Case Competitions

Case competitions are the varsity sport of MBA programs. Graduate schools and corporations sponsor these contests where students compete to solve "real world" business problems.

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Academic Years 2007-2009

Our MBA Students have earned a reputation by excelling in case competitions. We have listed here some of our impressive, award winning performances.

Competition	Placement	Date
2009 National Net Impact Challenge	1st Place	September 2009
2009 NBMBAA Case Competition	1st Place	September 2009
Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC®)	1st Place	April 2009
Rice University Business Plan Competition	2nd Place	April 2009
ARGUS Software First Annual University Challenge	3rd Place	April 2009
UNC Real Estate Development Challenge	1st Place	February 2009
Leeds School of Business Net Impact National Case Competition	2nd Place	February 2009
Booz Allen Hamilton’s Reaching Out MBA Case Study Competition	1st Place	November 2008
Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC®)	3rd Place	April 2008
Ericsson International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition	2nd Place	March 2008
Wachovia Finance Case Competition	1st Place	February 2008
Education Leadership Case Competition, Haas School of Business	3rd Place	February 2008
Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge	3rd Place	November 2007
2007 Innovation Challenge®, Darden Graduate School of Business	1st Place	November 2007
2007 Carnegie Mellon International Operation Case Competition	3rd Place	November 2007
2007 Sony Marketing Challenge Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey	1st Place	February 2007
Lenovo/UNC Kenan-Flagler Marketing Case Challenge	1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place	February 2007

Entrepreneurship

• Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC®)
  2009 - 1st Place, UNC Team
  2008 - 3rd Place, UNC Team
  2005 - 2nd Place in the Southeast Region, UNC Team
• Darden Graduate School of Business' Innovation Challenge®
  2007 - First Place, UNC Team
  2006 - Second Place, UNC Team
• University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition
  2004 - Finalist and Second Place Elevator Pitch Contest, UNC Team
• San Diego Venture Challenge
  2004 - Golden Phone Award – Taco Tikki, UNC Team
• Wake Forest Elevator Challenge
  2004 - Finalist – CofoCal, UNC Team
• VentureBowl
  2004 - Third Place, UNC Team
• Rice Business Plan Competition
  2009 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2004 - Fourth Place, UNC Team

Sustainability

• Thunderbird Global Citizenship Challenge
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  
• Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  
• Leeds School of Business Net Impact Case Competition
  2009 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  2006 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2005 - First Place, UNC Team
  2004 - Second Place, UNC Team
• Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition
  2005 - First Place, UNC Team
  2003 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2003 - Honorable mention, UNC Team
• Home Depot Net Impact Case Competition
  2006 - Second Place
• National Net Impact Challenge
  2009 - First Place, UNC Team
  

Consulting

• Deloitte Consulting Case Competition (“Battle of the Blues”)
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  2005 - First Place, UNC Team
  2005 - Fourth Place, UNC Team
  2004 - First Place, UNC Team
  2004 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2004 - Third Place, UNC Team
  2004 - Fourth Place, UNC Team
• Booz Allen Hamilton’s Reaching Out MBA Case Study Competition
  2008 - First Place, UNC Team
• Booz Allen Hamilton’s Organization and Change Team Case Competition
  2006 - Second Place, UNC Team
• Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting Case Challenge
  UNC teams compete against one another in this recruiting event
• Deloitte Consulting Challenge
  2004 - First Place, UNC Team

Leadership

• Education Leadership Case Competition (ELCC)
  2008 - Third Place, UNC Team
• Executive Leadership Council (ELC)/Goldman Sachs Competition
  2005 - Second Place, UNC Team
• Juran Fellowship
  2004 - The Juran Center for Leadership in Quality, UNC Winners

Finance

• Evergreen Investments Alpha Challenge
  2007 - Third Place, UNC Team
  2005 - First Place, UNC Team
• Wachovia Regional Case Competition
  2008 - First Place, UNC Team
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  2005 - Third Place, UNC Team
• Rolanette & Beldon Lawrence Finance Case Competition
  2005 - Third Place

Marketing

• 2007 Sony Marketing Challenge, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
  2007 - First Place, UNC Team
• Lenovo/UNC Kenan-Flagler Marketing Case Challenge
  2007 - First Place, team Trustworthy, UNC Team Member
  2007 - Second Place, team ThinkPad, UNC Team Member
  2007 - Third Place, team ThinkCentre, UNC Team Member
• Dupont-Krannert Marketing Case Competition
  2005 - Second Place, UNC Team
• IBM Business Technology Case Challenge
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
  2006 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2005 - First Place, UNC Team
  2005 - Second Place, UNC Team
  2004 - First Place, UNC Team
• UNC Kenan-Flagler Marketing Case Challenge
  2004 - First Place, team Michael Jordan, UNC Team Member
  2004 - Second Place, team John Edwards, UNC Team Member

Operations Technology & Innovation Management

• Ericsson International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition
  2008 - Second Place, UNC Team
• Purdue Global Supply Chain Business Case Competition
  2006 - Third Place, UNC Team
• Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business Operations Case Competition
  2007 - Third Place, UNC Team
  2004 - First Place, UNC Team
• L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge
  2004 - Tenth in Worldwide Ranking, UNC ThreeMusketeers team, UNC Team
       #2 MBA team in the US/Canada region (out of 90 teams)
       #10 MBA team worldwide (out of 500 teams)
       #31 worldwide (out of 1,000 competing teams)

Real Estate

• UNC Real Estate Development Challenge sponsored by Wood Partners
  2009 – First Place
• ARGUS Software First Annual University Challenge
  2009 – Third Place
• George Washington University Real Estate Investment and
  Development Organization’s Annual Case competition
  2009 – Finalist
• UNC Real Estate Development Challenge sponsored by Bank of America
  2006 - First Place, UNC Team
• Target Real Estate Case Competition
  2005 - First Place