For the second year in a row, Farmer School of Business MBA students achieved a winning record at the annual John Molson MBA Case Competition in Montreal, Canada. A total of 36 MBA teams from universities around the world participated in the tournament.
“We bested several strong teams, but the students’ approach on two cases didn’t resonate well with the judges, so we lost those rounds,” said Brad Bays, director of MBA programs at the Farmer School. Bays accompanied the four-person team to the competition.
The Farmer team earned tenth place, missing the playoff round by one point. Bays said, however, that the hours team members invested in preparation and practice enabled them to deliver a remarkable performance. This year, Miami competed against teams such as Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada), Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada), Victoria University (British Columbia, Canada), and Universitat Kaiserslautern (Germany).
For 25 years, the John Molson MBA Case Competition has bridged the corporate and academic worlds, providing a stimulating learning experience for students and business executives alike. In each round, competing teams are given three hours to analyze and evaluate unpublished business cases and develop a presentation outlining their business plan and strategies to solve the problem. More than two hundred senior business executives judge the teams’ creativity, insight, substance and plausibility of implementation.
“The diversity of the cases, the energy of live competition and the momentum of the event forced us to be quick with analysis and sharp with recommendations,” commented team member Jason Fults. “I have noticed since returning to complete the remainder of the MBA program that the edge I developed in Montreal is still with me.”
Fults and his teammates knew that, regardless of the competition outcome, they would emerge winners from the experience.
“Not only was I able to develop stronger relationships with fellow MBA students on the team, but the skill development will definitely assist me going forward with my career,” explained Matthew Robbins. “Getting to interact with teams from all over the world was enjoyable and the level of competition was impressive.”
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