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							Fuqua School of Business: Net Impact Competitions Calendar 2009-2010
Case competions                    Description
Race and Case Competition          This is a business ethics case competition and
Hosted by Daniels College of       Nordic ski challenge rolled into one. Race & Case
Business                           allows students to apply critical thinking and ethical
                                   decision making to unique, real-world situations.
                                   Not to mention, a chance to conquer fresh, Rocky
                                   Mountain powder. Case will be provided prior to the
                                   date and format involves presentation of 20
                                   minutes and Q&A of 10 minutes. This will be
                                   followed by a ski race.

Good Venture Case Competition      Do you know of a worthy cause that deserves
Sponsored by J.P. Morgan           some serious investment? Each team chooses a
                                   cause and makes the case for why it deserves the
                                   investment.

Sustainable Venture Capital        Each student team plays the role of venture capital
Investment Competition (SVCIC)     analysts that must go through the entire VC
Hosted by Kenan-Flagler Business   investment process in an extremely condensed
School; Sponsored by BiOH, SJF     time period. The SVCIC experience includes a
Ventures and Investor's Circle     wide variety of challenges in a win-win-win scenario
                                   for three elite groups: top MBA students, visionary
                                   socially- or sustainably-minded entrepreneurs, and
                                   successful venture capitalists.



Sustainable Innovation Summit      This summit fuses two successful business
Hosted by Thunderbird School of    competitions into one. It has been redesigned to
Global Management                  challenge Masters level students from top
                                   universities around the world to develop
                                   sustainable and innovative solutions for real-world
                                   business challenges faced by global corporations
                                   and their non-profit partners.


Education Leadership Case          The Education Leadership Case Competition will
Competition                        have a positive impact on America's public schools
Hosted by Haas Business School     by developing innovative solutions for today’s
                                   education challenges and strong leaders for
                                   tomorrow’s education reforms. This year, we are
                                   pleased to announce that the competition will focus
                                   on the Pittsburgh Public School (PPS) system and
                                   the growing prominence of Superintendent Mark
Net Impact Case Competition        Xcel Energy will sponsor and provide the case. The
Hosted by Leeds School of          competition is an opportunity to bring together
Business, Colorado                 students, executives and businesses who share a
                                   common commitment to sustainable business
                                   practices and financial returns. First Round is a
                                   Power Point Deck.
International MBA Case               The GWU International MBA Case Competition,
Competition            Hosted by     which has been held each spring for the past 16
The George Washington University     years, brings together MBA student teams from
School of Business                   local, national, and international business schools
                                     to analyze a current situation facing a nonprofit
                                     organization and to present solutions that draw on
Annual Innovation Challenge          Still awaiting the organization.
                                     the assets of information mailing.
(University of Virginia's Darden
School of Business)




Business plan competitions           Description
Better Living Business Plan          The competition challenges students to invent
Competition                          sustainable products or develop sustainable
Hosted by Walmart                    business solutions and present them to a panel of
                                     Walmart executives, suppliers, and environmental
                                     organizations. The winning team will be privy to an
                                     audience with some of the top business and
                                     sustainability leaders in the United States



Pitch for Change: A Competition      Pitch for Change is an "elevator pitch" competition.
Imagine H20 Prize Competition        Imagine H2O, a national non-profit, inspires people
Sponsored and hosted by Imagine      to solve water problems. The objective of the
H2O                                  competition is to make the supply and use of water
                                     more efficient




Socially Responsible Business Plan   The competition calls for entrepreneurs who are
Competition                          starting for-profit businesses which seek financial
Hosted by the William James          viability but with defined social and/or
Foundation, sponsored by CitySoft,   environmental goals.
Wall Street Without Walls and many
more
Global Social Entrepreneurship       Students from around the world—and across fields
Competition (GSEC)                   of study—are invited to find innovative,
Sponsored by Microsoft and UW        commercially-sustainable business solutions to
Dept of Global Health; hosted by     problems of poverty in the developing world. GSEC
Foster School of Business,           plans are judged on the quality of life in the
University of Washington             developing world, financial sustainability, and
                                     implementation feasibility
Innovative Financial Solutions for   This is a competition to garner fresh ideas for
Development Competition              financial solutions aimed at reducing poverty and
Hosted by the Bill and Melinda       sustainably improving livelihoods through
Gates Foundation, the World Bank     addressing market or government failures.The goal
and Agence Française de              is to find successful projects that can be scaled up
Développement (AFD)                  and replicated broadly.


Global Social Venture Competition    The Global Social Venture Competition is the
Hosted by Haas Business School,      premier international business plan competition
Columbia Business School, London     that promotes the creation of social ventures –
School of Business, Indian School    businesses with both high financial and social
of Business and Thammasat            returns on investment.
University, Thailand



Social E-Challenge                   This is a business plan competition for
Hosted by Business Association of    entrepreneurial ventures whose primary goal is to
Stanford Entreprenurial Students     effect social and/or environmental change.
                                     Participants are given the resources and training to
                                     launch their startups, which include workshops,
                                     mixers, speakers, a mentorship program, and
                                     individual feedback from renowned judges.
titions Calendar 2009-2010
       Registration deadline       Date             Location          Eligibility
       Registration is currently   Feb 25-28 2010   Daniels College   Mixed gender
       open.                                        of Business and   teams of 4-6; at
                                                    Vail Resort,      least 2 male, 2
                                                    Denver CO         female and 1
                                                                      international
                                                                      student; at least 4
                                                                      members must
                                                                      participate in the
                                                                      ski competition

       2010 competition details    N/A              New York City,    N/A
       to be announced                              NY



       2010 competition details    Mar 19-20 2010   Chapel Hill, NC   N/A
       to be announced




       2010 competition details    Fall 2010        Thunderbird      N/A
       to be announced                              School of Global
                                                    Management,
                                                    Glendale, AZ




       December 12 2009            Feb 12-13 2010   Hass School of    Four members of
       Registration Deadline                        Business, UCB,    which two must be
                                                    San Francisco,    MBA or other grad.
                                                    CA




       Nov 16 2009, Listing. First Feb 19-20 2010   Leeds School of Four Grad
       Round Case will be                           Business,       Students of which
       released on Nov 18.                          Boulder, CO     three must be in
                                                                    the MBA program
                                                                    at Fuqua.
Registration will open     Mar 19-20 2010            George        N/A
Nov 16. Deadline is Dec 4.                           Washington
                                                     University,
                                                     Washington DC



To be announced.             Spring 2010             N/A               N/A




Registration deadline        Date                    Location          Eligibility
Participating schools will   Jan 1-29 2010 On-       Finals in         FY or SY;
be selected by November.     campus competitions     Bentonville,      Each team must
Duke has already been        Feb 5-19 2010           Arkansas at       be sponsored by
selected.                    Regional competitions   Walmart.          Duke and prepared
                             Apr 22-23 Semis and     Regional either   under the
                             Finals                  at Darden         supervision of a
                                                     (Cville, VA) or   faculty advisor
                                                     Emory (Atlanta,
                                                     GA)
Registration Deadline:       'Feb 28 2010            HBS,              Individuals &
Nov 16 2009: Round 1         Feb 01 2010: Round 2    Possibly          Individual or team;
executive summaries          business plan and       Northern          FY or SY
                             presentations           California
                             Feb 25 2010: Round 3
                             final showcase




Dec 04 2009: Executive       Feb 26 2010: Full plans Washington DC Individual or team;
summary deadline             from those selected                   FY or SY
                             April 2-4 2010: Finals




Nov 11 2009: Registration March 1-5 2010             Seattle, WA       Teams of 2-4
and executive summaries                                                (normally);
                                                                       FY or SY
Nov 15 2009               Mar 4-5 2010           Paris, France     All development
                                                                   finance innovators;
                                                                   organistations only
                                                                   (Like Duke Univ),
                                                                   individuals not
                                                                   accepted


Jan 20th 2010:            April 22-24 2010       Round 1 and 2     Team with at least
Submission of executive                          at Columbia       one B-School
summaries                                        Business          student;
                                                 School, New       FY or SY;
                                                 York;             Ventures must be
                                                 Round 3 at        less than 3 yrs old
                                                 Haas Business
                                                 School, Berkley
Feb 17th 2010: Round 1    Mar 3rd 2010: Round 1 Stanford           Team with at least
submission deadline       results               University,        one Stanford
                          Apr 24 2010: Round 2 California          student or recent
                          pitch;                                   Alum;
                          TBA: Round 3                             FY or SY
Prize                 Website                         Other
N/A                   http://www.daniels.du.edu/news
                      events/events/studentevents/rac
                      ecase/competitionformat.html




1st place: $15,000    http://www.jpmorgan.com/stude
                      nt/jpmorgan/careers/goodventur
                      e/case


2009 prizes were:     http://www.svcic.org/
1st place: $1,500
2nd place: $1,000
3rd place: $500




N/A                   http://www.thunderbird.edu/kno
                      wledge_network/ctrs_excellence
                      /wcge/sustainable_innovation.ht
                      m




1st Place: $3,000     http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/ Preference will be
cash + $2,000 donor's education/ELCC/                  given to one team from
choose donation. 2nd                                   each school though
Place: $1,500 cash +                                   multiple can apply.
donor's choose
donation.


1st Place: $10,000    http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/in Any number of teams
                      terior.aspx?id=9042&ekmensel= from Duke. No
                      c580fa7b_154_602_btnlink         overlapping members.
                                                       Only 3 teams make it
                                                       second round
N/A                    http://www.business.gwu.edu/gr One team from Duke
                       ad/casecomp/                   only. Registration fee is
                                                      $2500 and includes a
                                                      hotel and recepetion of
                                                      a 4 member team and
                                                      one advisor.
N/A                    http://www.innovationchallenge.
                       com/




Prize                  Website                          Other
$20,000 to invest in   http://www.netimpact.org/display
the business or        common.cfm?an=1&subarticlen
product entered        br=2315




Prize Pool of $12,500 http://www.pitchforchange.org
1st place: up to      http://www.imagineh20.org/
$35,000
2nd and 3rd place: up
to $17,500




12+ prizes of $20,000 http://www.williamjamesfoundati
cash plus up tp         on.org/
$50,000 in other prizes




Total GSEC prize       foster.washington.edu/gsec
money is $17,000;
Two prizes in global
health
Five grants of up to   http://www.fininnov.org/?l=en       Proposals may be
US $100,000 each                                           submitted in French or
                                                           English




1st Place $25,000      http://www.gsvc.org/




Up to $50,000 in       http://bases.stanford.edu/social-
prizes                 e-challenge/

						
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