The Duke MBA Finance Club

 

 


Competitions

 

 

Competition
Date
Description
Proctor & Gamble Just In Case Acquisitions Interactive Case Study Game Multiple dates - see website This game puts students in the thick of the action as they decide what new company they should acquire, why and how to integrate it with P&G.  The online game is relative for all majors and interests. www.pgjustincase.com
American Bankruptcy Institute Case Competition November 2006 Provides an opportunity for students from leading business schools to solve a hypothetical yet realistic business case of a distressed company before an audience of experts in the turnaround crisis management / restructuring industries.
McCombs School of Business National Real Estate Challenge November 2006 Real Estate case examining the opportunity of building luxury condominiums on a sloping site in a premier resort area.
ABI Corporate Restructuring Competition January 19-21, 2007 The purpose of the competition is to provide an opportunity for students from leading business schools to solve a realistic business case of a hypothetical distressed company.
Kenan Flagler’s Real Estate Case Competition February 22-23, 2007 Teams create a development plan, including financial analysis, site plan and project timeline.
Corporate Finance Case Competition at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business February 24, 2007 Teams from the best MBA programs compete to prepare and present a challenging corporate finance case studey, featuring a realistic decision making scenario.  Past case topics have been relatd to vauation, M&A, bankruptcy, dividend policy and capital budgeting.
Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) March 22-24, 2007 A new venture business plan competition.  Helps students launch their new business ventures.
One Stands Out The McGinnis Venture Competition at Carnegie Mellon (March) TBD Gain exposure with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) (March) TBD Student teams interact with real entrepreneurs from real companies with real business plans.  The VCIC experience exposes students to a variety of activities that ultimately must be integrated into a cohesive investment strategy to be pitched to real venture capitalists.
Southwest Business Plan Competition (March) TBD An international new venture business plan competition for MBA students designed to educate and assist students in launching their new companies and provides the opportunity to meet venture capitalists.
Investor Services Journal Essay Competition (May) TBD The competition is open to full time students of an area of securities services to write 2000 words on a given question.

 

Corporate Sponsors

 

Platinum

- Citi

- Wachovia

 

Gold

- Bear Stearns

- JP Morgan

- Lehman Brothers

- SunTrust

 

Silver

- Bank of America

- Eli Lilly

- General Motors

- Merrill Lynch

- UBS

 

Bronze

- Thomson Corporation


Finance Professors

 

Recruiting Companies

 

Finance Curriculum