Nine Eller College undergraduate teams competed in the FITA 2008 Case Competition. Teams of students solved strategic challenges and managerial dilemmas faced by global business leaders. Competing teams work under pressure to solve a business problem, using simulated business conditions such as time-critical deadlines and incomplete information, to formulate workable, action-oriented recommendations.
The actual case will be a real business problem that a company is facing in its current situation. Each team was given ten minutes to present their findings followed by five minutes for questions and answers from the judges. The case and its directions were sent to the teams 48 hours before the competition. The aim was to make the case competition as real as possible in order to offer the participants a chance to experience the kind of challenges they will be facing after graduating.
The winners of the Case Competition were:
1st Place winner, Team 9 who included:
Dustin Blasius (Left)
Eric Baldwin (Middle)
Chris Liebner (Right)
2nd Place winner, Team 7 who included:
Kelsey Harrigan
Ishnad Chowdhury
Camarin Muna
Cindy Yi
3rd place winner, Team 5 who included:
Yerbolat Zhumakhmetov
Mike Dehart
Julian Mintzis
Todd Savoy
Prize money was distributed to the teams.
Special thanks goes to:
-The judges of this event: Bill Neumann, Ron Schott, Mark Patton, Yu-Fang Huang, Matt Jensen, and Laura Reid
-The coordinators of the event: Roberto Mejias (MIS Faculty), Josh Hottenstein and Clayton Hamilton (students)
-The Eller College of Management for their financial support
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