International Business Case Competition
2026 IB Case Competition
The International Business Case Competition is an annual event in which students from several different universities, especially minority-serving institutions, are placed in groups to solve a real-world business problem.
About the Competition
The challenge provides students with the opportunity to meet students from other universities as well as gain insight on real-world business issues. As the program provides each student with beneficial skills and experience, it also has strict criteria that must be followed. The students are assigned to teams of four students, but with the requirement that every student from the team is from a different university and majoring in a distinct field area. This will allow students to work through multiple cross-cultural obstacles, including different study habits, learning methods and even diverse university cultures. The fields represented during the Case Competition are Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management & Operations.
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At the start of the first day, the students are given the time to participate in a variety of events that are meant to build up their trust and familiarity with each other. Later, each team is given its case and has the rest of the day to come up with the solution. On day two, the teams stand in front of a panel of judges and present their solution to the case.
The International Business Case Competition is funded by the U.S. Department of Education with the goal of mounting competitiveness in the global market. The competition not only allows students to work together in teams, but it also prepares them to enter the global job market, in which they will be confronted with actual business problems.
2025 Case Competition
The event received much praise from the participants.
Attendees expressed great satisfaction with the content and overall hosting of the event.
By the Numbers
- 14 institutions participated
- 56 students
Quotes from Participants
“I thank your team for an awesome experience. You provided the students with an opportunity to gain insight into what it takes to be competitive in the world which they are about to enter. I definitely would like to participate in the Pedagogy workshop.”
--2025 Case Competition Advisor
“The structure of the competition and how the managing staff are so on top of everything! Outstanding way to challenge the minds of college students in the business world”
--2025 Case Competition Student Participant
“I enjoyed being able to work with many different people from various backgrounds. It opened my mind to other ideas and presentation tactics I hadn’t thought about”
--2025 Case Competition Student Participant
“I like that we had to socialize on the fly with our new team, especially given the small amount of time we had”
--2025 Case Competition Student Participant
“The networking was spectacular for the students and advisors; additionally, it was a valuable learning experience”
--2025 Case Competition Advisor
“Thank you for providing this exhilarating experience”
--2025 Case Competition Advisor
“Thank you for inviting me to join the CIBER case study competition this year as a judge. I truly enjoyed myself and the entire experience. Every time I've gotten involved with something from the Robinson College, it has been organized, managed and presented in an extremely high-class and professional manner. That was certainly true of this year's CIBER business case study competition. Also, I was very impressed with the students. They are smart, ambitious and enthusiastic.”
--2025 Case Competition Judge
S. Tamer Cavusgil, Executive Director: [email protected]
Cuneyt Evirgen, Faculty Director: [email protected]
Paula Huntley, Managing Director: [email protected]
Michael Wallace, IIB Business Manager: [email protected]
Jamaica Villegas, Administrative & Event Coordinator: [email protected]
Location: 35 Broad Street, Suite 625, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, U.S.
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Phone: 404-413-7431
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