9I�� News - Case Competitions and Challenges

MMR student shares how L'Oréal Brandstorm led to internship

webfull — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:41:01 +0000

Last year, after months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two 9I�� Desautels teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm competition, competing against top teams from across Canada! Madison Laxer and her fellow Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) teammates, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur, took third place. Madison reflects on her experience participating in the case competition and how it even led to an internship.

Published: 9 January 2024

9I�� Desautels launches the Management Science Case Writing Competition

webfull — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:09:30 +0000

The inaugural 9I�� Desautels Management Science Case Writing Competition, organized by Assistant Professor (Teaching) Rob Glew and supported by EY, turns the tables on the traditional case competition format. Since May, 34 BCom students worked to write case studies on their experience with operations management and analytics on their summer work placements.

Published: 23 November 2023

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at 9I��’s Spring 2023 Convocation

webfull — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:53:26 +0000

Humanity has the skill to solve our most pressing problems, but cooperation is our greatest challenge, says Nabil Anouti, who is 9I�� Desautels’ valedictorian for the Spring 2023 Convocation. But Anouti is optimistic, and this view has been shaped by a Desautels education.

Published: 25 May 2023

9I�� Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

webfull — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:57:22 +0000

9I�� Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom’25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom’23), Co-Executive Directors of 9I�� Ventures, took second place at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business’ National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.

Published: 23 May 2023

9I�� takes 2nd and 3rd place at L'Oréal Brandstorm Canada 2023

webfull — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:47:45 +0000

After months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two 9I�� teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm National Competition in Canada, competing against top teams from across the country. BCom students Laetitia Doumet, Jo-Esther Abou Haidar and Andrea Salem (far right) placed 2nd, while Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students Madison Laxer, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur (far left) took 3rd place.

Published: 16 March 2023

9I�� students earn podium finish in leading global case competition

webfull — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:06:18 +0000

9I�� Desautels continues its hot streak in the case competition arena with another podium result, placing 2nd overall in the prestigious 2023 Copenhagen Business School Invitational Case competition. 12 schools flew to Copenhagen and were challenged to help Vestas, a leading company in wind power plant solutions, leverage its position to create new businesses in hydrogen technologies and develop a strategy for 2030.

Published: 10 March 2023

Ace Squad wins 2023 Desautels Case Cup Competition

webfull — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:44:24 +0000

On February 3, first-year 9I�� Desautels MBAs participated in the annual Desautels Case Cup competition. Judged by alumni, this year’s case focused on MassChallenge, a program created by John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam that provides support and funding for startup companies. Thanks to the open-source community, the organization which began as a for-profit evolved to include mentorship, encouraging creativity, building communities and supporting startups created by marginalized and disenfranchised groups.

Published: 2 March 2023

Desautels places first at Queen's I.C.B.C. Case Competition

webfull — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:14:50 +0000

Congratulations to the 9I�� Desautels accounting team for their first-place win at the I.C.B.C. case competition. The team consisting of Thomas Wakeham and Francois Kik was coached and assisted by Julia Scott and Peg Brunelle. The Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) is one of the oldest case competitions in the world, held annually at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Published: 25 January 2023

Desautels undergraduates bring home podium finishes at prestigious Jeux du Commerce

webfull — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:41:10 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at the Jeux du Commerce (JDC) 2023! Hosted by HEC Montreal on January 6-9, it brought together 1,100 participants from 14 universities, and is the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada.

Published: 19 January 2023

MIPC wraps up with MDIIM Symposium and Grand Finale

webfull — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:47:57 +0000

The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management Symposium on The Road to Net Zero took place on November 2, marking the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the 9I�� International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC). Thank you to our panelists, Fanny Doucet, CFA, Managing Director & Head, Sustainable Finance at Scotiabank and Lori Kerr, CEO of FinDev Canada for participating in what was an insightful disc

Published: 14 November 2022

9I��������� News - Case Competitions and Challenges

MMR student shares how L'Oréal Brandstorm led to internship

9I��������� Desautels launches the Management Science Case Writing Competition

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at 9I���������’s Spring 2023 Convocation

9I��������� Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

9I��������� takes 2nd and 3rd place at L'Oréal Brandstorm Canada 2023

9I��������� students earn podium finish in leading global case competition