Competitions
Case Competition History
What is a Case Competition?
A case competition is a competitive event in which groups of 2-4 students compete against each other by developing a solution to a business problem. Students are allotted a specific amount of time to prepare and subsequently present their solutions to a panel of judges.
To view the history of competitions I have participated in, click ‘Competition History’. To view the competitions I have organized, click ‘Organizational History’.
The following are competitions I have competed in
If you wish to learn more about each case competition, click on ‘Know More’ under each to be directed to their official website.
ICA Canadian Hydrogen Case Competition (CHCC2023)
Finalist - Ongoing (April 2023)
The Canadian Hydrogen Case Competition is an Alberta-wide challenge that provides undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their problem-solving skills in front of the world’s top supply chain leaders. Participating teams will be tasked with creating a strategic plan for the implementation of hydrogen in the Canadian economy.
The final round will be held at the Edmonton Convention Center during the 2023 Canadian Hydrogen Convention.
Solution
Due to the ongoing nature of the competition, I will not be mentioning my team’s solution until the competition has concluded.
Australian Undergraduate Business Case Competition (AUBCC)
3rd Place (Oct 2022)
The Australian Undergraduate Business Case Competition (AUBCC) is an annual international case competition that brings together undergraduate university students from across the world to compete in a fast-paced and challenging business case study. This week-long program provides students with a chance to build cross-cultural relationships and tackle real-world business case studies.
Solution
The problem involved determining the strategic direction for the National Center of Indigenous Excellence in Sydney. My team created a strategy named ‘Yama Youth Camp’, which focuses on engaging children with Australian Indigenous culture through after-school and summer youth camps. Please take a look at our presentation slides through the provided link.
Alberta Internal Case Competition (AICC)
1st Place Senior Division (Feb 2023)
AICC is a case competition hosted by the Business Student’s Association (BSA) at the University of Alberta. The competition is open to all University of Alberta students.
Solution
Our solution focuses on a stepped implementation plan to transfer and migrate all paper documents of a company to a web portal that utilizes AWS. The portal serves as a database that manages all documents and customer information.
Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge (TUBC)
Competitor (Oct 2021)
Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge (TUBC) is an international business case competition bringing together undergraduate students from leading business schools around the world. The competition is annually hosted in Thailand by the undergraduate students of Thammasat University’s BBA international program.
Solution
The business question asked how Grab Taxi should expand its restaurant offerings in various cities across Thailand. As a team, we analyzed various traffic and consumption trends to determine where to open new food services and what those services should include.
JDC West
For the past 17 years, JDC West has brought together students from the top business schools across Western Canada. Each school’s team comprises academic delegates from various fields (Finance, HR, Marketing, etc.), a debate team, an athletics team, and a social team. The competition is hosted over a weekend in early January each year.
Alberta JDCWest Business Strategy Delegate (2021)
I was an academic delegate for the Alberta JDCWest Business Strategy team. The competition theme was The Age of Innovation, and it was the first competition to be held virtually due to COVID, it was hosted by the University of Manitoba.
UNBC JDCWest International Business Delegate (2019 & 2020)
I attended UNBC before transfering to the UofA, during my time there I was an academic delegate for UNBC’s International Business team. I was on the team for two years. In 2019 the competition was hosted by Simon Fraser University with the theme ‘Shaping Tomorrow’, and in 2020 the University of Regina hosted the competition with the theme ‘Growing Forward’.
Case Competitions that I have Organized
Both competitions listed below were hosted by the BTM Club at the University of Alberta for which I was on the executive team.