| UC Takes 3rd Place in National Case of the Year Competition... Submitted: 2/27/2005 3:29:58 PM • UC MBA students brought home 3rd place in the annual Small Business Institute(r) National Case of the Year Competition in the Graduate Comprehensive category completed this past January. UC MBA students have won three National titles in the past four years and this year's top finish continues the tradition of excellence. By: Charles Matthews, PhD
Please join me in congratulating MBA students Tim J. Fahey, Michael P. McAllister, Brian M. McGeady, Mike R. Mendenhall, and Duane M. Perrin for their excellent field work for HyTek Coatings, Inc.and their win taking 3rd Place in the National Graduate Comprehensive category. The team's comprehensive analysis of HyTek Coating's business operations including financial, marketing, and organizational issues received many favorable comments from the judges. From schools across the US, over 20 of the top cases were whittled down final six at the National level. In addition to receiving a plaque from the Small Business Institute®, the team will also receive a $300 award provided by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). The students will be formally recognized at the 7th Annual UC Entrepreneurship Recognition Banquet, May 13th, 2005, at the UC Marriott Kingsgate Conference Center. The focus of the field case study program is twofold:
SIFE is an extensive network of 1600 college and university chapters in 40 countries that provides students the opportunity to develop and apply leadership, teamwork, and communication skills through learning, practicing, and teaching the principles of free enterprise. UC's entrepreneurship program was ranked among the top 50 programs of its kind in 2001 by Success magazine, and a nationally ranked program among all regional-level programs in 2003 and 2004 by Entrepreneurship magazine. A major thrust of the E-Center is to foster and facilitate entrepreneurship across the campus. For more information, contact Dr. Charles H. Matthews, Director, UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research, charles.matthews@uc.edu, 513-556-7123. Again, congratulations to all the students! Contact: Charles Matthews, PhD • Printer-Friendly Version • E-mail this information to a friend |
As many of you are already aware, in conjunction with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), every year the UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research holds an internal best field case competition, The Cecil Boatright Business Plan Competition, to select the top field cases completed by CoB student teams. The winner of the Boatright competition goes on to represent UC in the National Small Business Institute® (SBI) Case of the Year Competition. Over the past four years, we have been most fortunate to bring home three National titles for Best Graduate Case of the Year in the comprehensive category.