Business Management and Administration
Business Ethics
Analyze an ethical business dilemma as a two-person team and recommend a principled resolution.
- Format
- Team Case Study
- Participants
- 2
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Analyze an ethical business dilemma as a two-person team and recommend a principled resolution.
Business Management and Administration
Partner with a local business, research the annual topic, and present evidence-based recommendations.
Business Management and Administration
Analyze and resolve an individual case centered on a human-resources challenge.
Business Management and Administration
Apply retail marketing and management principles to an individual case.
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Entrepreneurship
Address the day-to-day operational decisions involved in running an entrepreneurial venture.
Entrepreneurship
Evaluate an operating business and present practical opportunities for sustainable growth.
Entrepreneurship
Develop a startup concept and present the opportunity to a potential investor.
Finance
Apply corporate-finance and investment concepts to a business or financial-institution case.
Finance
Use financial-accounting principles to analyze an individual business case.
Finance
Compare two companies in the same industry and present conclusions drawn from their financial statements.
Hospitality and Tourism
Work with a partner to solve a case involving the planning and delivery of an event.
Hospitality and Tourism
Solve an individual case involving lodging, food and beverage, events, or meeting-space operations.
Hospitality and Tourism
Solve an individual marketing or management case in the restaurant and food-service industry.
Hospitality and Tourism
Apply marketing and management judgment to an individual travel-services case.
Marketing
Develop and present an advertising campaign for a product, service, company, or business.
Marketing
Work in a two-person team to solve a marketing challenge between organizations and present a recommendation.
Marketing
Create a digital marketing strategy for the annual client objective and pitch it to a judge.
Marketing
Solve an entertainment or leisure marketing challenge with a two-person team.
Marketing
Apply merchandising and marketing judgment to an apparel or fashion-industry case.
Marketing
Address an import, export, or global-marketing challenge with a two-person team.
Marketing
Build a two-person response to a case about informing, persuading, or reminding a target market.
Marketing
Apply marketing and management principles to an individual business case.
Marketing
Prepare and deliver an individual sales presentation for a product or service.
Marketing
Develop and communicate a sales-management strategy in an individual case.
Marketing
Work with a partner to solve a sports, entertainment, or leisure marketing case.