The Qualification Contest in the East-China region for the Eighth China Management Case Competition was recently held at Haosheng Hotel of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. After strong competition, the second team from East China University of Science and Technology and the first team from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)entered the finals of the Eighth China Management Case Competition, which will take place at the Communication University of China this September.
The competition was sponsored by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and jointly organized by the National Supervisory Committee for Graduate Education in Business Administration, the China Management Case Sharing Center and the Management Case Research Committee of the China Management Modernization Research Association. Professor Cheng Liwei from the Dalian University of Technology, Professor Wang Shiliang from Zhejiang University, Professor Zhang Shuang from Southwest University of Science and Technology, Professor Hu Yuchen from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, and Li Min, Chairman of Panda Financial Holdings Ltd. acted as the judges in the competition.
Judges
Wei Hang, Executive Associate Dean of SUFE College of Business , gave a speech at the opening ceremony. He gave a brief introduction about the College of Business of SUFE and the MBA program, and expressed a warm welcome to the judges, participating faculty members, students and guests, and wished the participating teams could develop their business practice ability and improve their ability to make comprehensive analysis and decision-making through team work and collaborative innovation.
Wei Hang, COB Executive Associate Dean, giving a speech
A total of 21 teams from 11 universities participated in the competition, including: East China University of Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Hangzhou University of Electric Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, School of Management of Shanghai University, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai International Studies University, Tongji University, Zhejiang Business University, Zhejiang University of Technology and Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (listed in alphabetical order).
At the competition
The competition case was sent to the participating teams 60 hours ahead of time, as per competition guidelines. The case of this year’s competition is “The industrial online platform of the important machine for the country “shield construction machine”-the digital innovation path of China railway industrial service”. Teams worked hard and submitted their PPT reports for a blind test on the evening of 24th August, and drew lots on the 25th for the onsite contest. Each team effectively used various resources such as data, charts, and theories to fully demonstrate their viewpoints and carried out an intense debate through case analysis, on-the-spot presentationand answering questions posted by the audience and judges. Their careful logical analyses and ingenious answers to questionswon the applause of the audience and the judges.
At the competition
Judges giving comments
Judges giving scores
After a whole day of exciting competition on the 25th August, the judges gave the scores which combined with the results of the blind test, taking into account of the logics of problem identification and analysis, the innovation and effectiveness of problem-solving methods, the accuracy of information and data analysis, the professionalism and responsiveness of on-the-spot , and on-the-spot performance, to select the winning teams and individuals.
Champion: Team 2 from East China University of Science and Technology
Second-palcel winner: Team 1 from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics , and Team 1 from Shanghai Maritime University
Third-place winner: Team 1 from East China Normal University, Team 2 from Tongji University, Team 2 from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics , Team 1 from Zhejiang Business University,and Team 1 from Tongji University
Award for Best New Talent: Team 2 from Hangzhou University of electric technology, Team 2 from Shanghai International Studies University, Team 2 from Shanghai Maritime University, Team 2 from East China Normal University, Team 1 from Hangzhou University of Electric Technology, Team 2 from Zhejiang University of Technology, Team 1 from East China University of Science and Technology, Team 1 from Shanghai International Studies University, Team 3 from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Team 1 from Zhejiang University of Technology, Team from Shanghai University team, Team 2 from Zhejiang Business University, Team from Zhejiang University of science and technology
Best Coach: Associate Professor Du Weiyu of East China University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor Han Yulan of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Best Performance Award: Li Ting from Team 1 of Shanghai International Studies University, Li Huaning from Team 1 of Zhejiang University of Technology
Most Valuable Team Member Award: Cao Yilei from Team 1 of Tongji University, Chen Shujie from Team 1 of Zhejiang Business University
The chairwoman of the jury, Cheng Liwei, professor from Dalian University of Technology, made comments on the competition
The champion team
The second-place winners
Award for The Best New Talent
Award for The Best Coach
Award for best individual performance
Award for the Most Valuable Team Member
The China Management Case Competition, which has been held annually since 2013, aims to improve the analytical and decision-making abilities of MBA students through the analysis and discussion of social and economic cases and simulations of real-life business competitions. At the same time, the competition aims to promote the development of China’s business administration education, as well as test case teaching results and improve the exchanges and collaboration among business schools. At present, the China Management Case Competition has been successfully held for seven years. The competition does not only help students pay more attention to the combination of theory and practice but improves their comprehensive quality. The case competition has been well-accepted by the industry as a large-scale, standardized, and high-level professional competition.