MBAs win American case competition

Five MBA students from four different countries took first place representing CBS at a case competition at the USC Marshall School of Business in California

Eight finalist teams from international MBA programmes were pipped at the post by CBS' international team at this year's MBA Global Consulting Challenge in California. They made the best consultant presentation for Hewlett Packard, this year’s case company.

The operative word is diversity

The team mates Vibeke Rohde (Denmark), Felix Schoeller (Germany), Nick Ariens (USA), Richard Hungerford (Canada) and Michael Tong (USA) won the category ”Industry Analysis”, for the best consultant presentation and analysis of the industry of the case company.Vibeke and her team are pinning much of their strength on their professional and international diversity.  She and Felix believe that their old and new world perspectives will come in handy when finding and presenting an innovative solution. 

Michala Røder, a proud Program Manager for the Full-time MBA, says:

- The USC Global Consulting Challenge gave our MBA students an opportunity to use their academic skills and experience in practice. The competition challenged the competences they have acquired at MBA, their presentational skills and their ability to gain a quick and profound insight into an industry and company. They have benefited greatly from participating and gained a unique opportunity of networking with students from other large international MBS programmes. It is very important to our programme that we are represented among the best schools.

Consulting, consulting, consulting

For five weeks, the eight teams from different MBA programmes from all over the world analysed and prepared consultant presentations of the challenges faced by the company and the trends that characterise the industry.

The teams competed in three categories; company presentation, industry analysis and consulting process. They were assessed by an international jury consisting of representatives from the Hewlett Packard top management, industry experts and consultants.

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CBS’ MBAs and case competitions

The participants at the Full-time MBA ensures that CBS is represented at 1-3 case competitions a year. This year, they have joined the Venture Cup, the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), and the USC Marshall MBA Global Consulting Challenge. Their motivation for participating in the different competitions is the amount of practical experience they gain.