We are proud to announce the second annual Africa Business Concept Challenge (ABCC) in partnership with Peaqs. This virtual business concept competition for African undergraduate and graduate students will challenge teams to design a viable business concept that addresses a locally-relevant challenge or problem related to Agenda 2063, and inclusive and sustainable development.
As part of this experience, teams will compete on the Peaqs platform in a virtual stock market on the Peaqs platform. We are recruiting investors to participate in this crucial portion of the competition. You will be asked to invest on one or both competition games to determine which team has the best developed idea in each phase. The following are the times for investing:
Phase 1: March 25th
Phase 2: March 30th through April 4th
Phases 3, 4, & 5: April 10th through 17th
This interactive part of the competition is fun and engaging and we welcome any professionals, researchers, teaching assistants, and more to participate as investors. Â If you are interested, you can complete a form of expression found below and share with your network.
The more Investors and Investor Experts in the market game, the more realistic an experience the teams can have.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email Maddie Handler at mhandler@gbsn.org.  We look forward to welcoming new investors this year and are very excited to see the ideas that are developed by students!
We invite young academics to submit papers or essays on the future of a sustainable and inclusive financial sector.
The global financial sector continues to undergo rapid evolution with new technologies enabling the digitization of money, innovative trends involving artificial intelligence and DLT, and a greater focus on financing SMEs and financial inclusion. We see a long-term transition toward a sustainable financial industry, while in the short-term there is a need to support the economic recovery from the pandemic.
We invite young academics to submit papers or essays addressing one of the following topics:
The future of finance, or what will financial centers look like in 2030
How the financial sector can contribute to a sustainable economic recovery from the current pandemic
Innovations in sustainable finance and their impact on the financial industry
How financial centers can promote inclusive finance
New ways of successfully financing small and medium-sized enterprises
We will also consider papers on topics not mentioned above, but relevant to the work of international financial centers.
The top three finalists will have the unique opportunity to present their research at WAIFCâs Annual General Meeting to be held in Casablanca, Morocco in October 2022. Our Chair will announce the winner of the best paper and award a prize of âŹ3,000. The runners-up will be awarded prizes of âŹ2,000 (2nd place) and âŹ1,000 (3rd place).
Who can enter?
We invite young academics from around the world to make a submission. WAIFC is a global organization, and we aim to make this a global competition. The Award is open to all countries, including non-WAIFC member countries. As our focus is on finance, we particularly encourage submissions from Ph.D. students in finance, economics, mathematics, computer science, or other similar fields to participate. We are, however, seeking new ideas, so a background in any field of study is welcome as long as your paper or essay relates to finance and meets our submission criteria. Submissions are welcome from those in universities, research institutes, think tanks, and other similar institutions.
Multiple authors can contribute to a paper or essay, but as we are seeking ideas from bright young minds, at least one author must be under the age of 35 as of 15 June 2022.
How will the winners be selected?
We will assess the papers against the following criteria: (1) novelty, (2) topicality, (3) innovative thinking, (4) scientific merit, (5) relevance for financial centers, and (6) practical applicability.
How to apply?
Applications to submit your paper or essay may be made no later than 15 May 2022 via our submission form. Your final paper or essay must be submitted no later than 15 June 2022.
Full details on who can enter, how to enter, assessment criteria, etc. are detailed within our Award Handbook. If you have any further questions, please email award@waifc.finance.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and hopefully meeting you in Casablanca later this year.
About the WAIFC
The World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC) is a non-profit association registered in Belgium, representing 21 leading international financial centers across four continents. WAIFC members are governments agencies, associations, and similar institutions developing and promoting their financial centers. WAIFC facilitates cooperation between its members, exchanging best practices and communication with the general public.
Read all about the 2021 winners and highly commended cases HERE!
The aim of the CEEMAN & Emerald Case Writing Competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality teaching case material relevant for the realities of dynamic and emerging economies, and at the same time to promote the development of case-writing capabilities in those countries. Since its launch in the 1990s, the Case Writing Competition has amassed over 650 cases from 80 countries, and it is with pleasure that we observe what an impact they have had on management education that strives to be relevant to its environments and stakeholders.
In the spirit of a fully inclusive competition, global submissions are encouraged. As the co-organizers, Emerald Group Publishing will support global exposure of the submitted high-quality cases through a direct link with Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EMCS), a growing collection of around 700 case studies with teaching notes. All case submissions will be considered for international publication in EMCS.
The total CEEMAN/Emerald award prize pool is worth over âŹ10,000, including âŹ4,000 prize money. Prizes are awarded to the overall winner and two runners-up.
We are pleased to offer feedback to authors of cases submitted to this competition early. If you submit your case before 28 February 2022, you will receive some feedback from the judges of the competition, and be able to revise and resubmit your case before 17 April for final judging. Please note the early feedback will be brief, general comments on the focus of your case/teaching notes that will help you improve for the competition and is not full double blind peer review. You will receive in depth feedback once your case is submitted for peer review in EMCS.
Webinar on writing teaching cases: Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 4:00-5:00 PM CET – Watch the recording!
Second webinar on case writing: March 2022
Early case submission deadline: 28 February 2022
Case submission deadline: 17 April 2022
Announcement of winners: June 2022
Award ceremony: winners will be announced during the CEEMAN Annual Meeting at the CEEMAN Annual Conference, taking place on 21-23 September 2022 in Bled, Slovenia.
Prizes
The value of the total prize pool is over âŹ10,000, which will be distributed as follows:
The overall winner will be awarded:
Monetary prize of âŹ2,500
Publication of the case in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
Depending on the quality and number of submissions, additional awards may be bestowed in different categories. If a winning case has more than one author, the prize will be split among the co-authors (the prize may be subject to local taxes). Full evaluations from the competitionâs judging panel will be made available to authors upon request.
A start-up pitch competition geared towards university/college students. To participate in the competition, the student must be currently enrolled either at Woxsen or Woxsenâs International partner universities.
India has the 3rd largest startup ecosystem in the world. Itâs raining unicorns in India amid an unprecedented funding spree for Indian startups across sectors. 44 Indian startups have already made it to the unicorn club in 2021.
Do you have an idea that you think could change the world? Are you dreaming about earning millions or even billions of dollars by launching a business around this idea?
At Woxsen University, we firmly believe in bringing up a breed of next gen entrepreneurs and with this initiative, we would like to invite young minds from across the globe to present their business ideas.
The winners stand a chance to get their ideas incubated at Trade Tower- Woxsenâs Incubation Centre.
Points to Note
Each university is to nominate a team of interested students with their proposals by 30th January, 2022. No changes shall be made to the proposals post this deadline.
Day 1-2nd Feb’ 22 (Wednesday): The students are to login to the virtual zoom link that will be shared with the participants. The teams shall have to present their pitch-deck consisting of but not limited to:
Vision and Value Proposition
The concern
Target market and opportunity
Revenue or business model
Traction and validation/roadmap
Marketing and sales strategy
Financials: sales forecast, income statement (also called profit and loss statement), and cash flow forecast for at least three years
Investment and use of funds
Each individual/team would be allotted only 5-10 minutes to present their subsequent idea to the panel and 5 minutes would be allotted to the judges for question and answers session. In case of unforeseen circumstances or lack of time, the remaining teams would be allowed to present the following day.
Day 2:4rd Feb’22 (Thursday): The Teams would be required to login to the virtual platform for the closing ceremony. The panel of Judges would announce the winning teams to proceed for incubation of their ideas. Additionally, the winning team also stand a chance to receive one on one mentorship from the esteemed panel of judges.
Please ensure to complete both steps to confirm your participation.
Industry Focus
The ideas could be geared towards improving lives and transforming industries; such as, but not limited to, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, financial technologies, IoT, augmented reality and agriculture, among others.
Criteria for Selection
Team
In the early stages, investors invest in people. Because of that, judges pay particular attention to the âFounding Team.â They are looking for a team that is multidisciplinary and complementary, with the capacity to implement â a team that is capable of achieving what it sets out to do and that what it sets out to do is ambitious enough.
Market Validation
Judges want to see what level of knowledge you have of the market in which you are competing. What is your capacity to recognize and describe the problem you are solving. You must know and communicate well who your competition is and how you compare with them.
Product
It is important to define your product so that the jury can understand how, in an innovative way, it addresses the market problem being solved. Having a functional market value proposition (MVP) is crucial.
Business Model
Be clear about how you will make money. The jury will want to know: Did you test your market? Do you know the cost of acquiring a customer and their Life Time Value? If youâve already performed the initial market tests your chances of making it to the end of the competition will greatly increase. And last but not least, the business model should be scalable â it must be global in scope, or at least regional.
Soft Skills
The entrepreneurial team should be assertive and clear when speaking about their startup. The panel will be asking among themselves if the entrepreneurs are capable of âsellingâ the vision of the company. Besides, the entrepreneurs must be able to position themselves as leaders.
Certificate of Participation
A Certificate of Participation shall be given to all participants.
Top 3 Winners stand a chance to get their Startup ideas incubated by Trade Tower-Woxsen’s Incubation Centre
Woxsen University is pleased to invite all partner universities to nominate their students to participate in International Startup Championship 2022 which will be held on the 2nd and 3rd February 2022.
India has the 3rd largest startup ecosystem in the world. Itâs raining unicorns in India amid an unprecedented funding spree for Indian startups across sectors. 44 Indian startups have already made it to the unicorn club in 2021.
Do you have an idea that you think could change the world? Are you dreaming about earning millions or even billions of dollars by launching a business around this idea?
At Woxsen University, we firmly believe in bringing up a breed of next gen entrepreneurs and with this initiative, we would like to invite young minds from across the globe to present their business ideas. The winners stand a chance to get their ideas incubated at Trade Tower- Woxsenâs Incubation Centre.
Registration
Registration Fee- INR 5000 per Team (Or a Single Person)
You are invited to enter the competition and support and strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) skills and knowledge for todayâs students, who will become tomorrowâs global business leaders. WDI Publishing and the University of Michiganâs Ross School of Business are proud to present the second annual DEI Global Case Writing Competition.
You are encouraged to submit an academic case study about a DEI-related business dilemma within one or across multiple business disciplines. Submitted case studies may feature diverse protagonists who may have nontraditional, yet inclusive, management styles.
Competition Objectives
Encourage and reward the development and publication of new, relevant academic case studies that focus on DEI in business and/or feature diverse protagonists as business leaders.
Publish teaching materials that will increase student understanding of the unique and realistic challenges of creating, implementing and sustaining DEI in a business or organization anywhere in the world.
Present learning opportunities for students that challenge current ideas about DEI in business and that spur critical thinking for creative pathways for more positive change.
Prizes
1st Place Award – $10,000
2nd Place Award – $5,000
3rd Place Award – $2,500
Who Can Enter?
Individual students or student teams (graduate or undergraduate) and other professionals may enter, but must enter in collaboration with a faculty member or instructor from an accredited university/college, in the U.S. or internationally.
Individual faculty/instructors or teams from an accredited university/college (in the U.S. or internationally) may also enter.
RRBM and its co-sponsors are offering up to eight scholarships of $10,000 each to doctoral students in business schools to conduct dissertation research that follows the principles of responsible research. The research topic should focus on economic inequality, racial, gender or other forms of social justice in organizations, thereby contributing to meeting one or more of the United Nationâs Sustainable Development Goals.
Call for Applications
Applications accepted beginning : November 1, 2021
Application deadline: December 1, 2021
Award decision: March 1, 2022
Purpose
To support young scholars taking on the grand challenges of our world through responsible research in business and management.
Possible Research Topics and Methods
The Selection Committee welcomes dissertation research that will generate knowledge or ideas to reduce income inequality, increase racial and gender equity, or address other forms of social justice that enhance stakeholder well-being, especially focusing on the role of business organizations. Research that contributes to meeting one or more of the United Nationsâ Sustainable Development Goals related to these social justice issues are of special interest to this dissertation scholarship program.
This scholarship program supports dissertation research that is inter-disciplinary and that involves stakeholders in the research process. We encourage the use of multiple methods, including qualitative (case studies, observations, text analysis), quantitative (surveys, archival empirical), and experimentation (lab and field), as explained in the principles of responsible research. Intervention field studies (e.g., randomized controlled experiments) that robustly test theory-informed ideas/treatments to address the aforementioned justice issues are especially valuable.
The Eligible Applicant
Is a doctoral candidate (generally after the qualifying exam) at the beginning stage of the dissertation research;
Is studying in a business school in any of the disciplines as long as the research falls within the domain of the research topics described above;
Is familiar with the RRBM Principles of Responsible Research (e.g., as an endorser of the position paper, an attendee of RRBM webinars, or through other engagements);
We recommend attending the Philosophical Foundation of Responsible Research course which will be offered online September to mid-November 2021. The course covers the topics of uncertainties in scientific reasoning, inductive risks, values in science, objectivity and responsibility, science and policy, science and society, and progress in science â foundational ideas of responsible research. The final assignment of this course is to develop a research idea related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Registration for the 2021 course offering has closed. Missed the course? You can still apply for the scholarship. We recommend reviewing FAQ #5 below and taking some time to review the course syllabus and recommended reading.
The Application & Proposal Content
Eligible Applications will be submitted online and include (I) a proposal; (II) two letters of recommendation; and (III) the applicantâs CV. Applications should adhere to the detailed guidelines available for download here.
Applications will be accepted beginning November 1, 2021 and must be received by December 1, 2021.
Evaluation of Proposals
Proposals will be evaluated using the Seven Principles of Responsible Research, ensuring that the proposed research meets the standards of high relevance to the research domain specified in this program and strong methodological rigor with promise of credible findings. Additional information regarding the evaluation process and Selection Committee is available here.
About Mark Mobius Emerging Markets Institute Pitch Competition 2021
As the role of emerging multinational businesses evolves, the Mark Mobius EMI Pitch Competition challenges teams to think creatively, innovate and adapt their approaches and technologies to solve pressing issues in the emerging markets.
Early-stage startups, which benefit ESG, are encouraged to apply here.
Important Dates:
Team Submissions Due on October 10th, 2021
We welcome team nominations or submissions until October 10, 2021, or 100 applications are received. Each application must have demonstrated a working prototype ready to be validated by users in an emerging market.
FinalistsCompete on November 5, 2021
Ten finalists will be notified by October 15, 2021, with an invitation to present their ideas at the Emerging Markets Institute’s annual conference. Pitches will be live-streamed and optionally virtual for teams who cannot travel to the Cornell Tech campus in New York City, USA.
Prize
A $10,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winning team, and an additional $5,000 awarded to the runner-up. The finalists will also gain access to networking, coaching and mentorship opportunities provided by Cornell Universityâs Big Red Ventures. EMI may also feature finalists on its website, annual presentations, and reports for additional team visibility.
Submission Guidelines
1. Interested teams should email contactemi@cornell.edu with any questions on our evaluation criteria and find out if their university hosts a separate nomination round.
2. Submit a pitch deck or presentation of your pitch deck here.
3. Thatâs it! Practice giving a 3 to 5-minute presentation about your venture once youâve submitted. You will hear from us by October 15, 2021, if youâve been selected for the global competition.
The Cornell SC Johnson College of Businessâ Emerging Markets Institute invites your students to participate in our 5th AnnualEmerging Markets Case Competition, October 4th -11th with the final round on November 5th.
This year, participants in the 5th Annual Emerging Markets Case Competition come from business & policy schools in the United States and around the globe. The growing role of Emerging Multinationals in the business world continues to evolve and this case competition seeks to challenge students to come up with win-win solutions for expanding stakeholders. The goal of the case competition is to identify and answer questions that real businesses and managers are posing today in relation to Emerging Markets.
Where: The conference this year will be hybrid, teams can choose to attend in person at Roosevelt Island, New York City â Cornell Tech Campus or virtually.
Theme: Emerging Markets Multinationals: Building the Future on ESG Excellence
Format: Up to 3 teams per school comprised of 3 to 5 students will have one-week in early October to create and submit their case solution and presentation via a PowerPoint deck. Four final teams will present during the 11th Annual Emerging Markets Institute Conference on November 5, 2021. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams.
Information: The Cornell SC Johnson College of Businessâ Emerging Markets Institute is launching our 11th Emerging Markets Conference at the Cornell Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island, New York City, NY on November 5th, 2021. Under the theme âEmerging Markets Multinationals: Building the Future on ESG Excellence,â we will explore the impact of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) on global trade and emerging multinationals.
This year, the conference will hold its 5th Annual Emerging Markets Case Competition. The case competition committee invites your school to participate to gain the following benefits:
Meeting high-profile representatives from industry and academia.
Networking with conference participants and business executives.
Exposure to conference and case competition sponsors.
Free admission to the conference (for finalists).
Cash prizes for the top three teams.
General Information
Registration of the teams by October 1st – 11:59 PM EST at the EMI Conference website – there are no registration fees for participants
To register, please use the conference registration button and in the drop down indicate registration for the case competition. You will then be directed to add in your teamâs name. Each member of the team must register separately.
Each school sends up to three representative team of 3 to 5 students (it is recommended, but not required that at least one student per team is enrolled in an MBA program)
If more than 3 teams are registered the school will be contacted and responsible for providing the final three teams for official registration.
All teams once registered will receive the case by October 4thand must submit their teamâs response by 11:59 PM EST on October 11th
Please see our attached rules and regulations for more guidance if needed.
Announcement of finalists will be made by October 18th
Final presentations either in person or virtually will occur on November 5th
Question?
For any questions or clarifications, please feel free to reach out to us at emiconferece@cornell.edu. We look forward to hearing back from you!
Map the System is much more than a competition – it is a representation of our core beliefs about social change: that we all have the responsibility to understand problems we want to be part of solving.
In partnership with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the SaĂŻd Business School, University of Oxford, GBSN invites faculty and staff across the network to bring Map the System to their students. There have been a handful of GBSN Institutions participate in Map the System to date, and we would love to extend this to as many partner members as possible as part of this partnership.
Map the System uses systems thinking as a guiding approach and equips students to tackle complex sustainability challenges and become better leaders. They do so by working in teams to explore a social or environmental problem they care about. Students learn how to understand and incorporate different perspectives and identify the influence stakeholders have on parts of the system. Since 2016, MTS has grown, year on year. Now a global community of over 65 institutions and thousands of students, Map the System will change the way your students see the world. Watch the new video âHow can institutions take part in Map the Systemâ to learn more.
Register your institution now via the Map the System website before 30 October 2022 and join a global community of social impact educators committed to providing students with transformational learning opportunities. Last year over 65 global educational institutions participated in Map the System across 6 continents
Institution registration is now open.
The final deadline to register your institution is Sunday, 30 October 2022. When GBSN Member Schools click to register, there will be an option to indicate your status as a GBSN member.
What is the cost?
Map the System is more than a competition – itâs a learning program and a learning community. Weâve added more digital content and enrichment, including virtual workshops and masterclasses with Oxford faculty and globally recognized impact leaders.
The Institutional Registration Fee helps to support some of the costs of Map the System. The full fee is ÂŁ3750 (USD $4,500) per institution.
Network Discounts
GBSN Network members are eligible for a substantial fee reduction to participate in Map the System, with the introductory offer of participating in Map the System 2023 for ÂŁ2000 (USD $2,400).
Further fee reduction and sponsorship scheme
The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship is a non-profit, grant-funded, social innovation centre, however we have a limited amount of further fee waiver support available to provide bursaries and discounts to institutions to permit them to partake in the program. We prioritize offering fee waivers to institutions in low or middle income countries to enable their students to participate in Map the System and for their staff to benefit from the network partnerships as well as providing access to our growing learning program in the social impact and systems change space. Network partners can provide a fee sponsorship to a partner institution in a low- or middle-income country. This sponsorship would enable a partner institution to join the Map the System program who might not otherwise have the opportunity to take part. The sponsored institution could either be nominated by the sponsor, or we can suggest a suitable institution to sponsor and onboard them onto Map the System.
We also have a referral scheme, whereby institutions who successfully recruit a new partner school, will receive an additional fee discount of ÂŁ200 on next yearâs participation fee.
For questions regarding the institution participation fee or waiving of fees, please contact the Skoll Centre team at mapthesystem@sbs.ox.ac.uk or check out our FAQs on the website.
