University students, from all over the world, competed in the Capstone / Foundation Business Simulation competition. The students managed simulated companies and the winners achieved the highest profits.
NORTHFIELD, IL (PRWEB) April 29, 2004 -- Dan Smith, president of Management Simulations, Inc., announced the winners of the Spring 2004 Capstone / Foundation Business Simulation International Challenge.
The competition began with 703 teams of university students, totaling 997 participants. Teams were judged on cumulative profit. Students managed simulated corporations making decisions in Research and Development, Human Resources, Marketing, Production and Finance.
Each of these categories involved making many analyses and decisions, with eight simulated years of operation taking place in one week. The finals compressed eight years of management into one day.
In the Capstone Business Simulation category, the winners and their professors were:
1st place: Stevens Institute of Technology: Student Abdulla Udaipurwala - Professor Allen Ginsberg
2nd place: University of Arkansas: Students James Craig & Robert Wittig – Professor Vikas Anand
3rd place: St. Andrews Presbyterian College: Student Cedrick Ratliff - Professor James Hansz
4th place: University of Massachusetts: Student Andreas Weischer, Michael Kessler, David Chung, Yue Jessica Yu, Zeyno Sobaci & Yuanyuan Zhang - Professor Walter Einstein
5th place: Georgia WebMBA: Students Bryan Babb & Matthew Wagner - Professor Gary Roberts
6th place: Binghamton University: Student James Sherman – Professor Robert Cline
In the Foundation Business Simulation category, the winners and their professors were:
1st place: Kennesaw State University: Student Amy Chittick-Kulper & James Guido - Professor Harry Lasher
2nd place: Weber State University: Student David Clay - Professor E. K. Valentin
3rd place: Drexel University: Student Kurt Hutter – Professor Robert Laessig
4th place: Western Carolina University: Student Vadzim Yazvinski - Professor Roger Higgs
5th place: Montana State University, Billings: Student Kris Zito - Professor Patricia Holman
6th place: University of Massachusetts: Student Sean Farrelly, Erica Sylvia, Suzanne Raposo &
Eyad Marzuq - Professor Walter Einstein
Management Simulations, Inc. sent congratulatory plaques, to the winning students. Winners names are posted on the web site www.capsim.com.
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