The winning team of the International Business Case
Competition was the team from the University of Waikato.
From left: Faculty adviser Dr Stephen Bowden, Jeremy
Harwood, Michael Hall, Donna Frederikson, Daniel Stevenson
and student coach Josef de Jong.
Queenstown Resort College set the stage for a week-long
competition for business students from New Zealand and
international universities.
Arranged by the Student Development Society, the New Zealand
International Business Case Competition was arranged by the
Student Development Society.
Six New Zealand teams from the Universities of Massey,
Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Waikato,
Canterbury and Otago competed alongside four international
teams from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Shantou
University, China, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
On the morning of each of the three competition days, the
teams were given a case. They had five hours to deliberate,
then present their solution to a team of judges from the
Queenstown and Wanaka business communities, who were playing
the roles of boards of directors of the case company.
Among the finalists in the International Business Case
Competition was the team from Maastricht University, The
Netherlands. From left: Armin Schmidt, Claudia Woest,
Clarissa Lucken, Dana Eisler and coach Rudolf Baethge.
Photos by Henrietta Kjaer.
Teams had 10 minutes to present their ideas and then
answered questions from the judges for 10 minutes.
The competition was arranged to give the students
opportunities to build confidence and develop team-leader
skills, and to create important peer and industry networks.
At a gala event at the Skyline complex on Saturday evening,
the team from the University of Waikato was crowned as the
winner.
Daniel Stevenson from the Waikato team said it had been a
great experience to compete against the international teams.
"It is the first time our business competition has had
international teams, and it has taught us a lot about how
things are done in other countries. It also added to the
social aspect of our week in Queenstown," Mr Stevenson said.
From the Dutch team, Claudia Woest said the long trip had
been worthwhile, with many great experiences both in the
competition and at the time off.
"Compared to the competitions we had done before, this one
had a shorter timeframe both for research and presentations.
It has been an interesting and valuable experience," Ms Woest
said.
The teams were in Queenstown for a week, but competed for
only three days, so everyone found time for some
action-filled fun.
While the Waikato team went snowboarding, luging and on a
trip on the Earnslaw steamship, the entire Dutch team went
skydiving.
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