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In a case competition, participants strive to develop the best solution to a business or education-related case study within an allocated time frame, typically with teams of two or more individuals pitted against each other in a head-to-head or broader relative ranking.[1][2] Teams deliver presentations for judges and, while competitions vary in composition, a standard format and purpose exists. In terms of cumulative number of participants, the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition is the world's largest case competition, with over 130,000 participants since 2008.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Format
* 3 Participation
* 4 Notable competitions
* 4.1 Invitational competitions
* 4.2 Competitions by application
* 5 References

## History

The case competition concept originated in the United States and originally included participants from domestic universities. The notion of expanding to include international competitors emerged later, with the concept eventually taking hold across North America and Western Europe. Today, a wide range of international competitions are hosted in various countries in North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia.[1] International case competitions have also begun expanding beyond the undergraduate level, as competitions like the Wharton China Business Society International Case Competition offer high school divisions.[4]

## Format

Formats vary according to a number of dimensions. The following dimensions are often used to classify and compare competitions: Host: corporate versus educational institution; Participant selection: "by invitation" versus "by application"; and, Level: undergraduate, graduate. Formats may vary along practical dimensions, including: Case specificity (whether the case has been written especially for the competition or not); Number of teams; Organization (student-run, professional etc.); Rules, e.g.:Time (common formats are 3-4 or 24 hours), Materials, Degree of access to expert advice (either from within the competition or externally, and electronically or face to face).

Some competitions add complexity to create a more interesting challenge. For example, Ohio State University (OSU)'s Center for International Business Education And Research (CIBER), in its annual Case Challenge, created teams from the overall pool of participants, regardless of school, dissolving the usual school-based team format. For the Ohio State scenario, once the students are assigned to teams, a full day of team-building exercises is run for competitors.

Competitions can be internal to a business school, or they can involve teams from multiple schools. Sometimes the competition includes several rounds, with the final round typically judged by outside company executives (sometimes the panel consists of executives from the actual company in the case). For example, the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business' 2010 round of its Global Business Case Competition featured a customized case on the Boeing Company,[5] and Boeing executives acted as judges.[6]

## Participation

Participants exercise skills and knowledge on a "real world" case for an actual organization, with the support of representatives who can provide professional advice.[1] Other competitions select an issue based on its degree of importance, and employ the competition as a means to both highlight the issue and create potential solutions through the efforts of the competitors.[2] Participants can also be assessed as potential candidates for analysis-based jobs within the targeted companies.

Teams in case competitions are tasked with assessing the situation facing the organization, analyzing available information, crafting a solution, and defending their recommendations. In general, teams adhere to a time limit and specific rules. Each team is judged independently, and the judges' decision is final, although a confidential summary evaluation is generally provided.[7]

Depending on the competition, participants may be able to sign up on their own through an online portal, or through their school's engagement office. Competitions are often advertised through word-of-mouth advertising and local portals. Platforms such as CaseComp[8] also exist to provide a central database of in-person and virtual competitions worldwide. Some competitions are hosted partially or entirely online.

## Notable competitions

### Invitational competitions

Competition  | Country  | University  | Level  | Teams  | Inaugural Year

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Alberta International Case Competition (AIBC)  |  Canada  | Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2016
Asian Business Case Competition @ Nanyang (ABCC)  |  Singapore  | Nanyang Technological University  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2007
Australian Undergraduate Business Case Competition (AUBCC)  |  Australia  | QUT, UNSW, University of Melbourne  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2013

Belgrade Business International Case Competition - BBICC  |  Serbia  | University of Belgrade  | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2013
BI International Case Competition - BIICC  |  Norway  | BI Norwegian Business School  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2016
CBS Case Competition[9] |  Denmark  | Copenhagen Business School  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2002
CaseIT MIS Case Competition  |  Canada  | Beedie School of Business  | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2004
Central European Case Competition  (CECC)  |  Hungary  | Case Solvers & Corvinus University of Budapest  | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2019
Champions Trophy Case Competition  |  New Zealand  | University of Auckland | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2008
Chulalongkorn International Business Case Competition (CIBCC)[10] |  Thailand  | Chulalongkorn University | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2014
Citi International Case Competition  |  Hong Kong  | HKUST  | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2003
Engineering and Commerce Case Competition(ENGCOMM)  |  Canada  | Concordia University  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2013
Global Business Case Competition (GBCC)  |  Japan  | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2015
Global Microfinance Case Competition (GMCC) |  Australia  | University of Melbourne (Melbourne Microfinance Initiative)  | Undergraduate & Graduate  | 16 universities  | 2011
Global Business Case Competition[11] |  United States  | University of Washington | Undergraduate  | 15 teams  | 1999
Grossman School of Business Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC) |  United States  | The University of Vermont | Undergraduate & Graduate  | 24 teams  | 2013
HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition |  Hong Kong  | The University of Hong Kong  | Undergraduate  | 24 teams  | 2008
International Graduate Competition  |  Canada  | HEC Montreal  | Graduate  | 08 teams  | 2012
International Case Competition @ Maastricht  |  Netherlands  | Maastricht University | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2009
Japan MBA Case Competition  |  Japan  | Tokyo-based MBA programs  | Graduate - MBA  | 09 teams  | 2013
John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC)  |  Canada  | John Molson School of Business  | Undergraduate  | 28 teams  | 2009
John Molson MBA International Case Competition  |  Canada  | John Molson School of Business  | Graduate - MBA  | 36 teams  | 1981
Lazaridis International Case Conference (LazICC)  |  Canada  | Lazaridis School of Business and Economics  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2018
Marshall International Case Competition (MICC)  |  United States  | University of Southern California | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 1997
McGill Management International Case Competition[12] |  Canada  | McGill University  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2001
McIntire International Case Competition[13][14] |  United States  | University of Virginia | Undergraduate  | 06 teams  | 1982
NUS Case Competition  |  Singapore  | National University of Singapore  | Undergraduate  | 20 teams  | 2009
RMA Credit Risk Case Competition[15] |  Canada  | Sobey School of Business  | Graduate  | 08 teams  | 2013
Rotterdam/Carleton International Case Competition |  Netherlands /  Canada  | Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and Carleton University  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2020
RSM STAR Case Competition[16] |  Netherlands  | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2012
Sauder Summit Global Case Competition  |  Canada  | UBC Sauder School of Business  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2013
Solvers' Cup |  Hungary  | Case Solvers | Undergraduate  | 09 teams  | 2016
Sydney International Business Competition |  Australia  | The University of Sydney Business School  | Undergraduate  | 12 teams  | 2017
Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge (TUBC)  |  Thailand  | Thammasat University | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2007
University of Münster Case Competition (UMCC)  |  Germany  | University of Münster | Undergraduate - MBA  | 12 Teams  | 2017
University of Navarra International Case Competition (UNICC)  |  Spain  | University of Navarra  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2013
University of Technology Sydney Global Case Competition (UTSGCC)  |  Australia  | University of Technology Sydney  | Undergraduate  | 16 teams  | 2020
WBS Case Challenge  |  United Kingdom  | Warwick Business School  | Graduate  | 08 teams  | 2013
Capitox Case Competition  |  United Kingdom  | University of Oxford | undergraduate  | 08 teams  | 2019

### Competitions by application

* APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge, Singapore Management University
* Inter-Collegiate Business Competition, Queen's School of Business
* Aarhus Case Competition, Aarhus University[17]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephanie Wold Hadler (11 November 2011). "What is a case competition?". Copenhagen Business School. Copenhagen Business School. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126093841/http://www.cbs.dk/en/CBS-International/International-Collaboration/CBS-and-Case-Competitions/CBS-and-Case-Competitions/content/What-is-a-case-competition. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Staff (1996–2011). "Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership | Educational Case Leadership Competition". University of California, Berkeley | Haas School of Business. University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510134032/http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu/new/elcc.html. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
3. ↑ "HKU won the Championship of the 12th HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition" (in en). https://www.fbe.hku.hk/news/release/hsbc-hku-asia-pacific-business-case-competition-2019-press.
4. ↑ "Wharton China Business Society International Case Competition". http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/wharton-china-business-forum.
5. ↑ Staff (November 2002). "Archives Global Business Case Competition". Foster (Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington). http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalbusinesscasecompetition/Pages/archives.aspx. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
6. ↑ Ridgley, Stanley K. (2014-08-10). "Case Competitions Test Your Mettle" (in en-US). https://www.ihatepresentations.com/case-competitions-test-mettle/.
7. ↑ Staff (2012). "Contact John Molson MBA International Case Competition". John Molson MBA International Case Competition. John Molson MBA International Case Competition. http://www.mbacasecomp.com/en/contact. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
8. ↑ "CaseComp: The Platform for Case Competitions". CaseComp.ca. July 2025. https://casecomp.ca. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
9. ↑ "CBS Case Competition: The Concept". Copenhagen Business School. http://www.casecompetition.com/competition/concept. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
10. ↑ "Chulalongkorn International Business Case Competition". CIBCC. http://www.cibcc.org/. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
11. ↑ "Global Business Case Competition". Foster School of Business. http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalbusinesscasecompetition/Pages/GBCC.aspx. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
12. ↑ "MMICC: Concept". McGill Management International Case Competition. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120416052606/http://www.mmicc.org/index.php/the-competition/concept. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
13. ↑ "McIntire International Case Competition". Chinese University Bulletin. http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin/issue/199801/english/epot-map.htm. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
14. ↑ "At U.Va.'s McIntire School of Commerce International Case Competition Showcases Business Skills". University of Virginia. 3 February 1997. http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/textonlyarchive/February_1997/commerce.txt. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
15. ↑ "RMA Credit Risk Case Competition". Sobey School of Business. https://www.smu.ca/academic/sobey/news/2013-rma-credit-risk-case-competition.html. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
16. ↑ "Global bachelor teams compete in RSM STAR Case Competition". 2017-04-21. https://www.rsm.nl/about-rsm/news/detail/9860-global-bachelor-teams-compete-in-rsm-star-case-competition/.
17. ↑ "Home". https://www.aarhuscasecompetition.com/.

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