Want to give your students an opportunity to with $10,000 and present their vision of business for a better world at the World Economic Forum in Davos next year? Encourage them to sign up for our exciting new case competition now. Details below...
Andrew Crane
George R. Gardiner Professor of Business Ethics
Director, Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business
Schulich School of Business, Room N212,
York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto,
Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada
Tel: (416) 736-2100 ext 30190 Fax: (416) 736-5195
CK-Schulich Business for a Better World Case Competition announced
| | The Business for a Better World Case Competition is a partnership between Corporate Knights, the company for clean capitalism, and the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. This international MBA competition has a prize pool of more than $15,000 and the final three teams get a chance to present their case analysis in front of a live panel of high-profile judges at the prestigious World Economic Forum, an annual event held in Davos, Switzerland, this January.
This competition requires student teams to apply 12 of the most widely disclosed and tracked sustainability indicators to a specific case, making the contest unique among the world's responsible business competitions. Teams will be challenged to identify priority social, environmental and governance metrics for the case company and improve its performance (relative to industry peers) on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, an annual benchmark ranking that has been produced by Corporate Knights since 2005. | | Key dates:
October 1: Open for Early-Bird Registration October 15: Official start date and case release November 8: Round 1 submissions are due. Of teams that participated in Round 1, five will be selected to advance to Round 2. December 2: Deadline to submit detailed business plan from Round 2. December 6: Three teams from Rout 2 are notified that they have advanced to Davos round Late January: Presentation Day in Davos April: Winning team featured in the Spring issue of Corporate Knights magazine The three teams that advance to the final round will be granted food and accommodations in Davos, Switzerland, during their stay. | |
Prize for Winning Team: $10,000 (Cdn.)
Prize for 2nd Place Team: $4,000 (Cdn.)
Prize for 3rd Place team: $2,000 (Cdn.)
Teams must consist of a minimum of three students and maximum of four students. The majority of members of any team must be an MBA student, either part-time or full-time, at the educational institution represented.
Sign up today to take advantage of the early-bird registration fee (25% discount). Visit corporateknights.com/casecomp for more information and to sign up.
Feel free to email us at mbacontest@corporateknights.com
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