Portuguese university wins MBA Case Competition
Portugal’s University of Porto Business School has taken the 30th John Molson MBA International Case Competition, held January 3 to 8 at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
The University of Porto wins the Concordia Cup and a cheque for $10,000.
Second place went to Queen’s University from Kingston, Ontario, and the University of Kaiserslautern from Germany captured third.
The JMSB team put in a strong showing, making it to the semifinals among the top nine teams of 36 competing.
This year, 43 schools from around the world applied to compete – the highest number of applicants in the competition’s history. Organizers estimate the total number of participants to be roughly 250.
The event welcomed first-time teams from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, and Paris School of Business in France.
![The John Molson School of Business’ 2011 MBAICC team (left to right): Michael Gerstel, Tania D'Amico, Aaron Linden, Raj Sadhukha, coach Dickson Jay and alternate Henry Shih. | Photo by Concordia University.](university-from-portugal-wins-2011-mba-case-competition/_jcr_content/images/image_jpg_0.img.jpg)
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• John Molson MBA International Case Competition
• John Molson School of Business
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