KeyBank Foundation Minority MBA Case Competition

KeyBank and Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University hosted the ninth annual Minority MBA Student Case Competition February 22-24, 2013 in Cleveland Ohio. 

 

KeyBank Foundation will supervise the selection of a contemporary and never-before-used case topic addressing business issues with varied implications at either a national or international level. Teams of three presenters are being invited from universities and colleges across the country to compete.  Please note that, due to funding limitations, no alternate member of the team is being invited to participate or sponsored by the program.  Each team will benefit from the opportunity to develop important professional skills such as analyzing and responding quickly to often-complex business issues.  Also, teams will have a chance to hone their communication and team-building talents while learning from the expertise of business executive judges and moderators.

Awards: 1^st through 4^th place winners receive plaques and team awards ranging from $1,000 to $7,000.  Each team will receive individual participation certificates and a team photo plaque. Members of each team will receive a participation allowance ranging from $200 to $400.

Registration: Each team must be composed of three presenting members. Presenting teams selected for participation in this minority MBA student case competition must represent ethnic diversity.  At least one presenting team member must represent ethnic diversity. In the spirit of this minority MBA student case competition, it is desired that a majority of the team members presenting be of an ethnic minority background  (identify as being African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino American, Native American/American Indian or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander).  To be eligible, teams must submit a completed registration, resumes, and $100 nonrefundable registration fee. Meals are included in your registration.  If a team is selected to participate, its registration fee is nonrefundable, should it withdraw or be unable to participate for any reason.

Winners for the 2012 KeyBank Case competition: 

• 1^st Place University of Washington
• 2^nd Place University of California, Los Angeles
• 3^rd Place Cleveland State University
• 4^th Place The Pennsylvania State University

2013 KeyBank Case Competition Results

Rank	University	Prize Amount
1st Place	University of California, Los Angeles	$7000
2nd Place	Boston College	$5000
3rd Place	University of Georgia	$3000
4th Place	Case Western Reserve University	$1000

 

Best Presenters- Awarded $250 each

Name	University
Randi Fuller	University of Toledo
Thomas Totoe	Baylor University
Marsha Smith	University of Georgia
Temisan Shebi	Hampton University

 

Best Question & Answer- Awarded $250 each

Name	University
Kaiwan Bowman	Indiana University
Tim Najera	University of California, Los Angeles
Marsha Smith	University of Georgia
Domnique Vargas	Case Western Reserve University

 

Each team participating received a plaque and all participants received participation certificates. Also, for the first year, Best Presenters and Best Q&A Responders from each of the four brackets were awarded $250 awards. Based on distance traveled to the competition, members of each team received a participation allowance ranging from $200 (399 round trip miles or less) to $400 (400 roundtrip miles or greater).

The judges were thoroughly impressed with all the insights and recommendations the teams gave. The enormous investment of and time and talent was evident in insightfulness of all the presentations.