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In line with Boston University Questrom School of Business’ mission to offer exceptional learning opportunities rooted in a strong emphasis on creating value for the world, it brings a sustainability-themed case competition with one of the largest cash prizes – $50K – among events of this type around the world

The Questrom $50K Sustainability Case Competition will ask interdisciplinary / cross-program student teams, to grapple with and develop solutions for real-life sustainability challenges. The overarching theme of the case competition is on Sustainability, with the following objectives:

a) Seek to solve a current real-world problem

b) Develop solutions that will be commercially and practically viable to build and implement, and ultimately generate a profit and/or support further sustainability initiatives (i.e., analyze and recommend direction amongst multiple strategic choices a company is considering in real-time).

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TIMELINE

Registration: Maximum of 30 teams (respectively) from each of the 30+ schools.

Qualifying Round: Each team will be required to submit a 2-page solution on a provided issue / theme.
A panel of judges will anonymously select the top submission from each school.

Semi-Finals: The selected teams will then need to present on a case prompt.
A panel of judges will deliberate on the top teams who will be selected to compete in the next stage.

Finals: The selected teams will then need to present on yet another revised case prompt at the site of the client in the case study.

KEY DATES

  • August 15th
    5pm EST

    Application Opens

  • Recorded Information Session

    September 14th
    5PM EST

  • September 16th
    5PM EST

    Application Deadline

  • Accepted teams notified

    September 18th

  • October 8th
    5PM EST

    Case 1 deadline

  • Advancing teams announced

    October 22nd

  • November 12th
    5PM EST

    Case 2 submission deadline

  • Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals rounds on campus

    November 18th

HAVE QUESTIONS?

Email Greg Stoller at gstoller@bu.edu