Sprott Students Win Silver at NIBS Worldwide Case Competition
A team of students from Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business competed against business students from around the globe and won the silver medal in the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition.
Bachelor of Commerce students Suvi Chhabra, Quinn Cunnane, Nicole Gluzman, Alex Pham and faculty coach Devin Fraser travelled to Ireland for the competition, which took place from March 22 to 27 at Technological University Dublin. They were among 16 teams representing universities from 10 countries spanning four continents.
“I’m so proud of the team for the innovative and strategic initiatives that they developed over the course of the week,” said Devin Fraser, faculty coach. “They were consistency recognized by the judges for their excellent presentation skills, thorough analyses, unique strategies, and confidence throughout the Q&A periods while defending their ideas.”
During the week, the Sprott team competed in three divisional rounds against Germany’s Heillbron University, Guatemala’s Universidad del Istma and Belgium’s UCLL University of Applied Sciences, finishing at the top of their division. The team advanced through their semi-final round by defeating St. Mary’s University from Texas. In the finals, they finished behind Heillbronn University to win the silver medal.
“I was so proud of my team,” said Alex, who has a concentration in Marketing. “At each presentation, I could see how we improved both in terms of our solutions and delivery. Our biggest asset is communication. In every case, one of us would play the devil’s advocate, questioning every single point in our solution. The questions and arguments could be intense, but I think they elevated our recommendations, ensuring we considered every scenario.”
“The biggest challenge was the time constraint,” added Nicole, whose concentration is Accounting. “Four hours seems like a lot of time, but it flies by so quickly. We needed to strategically allocate time towards reading the case, doing analyses, collaborating and putting the slides together.”