"The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a not-for-profit event organized by a team of four MBA students from the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. The competition is open to top business schools worldwide, and is recognized as the largest competition of its kind. Its main purpose is to bridge the gap between corporate and academic worlds, which ultimately enriches both students and executives alike.
The competition format is a round-robin tournament consisting of five business cases. The cases are selected from among the top entries from the annual Case Writing Competition. One of these cases is a live case presentation by a major company about a real-life business challenge that they are currently facing.
With three hours to prepare, teams of four students analyze and evaluate unpublished business cases using the skills, knowledge and experience they have acquired from their respective MBA curricula. Students rely on their own abilities as they are without the aid of tools such as PowerPoint and the internet. The final product is a hand written presentation on acetates which demonstrates the students' ability to dig into the problem and develop a feasible solution. Once preparation is complete, they present their strategic solutions and a detailed plan of action to a panel of senior business executives." [From the JMMBAICC website].
For more information, visit the John Molson MBAICC Website.
As a member of the 2013 Kent State University Molson team, I had the experience of a lifetime. As a team, we learned valuable analytic business skills and engaged in professional networking. Our team placed 12th overall out of some of the top 36 business schools in the world, and we were the 2nd best participating US team.
[Pictured above from left to right: Robert Coleman (Coach), Joshua Hostetler, Melanie Panutsos, Adele El Helou (Alternate), Brad Neumann, and Zeba Mehdi]
The competition format is a round-robin tournament consisting of five business cases. The cases are selected from among the top entries from the annual Case Writing Competition. One of these cases is a live case presentation by a major company about a real-life business challenge that they are currently facing.
With three hours to prepare, teams of four students analyze and evaluate unpublished business cases using the skills, knowledge and experience they have acquired from their respective MBA curricula. Students rely on their own abilities as they are without the aid of tools such as PowerPoint and the internet. The final product is a hand written presentation on acetates which demonstrates the students' ability to dig into the problem and develop a feasible solution. Once preparation is complete, they present their strategic solutions and a detailed plan of action to a panel of senior business executives." [From the JMMBAICC website].
For more information, visit the John Molson MBAICC Website.
As a member of the 2013 Kent State University Molson team, I had the experience of a lifetime. As a team, we learned valuable analytic business skills and engaged in professional networking. Our team placed 12th overall out of some of the top 36 business schools in the world, and we were the 2nd best participating US team.
[Pictured above from left to right: Robert Coleman (Coach), Joshua Hostetler, Melanie Panutsos, Adele El Helou (Alternate), Brad Neumann, and Zeba Mehdi]