corporate executives and with students from other business schools.
The three new case competitions are:
- The Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge, on hedge fund trading strategies
- The UNC Real Estate Development Challenge, in which students present complete development plans including site plans, financial analysis, and timelines
- The Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition, on applying venture capital strategies to socially and environmentally sustainable projects
Source: "UNC Kenan Flagler Business School Scores High in Case Competitions" - press release, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School, June 15, 2006
Student teams from Kenan-Flagler put together winning strategies to tackle problems related to entrepreneurship, investment mangagement, management consulting, and other fields.
Kenan-Flagler students took first place in the UNC Real Estate Development Challenge, the Wachovia Regional Case Competition, the Leeds School of Business/Net Impact Case Competition, and the IBM Business Technology Case Competition.
Kenan-Flagler MBA students also won second place in Booz Allen Hamilton's Organization and Change Team Case Competition and first and fourth place in the Deloitte Consulting Case Competition.
First-year MBA student Grant Jaax felt that Kenan-Flagler's integrated core courses and emphasis on teamwork gave him and his classmates an edge in the competitions. He also feels that Kenan-Flagler students brought better communication and presentation skills to the contests than students from other top b-schools did, according to a Kenan-Flagler press release.
Associate dean and professor of marketing Valarie Zeithaml said that case competitions are an excellent way for MBA students to apply the knowledge and skills they are learning in their programs. Kenan-Flagler itself launched three new case competition programs this year to showcase students' abilities and to give them opportunities to network with corporate executives and with students from other business schools.
The three new case competitions are:
- The Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge, on hedge fund trading strategies
- The UNC Real Estate Development Challenge, in which students present complete development plans including site plans, financial analysis, and timelines
- The Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition, on applying venture capital strategies to socially and environmentally sustainable projects
Source: "UNC Kenan Flagler Business School Scores High in Case Competitions" - press release, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School, June 15, 2006
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