For more information, please contact:
Sachin Tuli, Assistant Director
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
UW-Madison School of Business
975 University Avenue, Suite 2266
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: +1 608-265-4938
Fax: +1 608-263-0477
E-mail: tuli@bus.wisc.edu
Web site: www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber
All teams will analyze the same case during the competition. Teams of four students will apply their analytical, decision-making and communication skills to present strategic solutions and recommendations to a panel of judges from the business community. The case will focus on international business strategy, necessitating a firm grounding in functional business disciplines. Each team will be judged based on the content of its presentation as well as its ability to present arguments and recommendations to the judges.
Team Organization - Each team will be comprised of four currently enrolled graduate business students working full-time on an MBA or similar degree. No alternates are permitted. Each member of the team must be a registered student at the business school of the university he or she represents.
Case - The case will be kept secret until it is distributed on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m.
Presentation - Although this is an international competition, all cases and presentations will be presented in English. Members of each team will have 20 minutes to present their analysis before the panel of judges. A period of 15 minutes will be allocated for questions. Presentations should consist of a PowerPoint presentation only (no props allowed). No audio will be allowed in the PowerPoint presentations. Five minutes of setup before the presentation is scheduled into each time slot. If a team is unable to setup their PowerPoint presentation within the five minutes, teams must use slide copies that they will be responsible for preparing. It is expected that all members will be active participants in the presentation. Teams and judges will be alerted to the time they have remaining for the presentation as well as the question and answer session at the five and one minute marks. Five minutes of take down will also be allocated at the end of the time slot.
Presentation Delivery Deadline - At least one representative from each team must be present to turn in the presentations on Saturday morning by 8:30 a.m. Presentations will be submitted by a team-supplied USB flash drive (will be returned after the competition). No alterations to the presentation will be permitted after this time.
Presentation Order - Teams will draw for presentation slots for the preliminary round after turning in their presentation on a USB flash drive on Saturday, April 8, at 8:30 a.m. Teams advancing to the championship round will be announced in no particular order during lunch on Saturday. Following the announcement, advancing teams will draw for presentation slots for the championship round.
Reference and Resource Materials - Team members may use and bring with them any reference sources/materials in the public domain (i.e. books, the business library, the Internet, et cetera) in conducting their research. Teams may not use password protected electronic reference materials to which they may have access due to particular school affiliation.
Role of Advisors - Advisors will not participate in any way in the case preparation or presentation. Once the team receives the written case, coaching by faculty members, school staff, or contact with outside experts is expressly prohibited.
Judging - Judging will be “blind”, meaning that judges will not be told and should not be led by the team, verbally or through colors or graphics, to know which school the team represents. Teams will present using their chosen fictitious team name, such as "ABC Consulting." Individuals are free to use their real personal names in the presentation. Judges in the morning, preliminary rounds will be different than the judges in the afternoon, final round of competition. The decisions of the judges will be final.
Presentation Viewing - Only team advisors, members of the competition planning committee, team hosts and assistants and official videographers may observe the preliminary rounds. Team hosts may view presentations of other teams, but are not allowed to consult with the teams to which they are assigned. Team members will not be allowed to view the presentations of competing teams in the preliminary round. All participants and advisors may observe the final round; however, teams advancing to the championship round may observe only after they have presented. Members of the UW-Madison community, including non-participating MBA students, faculty, staff and alumni, and members of the media must register with Sachin Tuli , tuli@bus.wisc.edu, before March 31, 2006 to view championship presentations.
Preparation - Each suite in the Fluno Center is large enough for case preparation and practice. Each team will be furnished with a computer (more information under Technology section). Teams may bring additional personal laptops to the competition. Team members will make their competition presentations using PowerPoint.
The presentation rooms (rooms 201, 203 and 219) will be available from 6:00 p.m. - midnight on the case preparation day (Friday) for presentation practice. The rooms will be available on a first-come basis, but no team may occupy the rooms for more than 45 minutes if another team is waiting. A computer, LCD projector and screen are built into each room.
Teams will also have additional practice time on Saturday morning, and in the afternoon if they advance. These practice rooms will not have computers since presentation files will be turned in early Saturday morning.
Printing and Copying - Teams will have access to printing and copying at the Fluno Center .
Technology - Each team will be provided with a computer (with the Microsoft Office suite of products and the Windows operating environment) to prepare the case analysis. Each team must supply its own USB flash drive.
Teams will present PowerPoint presentations using built-in computers and projectors in each presentation room. Each room is equipped with a wireless handheld slide advancer/laser pointer, but teams should be prepared to advance slides by hand at the podium computer in case of equipment malfunction.
Each team’s presentation file will be loaded in their presentation room by the competition technology manager; however, teams should be prepared to present from print copies of their PowerPoint presentations in case of technical difficulties.
Attire - Business casual attire will be appropriate for the opening reception and for the day of case preparation. Formal business attire will be appropriate for the competition day.
Feedback - Judges from each preliminary round presentation room will meet for 15 minutes with each of the two non- advancing teams to provide feedback. After the competition, each team will receive a DVD of all preliminary round presentations for comparison and learning purposes. Only official video and audio recording of presentations will be permitted. Photos may not be taken during the presentation.
Supplies - Each team will be provided with legal pads and pens. Additional supplies and materials are the responsibility of each team.
Each team will have a University of Wisconsin MBA student host. The host will meet teams when they arrive and help members get settled. The host will be available as much as possible during the competition to assist with technology, answer questions and help with any scheduling changes that may arise. Team hosts will get in touch with each participating institution in March 2006.
Ross Benbow
Graduate Project Assistant, International Programs, School of Business
internationaladvisor@bus.wisc.edu
Mason Carpenter
Professor of Management
mcarpenter@bus.wisc.edu
Randall Dunham
Faculty Director, CIBER
rdunham@bus.wisc.edu
John Eichenseher
Professor & Chair, Accounting
Faculty Liaision for International Programs, School of Business
jeichen@bus.wisc.edu
Susan Huber-Miller
Director, CIBER
+ 1 608-263-7682
shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu
Michael Knetter
Dean, School of Business
Executive Director, CIBER
dean@bus.wisc.edu
David Lu
Technical Project Assistant, CIBER
hdlu@cae.wisc.edu
Louisa Kennedy
Graduate Project Assistant, CIBER
+ 1 608-265-9719
uwmadisonciber@bus.wisc.edu
Judy Symon Hanson
Assistant Director, International Programs, School of Business
jsymonhanson@wisc.edu
Sachin Tuli
Assistant Director, CIBER
+ 1 608-265-4938
tuli@bus.wisc.edu
To Be Announced
