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| Third Place |
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| Second Place |
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| First Place |
Congratulations to everyone!!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
And the winners!
Finally we have the winners!
Congratulations to everyone!!
Congratulations to everyone!!
The suspense is about to start!!!
Stress is out! now its time to meet the winner of the Global Case Competition!! do not miss the next minutes!!
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| The participants re-enter the classroom to expecting to hear good news... |
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| No more stress! Only expectations... |
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| A few refreshing words from Jorge Lozano |
While the judges deliberate...
Participant students are:
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| Smoking |
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| Relaxing... |
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| Networking |
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| Sleeping... |
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| Patiently waiting... |
The Presentations have concluded...the prize is ready...
The morning has passed by... eight excellent presentations have been heard by the judges...
In this moment they are deliberating about the winner of the...
In this moment they are deliberating about the winner of the...
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| 1st Place Prize!!!! |
Halfway through!
4 Teams have presented now! everyone enjoyed a quick coffee break and back on track!
Lets see how this continues!
Stay tuned!
Lets see how this continues!
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| Final Q&A |
Stay tuned!
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| Judges will have a hard time! |
Waiting...
Teams that are yet to present are handling their nerves, getting the last little details of their pitch tweaked. However the way each one does it is a bit different
Getting some fresh air before the presentation
Team 5, agreeing on who's gonna say what
Trying to get some sleep hours back
Team 1, heading to the presentation room
It's show time!
Presentations are underway
This is it: teams are presenting their proposals to the panel of judges form now and until 2 pm. Team 2 has already gone through and team 1 is on it at these very moments. Here we leave you some comments we've heard so far:
Team 2: "Judges have been tough,and we didn't expect them to be as many, that was scary"
Team 1 ( just before their entrance on stage): "i think our proposal is so wild the either we end up first or last, no in-betweens"
Best of luck to all teams!
Team 2: "Judges have been tough,and we didn't expect them to be as many, that was scary"
Team 1 ( just before their entrance on stage): "i think our proposal is so wild the either we end up first or last, no in-betweens"
Best of luck to all teams!
Ready, set, GO!!
With only two or three hours of sleep all teams have submitted their presentations right on time. Everyone arrived to IPADE really tired but confident in their previous hard work!
At 8:15 breakfast was served for everyone, participant students and judges, and sharply at 9:00 presentations started, and right now its just a matter of hours to know which team is winning the IPADE Deloitte Global Case Competition!
The raffle to pick the order of the presentations determined the following schedule for today:
| 9:00-9:35 | Team 2 | |
| 9:35-10:05 | Team 1 | |
| 10:10-10:40 | Team 7 | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Team 6 | |
| Break | ||
| 11:35-12:05 | Team 3 | |
| 12:10-12:40 | Team 8 | |
| 12:45-1:15 | Team 5 | |
| 1:20-2:00 | Team 4 |
Friday, April 8, 2011
Cinderella act?? not exactly
So, IPADE closes its doors at midnight, but that does not mean that work is over. Our brave competitors are going the extra mile(s) and pushing themselves even further as they work on their proposals at the hotel. It's almost time for them to start thinking about how are they gonna present more than 12 hours of analysis, data crunching, modelling and struggling with the challenge Deloitte has put in front of them... all in 20 minutes!
IPADE will open its door once again tomorrow at 7:30.
Stay tuned!!
Case competition survival 101
So, how in the earth are these guys even surviving the toughness of this contrest?? Well, there are some basic elements which are absolutely crucial in achieving this:
Exhibit A : caffeine by the bucket! and biscuits!
Exhibit B: insane ammounts of glucose via soda
Exhibit C: some mexican appetizers (a.k.a, empanandas)
Not exactly healthy, but certainly necessary!
Let's see how the second half of this contest turns out to be like
Enjoy!
Will our judge Mario Zavala be as pleased with the proposals as he is with his empanada?
Halftime
"Barriga llena, corazon contento" is a mexican saying that basically means that everything looks merrier and better after you've gotten a good meal. Well, this can apply to our teams after the 7pm dinner, they are up and ready to keep on going!
It's been almost 12 hours since teams received the cases, which pretty much accounts for half of the time they've got. As the mexico city sunlight begins to fade , most teams have gotten a hang of the spreadsheets and, while solutions are not yet so clear, at least the morale has been raised. It's amazing how these guys have been able to make sense of such a massive ammount of informationso quickly, we're eager to hear from them tomorrow!
It's been almost 12 hours since teams received the cases, which pretty much accounts for half of the time they've got. As the mexico city sunlight begins to fade , most teams have gotten a hang of the spreadsheets and, while solutions are not yet so clear, at least the morale has been raised. It's amazing how these guys have been able to make sense of such a massive ammount of informationso quickly, we're eager to hear from them tomorrow!
Keep on the good mood!!
19:30 .... the solution for the case seems far far away!
During the light dinner break, students were really hungry eating everything on their way. They used the time to relax and strech a bit. We heard the comments of many of them, expressing their resignation to continue working until midnight!
Cultural differences have not been an issue at all, this Global Case Competition is really promising and we hope that everyteam will have a great experience!
First Impressions of the case
As the time keeps flowing, the teams are having a hard time in developing assumptions and evaluating facts. Some of them saw the light when the lunch time arrived to give themselves a break and to enjoy a delightful meal. During lunch time some of the teams could hardly speak anything but the case.
We went through some of the cubicles where the 8 teams were having their break and these are some of their comments:
"The case is particularly difficult, there are a lot of data, some of them we hardly know if they're relevant or not..."
"We don't think that we will make it untill 24:00... we need more time to finish evaluating all of them...""Does anyone konws how the Access program works?"
"This case is really challenging! but the real challenge is to try to get the team to reach a solid conclusion!..."
As you can see, the pressure and stress have dominated the event, but this is part of a case competition! We wish the best of luck to all of the teams!
Work has begun!
Today at 9:00am teams finally got the case: it deals with one of the most complex and sometimes obscure aspects of the strategy of any company, and a make-or-break point that is always on the spotlight: Pricing. This time, teams will be analyzing the price structure of a leading company in the Latin America hand and body care industry, and they were tasked for a strong proposition on what their new price strategy should be, considering hard data and strategic aspects.
Along with tha case they also got additional data related to historical and estimated prices. Some of the teams came to call it "an incredibly dense ammount of tables and numbers which still need to be given a meaning".
Teams are currently crunching the numbers and trying to figure out what to do with them. Good luck to all!
Here it is, looming on the desk of team 2's table
Along with tha case they also got additional data related to historical and estimated prices. Some of the teams came to call it "an incredibly dense ammount of tables and numbers which still need to be given a meaning".
Excel is in high demand these moments
Teams are currently crunching the numbers and trying to figure out what to do with them. Good luck to all!
Teams are trying to optimize every inch of space, even the walls !
Team 1, feeling a bit "trapped" into the massive ammount of data. Good luck!
Welcome Event
Claudia Amezcua Head of the Career Services Office at IPADE started with a welcome message to all the participants. Later on Rafael Gómez Nava, Dean of the MBA Program introduced the students from all the visiting schools and thanked everyone for the effort of being here. Mario Zavala, Professor in charge of the Consulting Club briefly mentioned about the first Case Competitions that were held at IPADE 5 years ago and how now we have our first Globl Case Competition.
Finally Javier Romero and Pablo Guzman, Deloitte Partners explained briefly about the firm and the Case for the Competition.
Claudia Amezcua finished with the eight mixed schools teams presentation:
Team 1:
· Andrés Carrandi – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Andrés Tortoriello – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Jennifer Neeley – Rice
· Mayte Stege – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Mark Thomas Sanchez - Darden
Team 2:
· Patricia Garza – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Alejandro Varela – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Amrisch Acharya - Darden
· Luis Carlos Cárdenas – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Nils Winkelmann - Witten
Team 3:
· Clara Martínez – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Juan Pablo Yeo – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Rahul Bagde - CEIBS
· Héctor Osorio – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Gonzalo Ramos Mila - IAE
Team 4:
· Raúl Aguilar – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Eimy Rentería – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Vanessa Blaha - IAE
· Pablo Mejía – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Jeremy Grossas - Tuck
Team 5:
· Luz Ruiz – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Santiago Vera – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Frank Van Roij – IESE
· Rodrigo Castillo – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Elvir Jujanovic - Tuck
Team 6:
· Ernesto Anciano – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Eduardo Barrera – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Natasha Collins - Telfer
· Alejandro Moreno – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Austin Miller - IESE
Team 7:
· Alfredo Hernández – IPADE Monterrey City First Year
· Misael Reyes – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Chapman Swaine - Telfer
· Luis Pedraza – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· María Luisa Ortíz – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
Team 8:
· Joel Alonso – IPADE Mexico City First Year
· Fernando Orozco – IPADE Monterrey First Year
· Rebeca Wong - CEIBS
· Alejandro Moreno – IPADE Mexico City Second Year
· Jared Gillis - Rice
Everyone arrived on time!
Yesterday during the day, every student from around the world arrived on time. People came from Shangai, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Asunción, Houston, Ottawa, Boston, Monterrey, etc.
Some of the students were really lucky to arrive earlier during the day and had time to relax a little bit, some others arrived directly to IPADE for the Welcome Event.
Some of the students were really lucky to arrive earlier during the day and had time to relax a little bit, some others arrived directly to IPADE for the Welcome Event.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Schedule for the event
Here we leave you the schedule ofevents starting tomorrow friday:
Friday:
8:00 - Departure from Hotel
8:30 - Registry
8:45 - Breakfast , terraza jardin
9:45 - Case discussions / teamwork, Clavería cubicles
14:00 - Lunch, Master Building cafeteria
15:00 - Case discussions / teamwork, Clavería cubicles
19:00 - Light dinner, Master Building cafeteria
22:00 - First departure to hotel
24:00 - Second departure to hotel
Saturday:
7:30 - Departure from Hotel
8:00 - Submit presentations, Aula Oceania
8:10 - Breakfast, Terraza Azcapotzalco
9:00 - Team presentations, Aula Oceania
11:20 - Recess, Azcapotzalco cafeteria
11:35 - Team presentations, Aula Oceania
14:00 - Judges deliberation and award ceremony
14:30 - Farewell lunch, terraza azcapotzalco
We are looking forward to see the proposals!
Friday:
8:00 - Departure from Hotel
8:30 - Registry
8:45 - Breakfast , terraza jardin
9:45 - Case discussions / teamwork, Clavería cubicles
14:00 - Lunch, Master Building cafeteria
15:00 - Case discussions / teamwork, Clavería cubicles
19:00 - Light dinner, Master Building cafeteria
22:00 - First departure to hotel
24:00 - Second departure to hotel
Saturday:
7:30 - Departure from Hotel
8:00 - Submit presentations, Aula Oceania
8:10 - Breakfast, Terraza Azcapotzalco
9:00 - Team presentations, Aula Oceania
11:20 - Recess, Azcapotzalco cafeteria
11:35 - Team presentations, Aula Oceania
14:00 - Judges deliberation and award ceremony
14:30 - Farewell lunch, terraza azcapotzalco
We are looking forward to see the proposals!
It's almost time!
Today we welcome all of our participants at IPADE, we will have a courtesy cocktail and greet both local and international MBA students who will be taking part of the competition!
Today, we drink, tomorrow, game is on!
Today, we drink, tomorrow, game is on!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The global case competition is about to start!
Hello, and welcome to this blog which is intended to cover everything related to IPADE Global case competition. We are hosting this event on april 7th, 8th and 9th, 2011 (yes, that means it all starts tomorrow!) and we are counting with the support of two higly respected global companies such as Deloitte and Eli Lilly.
Who is participating?
We are thrilled and honored to have an amazingly strong set of participants from the following business schools:
Not exactly: unlike most case competitions involving several schools, participants here will not be defending their schools' color. Instead, they are all gonna be mixed into new, random, cross-cultural teams, and then they will have to go through a very, very, intense work session. So in the end, it's gonna be much more challenging (but we also hope enriching) than your average business case competition.
When is this all happening?
Well, it all starts tomorrow with a reception event and team formation, from then, teams will have one day to prepare their proposals in order to present them on saturday, April 9th to the panel of judges
Who will be judging?
Deloitte and Eli Lilly executives will be evaluating these presentations
What is the case gonna be about? Which proposal will win this year? How many kilograms of caffeine will these students take? Will the total sleep hours reach to more than 2? and (perhaps most importantly) what are the prizes? Stay tuned and find out!
Who is participating?
We are thrilled and honored to have an amazingly strong set of participants from the following business schools:
- Tuck – USA
- CEIBS – China
- Darden – USA
- IAE – Argentina
- IESE – España
- Telfer – Canada
- Rice – USA
- ... and of course, IPADE –Mexico and Monterrey!
Not exactly: unlike most case competitions involving several schools, participants here will not be defending their schools' color. Instead, they are all gonna be mixed into new, random, cross-cultural teams, and then they will have to go through a very, very, intense work session. So in the end, it's gonna be much more challenging (but we also hope enriching) than your average business case competition.
When is this all happening?
Well, it all starts tomorrow with a reception event and team formation, from then, teams will have one day to prepare their proposals in order to present them on saturday, April 9th to the panel of judges
Who will be judging?
Deloitte and Eli Lilly executives will be evaluating these presentations
What is the case gonna be about? Which proposal will win this year? How many kilograms of caffeine will these students take? Will the total sleep hours reach to more than 2? and (perhaps most importantly) what are the prizes? Stay tuned and find out!
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