Smith School Hosts New Emerging Markets Competition For MBAs

A team of MBAs from the Robert H. Smith School of Business won a $2,000 first place prize at the school’s inaugural Emerging Markets Forum Case Competition at Smith’s DC campus, according to an article by Andrew Kneale on the business school’s website.

Overall, teams from top MBA programs across the country competed to provide the best set of recommendations to the Global Alliance for the Improvement of Nutrition (GAIN).The event was a collaborative effort between Smith’s Center for International Business Education Research (CIBER), the MBA Emerging Markets Association and Smith’s MBA Net Impact chapter, expanding the activity of the university’s annual Emerging Markets Forum.

“The Emerging Markets Forum Case Competition was a great opportunity to apply what we’ve learned in business school to a context that we don’t often talk about in the classroom – developing economies,” said Katelyn Victor, MBA ’16, a member of the winning team from Smith.

Competing teams were given an unpublished case written by the Global Business School Network (GBSN) and were asked to recommend a business model for GAIN to scale its food fortification program using market forces. The teams were judged by a panel of corporate executives and international development professionals.

“I think the success of this competition lays the groundwork for what is certain to become a high profile signature event for the Smith School next year and in years to come,” said Kislaya Prasad, director of CIBER and research professor in the department of logistics, business and public policy.

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