Fall 2024 Case Competition (Virtual)
November 22, 2024, from 4:00-5:30 pm
Assigned Case
Name of Case: RHI Magnesita (A): Brick by Brick - Organic Growth or Another Major Merger?
Purpose of the case competition: To judge the ability among students to distill a case situation (including data) into actionable creative recommendations that are supported logically with the use of reasonable assumption (if the data are not complete) as well as appropriate application of strategic methods covered in BUS 498. The main focus will be on team’s ability to offer creative solutions based on the case scenario and to justify these solutions with rigorous analysis. The case that typically gets assigned has plenty of data and has open-ended possible solutions. A standard evaluation form, available at the Case Competition website, will be used to judge the in-class and the school-wide case-competition presentations.
Student team perspective: You are acting in the role as consultants or advisers to the company described in the case. Please select a name (maximum 25 characters with spaces) for your fictitious consulting company.
Presentation details: Imagine that you are presenting to the top management team of the company. You will have 12 minutes for your presentation with some flexibility to finish. Make sure anything that is salient is presented in these 12 minutes; flexibility is just to give you an opportunity to wrap up (instead of cutting you off on the dot at 12:00). It is strongly recommended that your presentation not exceed 12 minutes and 30 seconds. In short, think of 30 seconds as the flexibility available to you. Do not use a skit format (e.g., acting out a meeting-in-progress between the company’s top management team and the consulting team) during your presentation. All team members should take part in presenting, but teams can rely more on stronger speakers.
Winning Teams
Fall 2023
First: GLMR Consulting
Gabe Canizales, Leonardo Hinojosa, Ricky Lovelace, Matthew Shea, Robert Yates
Second: Green Consulting
Rula Almalki, Rachel Halbedl, Elaheh Hossein Pour, Vinati Konda. Bellal Shahbaz
Third: Team Dynamo
Sultan Abusaif, Josseline Cruz Santos, Karla Gracias, Jason Nguyen, Matt Stalzer
Spring 2023
First: DALM Consulting Group, Inc.
Mina Al Hashimi, Andrew Coons, Dilpreet Singh, Luke Spitzer
Second: Regeneration Consulting
Huijin Jo, Jonathan Falcone, Liam Arseneault, Dillan Hathaway
Third: Driven Success Consulting
Samuel Araujo, Katie Hettinger, Jack Hukill, Sameer Sawhney, Jonah Ward
Fall 2022
First: Fictitious Consulting Company
Joel Bolduc, Niko Fogleman, Lexie Kindt, Mystic Worthington
Second: Savi Consulting
Casey Oiki, Tom Nguyen, Sara Sultan
Third: Supreme Consulting
Reem Alhasasneh, Natalia Lee, Camelia Matar, Matthew Mutuc, Christopher Rose
Spring 2022
First: Better Future Consulting
Arzo Aryan , M’hammed Amine El Boury, Lisa Kim, Sana Mahmood, Julia Soczynski
Second: Mason Consulting Solutions
Bharath Meka, Kayra Huang, Gonzalo Uriona, Marco Fragoso, William Morales
Third: Patriot Consulting Group
Maya Bazar, Michelle Jones, Brandon Kim, Jawwad Majeed, Ryan Miles, Elizabeth Schmitz
Fall 2021
First: KLAMP Consulting
Lena Baydina, Matthew Dempsey, Angela Elsamahy, Katie Robles, Philmon Woldeghiorghis
Second: Global Forward Solutions Inc.
Sophie Florence, Alexander Cicchetto, Diana Rodriguez Carlos, Andrew Soria-Quiroz
Third: DATTA Consulting
Baha Amour, Apinya Asawatungsathian, Ben Dezzutti, Thomas Rogers, Bethany Terrell
An advanced exploration of business models and industry dynamics.
The BUS 498 case competition is a major component of BUS 498 Capstone Course: Advanced Business Models.
The top team from each section of BUS 498 will have the opportunity to participate in the first round of the school-wide BUS 498 case competition, where teams analyze a pre-selected case and prepare a 12-minute oral presentation that identifies the key issues and provides recommendations for improving the company's competitive position.
Panels of community business professionals judge student presentations and responses to questions. The winners of the first round compete in the final round, where their presentations are evaluated by a new panel of judges. The winning team receives a cash prize of $1,500. Second place receives $500 and third $250.