INVITATIONAL
WHAT IS INVITATIONAL?
For the past 20 years, the Invitational case competition has been a part of CBS Case Competition, generating lifetime experiences for participants, audiences, juries, and partners – a truly unique tradition that will continue in 2024. 12 teams will be selected and invited from the top business schools in the world to compete in the competition. The teams will be challenged in assessing the real-life issues which organizations are facing today, analyzing available information, crafting solutions, and defending their recommendations in front of a jury of high-level business leaders. They will be doing this during a week in Copenhagen, alongside social and professional events, all in all to create lifetime experiences.
Read more about this year’s case here:
And read more about the case company, Nordea, here:
WHY PARTICIPATE?
You will gain highly useful skills such as becoming good at teamwork, problem-solving, and applying theory to real-life business cases.
Companies are constantly looking for people with problem-solving skills to combat the challenges that they might face in their market, participating in case competitions will put you on their radar.
Based on what we hear from previous participants, the amazing experiences are what Invitational is all about. Take part in the social, academic, and professional events that we plan during week 9, and the encounters with ambitious business students from all over the world.
OUR PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES 2024
Aarhus BSS
American University of Beirut
Copenhagen Business School
HKU Business School
McGill University
Sauder School of Business
Singapore Management University
Rotterdam School of Management
University of Technology Sydney
UNSW Sydney
University of Belgrade
University of Florida
Previous years' winners (2021-2022-2023 in that order)
2021
2022
2023
2024
1st places
2nd places
3rd places
FAQ
The competition takes place in week 9, 2024, from Saturday, February 24th to Friday, March 1st, 2024. The whole week will include entertaining and challenging events in Copenhagen, Denmark.
On March 1st, 2024, after a full week of socializing and cracking cases, the three teams with the best solutions will represent their university in the grand final with more than 500 people in the audience.
The final will take place live in an auditorium at CBS, but will also be live-streamed for viewers who are not able to be present at the final.
The competition is a by-invitation-only format for undergraduate case teams. Every year, 12 talented teams get invited to participate. To be eligible for participation, each team has to be supported by a faculty advisor from the respective university.
Our selection criteria are based on the following:
· A prominent case team of four undergraduate students
· Previous case-solving experience
· International representation
All expenses in terms of participation are covered by CBS Case Competition. Except the transport back and forth to Copenhagen.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at caroline.knudsen@casecompetition.com if you have any further questions,