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THREE OF FIVE ROUNDS COMPLETED AT 23RD EDITION OF JOHN MOLSON MBA INTERNATIONAL CASE COMPETITION CALGARY’S HASKAYNE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
AND MONTREAL’S MCGILL UNIVERSITY SHARE LEAD AT JOHN MOLSON
COMPETITION
MONTREAL, JANUARY 8, 2004 — Canadian schools, headed by the co-leading Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and Montreal’s McGill University, continue to dominate after the first three rounds of the John Molson MBA International Case Competition. The Calgary and Montreal schools currently share the top spot, with 112 points, one more than the John Molson School of Business at Montreal’s Concordia University. The Schulich School of Business at Toronto’s York University ranks fourth with 81 points, giving Canadian schools the top four spots thus far. This year’s competition, the largest in the history of the event, has 32 entries from universities in Canada, the United States, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Zealand. The semi-final, which takes place on Friday, January 9, will bring together the top nine teams, split into three groups. The three winners will vie for the championship, which takes place on Saturday, January 10 at Montreal’s Bonaventure Hotel. The competition is set up as round-robin format that consists of five business cases extending over four days. The respective teams compete against each other in an effort to gain enough points to qualify for the semi-final. Each team, composed of four students, must go in front of the jury and present their solutions to five different business cases in competition with an opposing team, in order to go on to the next stage. The teams have exactly three hours to read about the business case, conduct an analysis, come up with solutions and prepare the presentation, which will be delivered verbally to the jury, accompanied by a detailed, hand-written plan. Each team goes up against an opponent selected by draw and faces the same jury, which is composed of seasoned professionals in the business world. The students may use no other tools except their abilities, the knowledge that they acquired in their MBA curriculums, their powers of reasoning and their speed in understanding, reacting and executing the task at hand. They do not have access to a computer or the Internet. Each team has 25 minutes to defend its presentation before the jury, followed by a 15-minute question period. The jury has a maximum of one hour to deliberate and select the winning team, with an allotment of 11 points to be distributed between the two teams. The rather complex point-distribution system is designed so that one team always has the advantage, thereby averting the chances of a tie. Along with the points that it earns for each case, the winning team receives a 30-point bonus for winning the round. The tournament co-leaders have been remarkably consistent through the first three rounds. The University of Calgary contingent, coached by Leo Donlevy and Dr. Bob Schulz and with team members Jason Chew, Brad Francis, Bill Kanters, Dawn Manning and Matthew Salens, has produced rounds of 37, 37 and 38 points respectively. McGill, whose roster includes Maxime Godin, Alexandru Cocan, Kasia Kosek, Eric Waterman and Alexandra Schwartz, under the tutelage of coaches Louis Gialloretto, Derek Hart and Martin Sirois-Maheu, has kept pace with rounds of 38, 36 and 38. The general public is invited to attend this unique competition, as there is room at each of the presentations for anyone who would like to observe these talented young people in action. The results are updated after each case on the John Molson International Case Competition web site at: http://www.mbacasecomp.com/fr/competition/results.htm -30-
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