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:

• Tuck – USA  
• CEIBS – China
• Darden – USA  
• IAE – Argentina 
• IESE – España
• Telfer – Canada 
• Rice – USA
• ... and of course, IPADE –Mexico and Monterrey!

Great, so it all comes to which school will win, right?
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!