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$50K Sustainability Case Competition
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We are excited to kick off the 3rd year of our

Boston University Questrom School of Business

$50K Sustainability Case Competition!

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Important Dates

  • Information Session

    Come join us on September 12th at 5 pm (EST).

    This is where different schools across the country can ask any questions

  • Application Deadline

    Applications will close on September 13th at 5 pm (EST)

  • Phase One

    • In Phase One, we will send the case study to the first set of teams at each school and ask you to read it over a few days and offer recommendations, following complete anonymity

  • Phase Two

    All selected teams will visit Boston University Questrom School of Business on November 16th

  • Open to Everyone

    The beauty of this case competition is that students in any degree-seeking program are welcome to collaborate on teams

Questions? gstoller@bu.edu

Team Composition

  1. Graduate students working with undergraduates
    (or as an undergraduate only or graduate only team)
  2. PhD students and graduate students can collaborate
  3. It’s even possible for PhD students to work with sophomores
  4. Everyone on the team must be a current, degree-seeking student
  5. Alumni should not be on a team working with current students
  6. All team members must be enrolled at the same school
  7. To be on a team, you can’t have graduated before the end of December 2024
  8. You do not have to be a business major or minor to participate!
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Applications Submissions

  • After the registration portal opens, we will give each school up to 30 submissions

  • If we receive more than 30 applications, we will use a random number generator to select each of the 30 teams blindly

  • Rest assured, this process is designed to ensure full fairness, maintaining the integrity of the event

Questions? gstoller@bu.edu

Phase One, What to Expect

  • Anonymity

    • In Phase One, we will send the case study to the first set of teams at each school and ask you to read it over a few days and offer recommendations, following complete anonymity

  • Use Initials, no School name

    • Please do not identify your school at all in the 2-page write-up, and only use your first name and last initial

  • Reviewers

    • There will be hired reviewers with no academic affiliation who need to know which school submissions they are reviewing

Phase Two, What to Expect

  • Phase Two Begins

    • We will issue a second case to you for review
    • All selected teams will visit Boston University Questrom School of Business on November 16th for Phase Two
    • You will be in different classrooms
    • Each of the teams will independently present their recommendations and analysis

  • Judges Deliberations

    • The PowerPoint you deliver will be reviewed by judges, who will engage in live Q&A
    • In each of those classrooms, the judges will select a single advancing team
    • We ask that you follow the rules in terms of using the slide template, a minimum number of 30 slides (including implementation and risk assessment), the content on the slide, the font sizes and, most importantly: preserving anonymity by only using your first names and last initial

  • Quarter-Finals and Semi-finals

    • From the Preliminary Round on the morning of the 16th, advancing teams will present successively that same day in the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals
    • At this point, the client for the second case study will be coming on campus
    • We will have a little bit of a twist between each stage of the competition
      For example, a new piece of information might be introduced

  • Winner!

    • After revising/tweaking their presentations, each finalist will present their recommendations to the case study’s client live
    • The client will select a single winner!
    • The second twist is that you can watch their judging deliberations –
      they will be live-streamed!

Winner Prize

The winner of the 3rd $50K Boston University Questrom School of Business Sustainability Case Competition will receive USD 50,000, with one requirement:

The winning team will donate 10% of its winnings to a registered and approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose focus is on sustainability

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We look forward to receiving your application

See you at Phase One,

Best of luck to everyone!