Business Strategy Competition

Note

Event Postponed

Due to recent events of COVID-19, the competition will be postponed to a later semester. We apologize for any inconvenience.

About
The Business Strategy Competition is a hands-on online learning exercise where class members are divided into teams and assigned the task of running an athletic footwear company. Each assigned team competes head-to-head against companies managed by other class members. Company operations parallel those of actual athletic footwear companies. Just as in the real-world, companies compete in a global market arena, selling branded and private-label athletic footwear in four geographic regions — Europe-Africa, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

All aspects of The Business Strategy Game parallel the functioning of the real-world athletic footwear market, thus allowing you and your co-managers to:
1. Think rationally and logically in deciding what to do
2. Get valuable practice in making a variety of different business decisions under circumstances that mirror real-world competitive conditions.
Students will be able to make company decisions on the following areas:
- Marketing
- Personnel
- Human Resources
- Supply Chain
- Accounting
- & More!
What You Will Learn
The Business Strategy Competition draws together the information and lessons of prior courses:
- Consolidates your knowledge about the different aspects of running a company
- Builds your confidence in analyzing the revenue-cost-profit economics of a business
- Helps you understand how the functional pieces of a business fit together
- Provides valuable practice in crafting profitable growth strategies
- Sharpens your business judgment
- Provides a capstone for your business school education
You will gain some useful experience and practice in assessing:
- Business risk
- Analyzing industry and competitive conditions
- Making decisions from a company wide perspective
- Thinking strategically about a company's market position and the kinds of actions it will take to improve it
- Developing strategies and revising them in light of changing conditions
The Business Strategy Game adds value by strengthening your preparation for a career in business and management. Further, we predict that The Business Strategy Game will make your competitive juices flow and you will have a lot of fun!
Why Register?
You must register in order to make decisions for your company, review the results and reports, take the accompanying online quizzes, and do the online peer evaluations; registration is also essential for your log-ins, quiz scores, strategic plan grade, and peer evaluations to be recorded and reported to your instructor for evaluation and grading.
Benefits
Cash Prizes

Winners of the competition are awarded cash prizes for their accomplishments in successfully defeating their opponents.
1st place $150 each

2nd place $100 each

3rd place $50 each
Valuable Knowledge

The Business Strategy Game is an opportunity for students to experience first-hand the decisions business leaders make within the industry and how each of those decisions affect the different sectors of a company.

Network

Participants of the competition have the opportunity to meet and network with local companies as well as other students!
Information Session

Attend our information session to learn more about the game and how to get started:

March 16, 2020

5:00 PM

77-1000 Auditorium
Application Requirements

Applicants must be a current student and must have passed the following classes: BUSM 20 Principles of Business & One additional BUSM or BUSS course. Additionally, applicants must have Cumulative 3.0 GPA.

Application Deadline

March 26

Please submit your applications to: Business Division Office 77-2000 March 23-26

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Applications are first come, first submit basis.

Apply Now
Schedule
- Week 4 Informational Session
- Week 5 Applications Due
- Week 6 Application Filtering
- Week 7 Interviews & Teams
- Week 8 Practice week
- Week 9-13 Competition
- Week 11 Optional Support Meeting
- Week 14 Review Winners
- Week 15 Award Ceremony

Questions or concerns? Please Contact:

Name	Email
Derek Dokter	ddokter@mtsac.edu
Regina Martinez	rmartinez298@mtsac.edu