Twenty-Four MBA Teams Vie For $10,000 Grand Prize In The Economist's Which MBA? First-Ever Case Study Competition
People's Choice award given to team that receives most votes from visitors to The Economist's website
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Economist Which MBA? has launched its first-ever International MBA Case Study Competition. Twenty-four teams representing 23 business schools will compete for the grand prize of $10,000.
The competition, conducted in partnership with Muddy Waters Research, a U.S. based investment research firm, asks competing teams to think unconventionally about a real world business problem. The case study challenge involves evaluating Zillow's $3.5 billion acquisition of rival real estate website Trulia in a stock-only transaction.
To compete for the prize, each team submitted a written and video proposal to solve the problem highlighted in the case study. The videos were recorded live and are posted along with the written proposals on The Economist's Which MBA? site.
"We are truly excited to have partnered with The Economist on a unique contest we hope will challenge these future business leaders to think outside the proverbial Wall Street box and evaluate one of today's most interesting transactions – the merger between rival real estate sites Zillow and Trulia," said Carson Block, Founder and Director of Research at Muddy Waters Research. "We look forward to seeing what the participating MBA teams come up with."
The International MBA Case Study Competition awards $21,000 USD in prize money to the winning teams. First and second place runners-up will take home $5,000 USD and $3,000 USD in prize money. There will also be a People's Choice award of $3,000, which will be given to the team that receives the most votes from visitors to The Economist website. All winners will be announced at The Economist's Online Which MBA? Fair, which takes place on February 3-5, 2015.
The 24 teams hail from:
- INSEAD
- MIT's Sloan School of Management
- Bocconi University, SDA Bocconi School of Management
- Michigan State University, Broad College of Business
- University of North Texas College of Business
- University of Wollongong, Sydney Business School
- York University, Schulich School of Business
- Ball State University, Ball State MBA
- WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
- University of North Alabama, UNA College of Business
- Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management
- Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
- Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management
- Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
- Fundacao Instituto de Administracao, FIA Business School
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Business Administration
- Wagner College Department of Business
- Middlebury College, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- Florida Southern College, Barney Barnett School of Business & Free Enterprise
- Creighton University, Heider College of Business
- City University of Hong Kong College of Business
- Tufts University, The Fletcher School
- University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business (two teams)
To cast your vote in the International MBA Case Study Competition or to inquire about opportunities to participate in The Economist's upcoming case study competitions, visit: http://economist.com/case.
About Which MBA? (economist.com/whichmba)
Which MBA? is a division of The Economist Newspaper Group which offers a suite of online products serving both prospective MBA students and business schools. Our consumer products for prospective students include a GMAT preparation course, annual MBA rankings, and content on Economist.com. Which MBA? offers multi-media advertising solutions for business schools ranging from online MBA fairs, to traditional online and print mediums, to custom white-label lead generation tools.
About The Economist (economist.com)
With a growing global circulation (approximately 1.6 million including both print and digital) and a reputation for insightful analysis and perspective on every aspect of world events, The Economist is one of the most widely recognised and well-read current affairs publications. The paper covers politics, business, science and technology, and books and arts, concluding each week with the obituary. Its website offers articles from the past ten years, in addition to web-only content such as blogs, debates and audio/video programmes. The Economist is now available to download for reading on Android, iPhone, or iPad devices
About Muddy Waters Research (muddywatersresearch.com)
Muddy Waters, LLC is a pioneer in on-the-ground, freely published investment research. Muddy Waters peels back the layers, often built up by seemingly respected but sycophantic law firms, auditors, and venal managements. Muddy Waters prides itself on assessing a company's true worth, and being able to see through the opacity and hype that some managements create. Their research approach is to combine diverse talents, including forensic accountants, trained investigators, valuation experts and entrepreneurs, many of whom have hands-on experience running businesses in the U.S. and emerging markets.
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