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Student Case Competition

Guidelines and Rules

The aim of the competition is to provide a learning environment for its participants and allow for global interactions. In order for the case competition to be successful, a set of rules and regulations must be adhered to by all teams. Failure to comply with the rules may ultimately result in disqualification from the competition. Any doubts or disputes will ultimately be cleared by the Case Committees, who have final authority in all matters related to the rules and the competition. If clarification is needed on an issue during the competition, please send an email to gscm2015@zju.edu.cn. Any communication between the Case Committee and a team still in the competition will be revealed to all teams simultaneously through email.

Team Composition
  1. The competition is open to students worldwide currently studying business at the undergraduate or graduate level. A team can have no more than 5 members and no less than two members.
  2. Teams must register themselves as Undergraduate or Graduate. No team may register as an undergraduate team if any of its members is a graduate student.
  3. Each team must identify a faculty advisor. A University may enter at most two teams in each category: graduate and undergraduate.
Case Analysis

The case for the competition will be made available to all registered teams at 8:00 am on March 6, 2015 (Beijing time).

The submissions will be due after 48 hours, i.e., 8:00 am on March 8, 2015 (Beijing time).

Case Analysis Submission

Each team must submit the following before the deadline indicated above:

1. Teams must submit two separate files.

a.

Cover page – identifying the conference assigned team name, name and address of your institution, the name of your faculty advisor and contact information, names of the team members, their contact information and their status (graduate or undergraduate) your team’s email address for correspondence. This must be in pdf format.
b.

A 2000-2500 word analysis of the case. This word limit does not include exhibits and tables. This file should not contain any identifying information about the team, team members or school being represented. The report must follow the conference guidelines for the student case competition. This must be in pdf format.

2. A Skype© contact for the team that may be used if the team is selected as finalists. This will be the way for the judges to ask questions and receive answers in case the team is unable to reach the conference venue.

Presentations

In order to facilitate international participation, the case competition will be operated using internet-based technologies. Students will be able to download the case from the conference website, and submit their responses to the conference servers. Finalists from each category (Graduate and Undergraduate) will be invited to either attend the conference and present their analysis live, or be able to participate via video conferencing (e.g. Skype© or other).

Registration

Teams must complete the registration process before January 15, 2015. This involves sending a completed registration form to  gscm2015@zju.edu.cn and paying the student case competition registration fee of RMB 400 per team (not includes the conference registration fee).

Time Table

The following timetable will be followed. All dates and times are for BEIJING, CHINA:

  1. Case distributed: 8:00 am on March 6, 2015
  2. Submissions due: 8:00 am on March 8, 2015
  3. Finalists announced: 5:00 pm March 13, 2015

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