HKUST Students Takes home the championship of
the Scotiabank International Case Competition in Canada
March 29, 2007... A team of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) undergraduate students won the Scotiabank International Case Competition held from March 14-17 in Canada.
Organized by the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, the competition included 12 schools from the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
This year, the case that the teams had to tackle was about the global expansion of India’s largest tractor manufacturer and its plan to set up a joint-venture in China. It was an international business problem involving complicated issues such as integration and restructuring.
The HKUST team, comprising four undergraduate students, Leona Chow Hoi Shan, Nitika Devkumar Gaba, Crystal Gloria Lo and Terrence Lo Fai, from the School’s Global Business Program, was commended by the panel of judges as having excellent standards in their presentation.
“This competition was a wonderful opportunity to apply our business knowledge and present an expansion strategy for a real company. The success of our team came down to our great collaboration and team dynamics. This was any eye-opening learning experience and I would like to thank our fantastic team and advisor for making it worthwhile.” said Crystal Lo.
The team also competed for the Spirit Cup challenges, which were a series of fun games that ran alongside the main competition, and had a second place finish. “We had fun participating in it and truly lived the Ivey culture of both working hard and playing hard,” said Crystal Lo.
Professor Paul Forster, the HKUST team advisor, said: “I’m really delighted and very proud of the team’s outstanding performance. It was a good opportunity for the students to receive both valuable experiences and exposure to other cultures. Their success is a strong testimony to the quality of our undergraduate education in Hong Kong.”
18th Scotiabank International Competition (March 14-17, 2006)
This annual competition organization by Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, is designed to provide a forum for students from the world’s best undergraduate business programs to showcase their business acumen. It has become the largest international undergraduate case competition in North America and gives participants the benefit of exposure to different international perspectives and the opportunity to establish valuable relationships.
