Make Your Case With Sprott Competes

Mimi Lam, the host from Leuven, Stephaine Lawrence, Kendra Thorogood and Ross Park all dressed in black and green in front of the Leuven University sign in Belgium — Sprott’s NIBS team from left to right: Mimi Lam, Leuven student host, Stephaine Lawrence, Kendra Thorogood, Ross Park.

Think you have the answers to the world’s most complex business problems? Prove it with Sprott Competes. The Sprott Competes program is all about preparing and sending students to participate in case competitions throughout Canada and around the world.

During case competitions, teams of students work together under intense deadlines to solve real-world business problems (“cases”) through in-depth analysis, and then present their findings and recommendations to a panel of judges. Through the program, you’ll develop highly valuable skills for career success that include integrative thinking, decision making, presentation and public speaking, while also receiving mentoring from experienced faculty and industry partners.

Sprott Students’ Record of Success

2013: Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) (Queen’s University)

1st place – Management of Information Systems
2nd place – Accounting.

2013: Universidad de Navarra International Case Competition (Pamplona, Spain)

Silver medal

2013: NIBS Worldwide Case Competition (Leuven, Belgium).

Bronze medal

2013: JDC Central Case Competition 2013 ( Dalhousie University)

Third place – School of the Year (overall)
First place – Management of Information Systems
Third place – Academic Cup
Third place – Finance