When it comes to family business student case competitions, every year the world comes to the University of Vermont in Burlington.
The third annual Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC) hosted by the University of Vermont, School of Business kicks off today.
The FECC brings together 24 of the world’s finest family business programs and their teams from afar afield as India, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, Malaysia, France, Mexico, the U.K., Canada and Sweden, as well as the U.S. totaling more than 200 participants, truly a world cup of student competition.
Students, coaches and judges representing more than 20 countries from four continents descend on Burlington, Vt. for the event, which for four days will become the global epicenter for family business education and competition.
The FECC is an annual competition that showcases exceptional undergraduate and master's students' case writing, analysis and presentation skills. Students apply the knowledge and expertise they have developed in the classroom toward solving complex family business cases.
During four tough rounds of competition, teams present their case findings and recommendations to a distinguished panel of judges who will determine which group best understood, analyzed and presented the most compelling case study.
Sixteen undergraduate and eigth graduate teams are competing for the coveted Family Enterprise undergraduate and graduate cups, with 17 teams returning from previous years.
Last year’s winners will be returning to defend their titles; they being the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, who took the top slot in the undergraduate rankings, and the team from Jönköping International Business School in Sweden in the graduate competition.
Undergraduate
John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Carleton University - Sprott School of Business
Ottawa, Canada
Wilfrid Laurier University
Ontario, Canada
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad Panamericana - Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Universidad Panamericana - Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
Netherlands
Stetson University
Deland, Florida, USA
Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University
Michigan, USA
Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure, New York, USA
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management
Syracuse, New York, USA
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Graduate
Wilfrid Laurier University
Ontario, Canada
ICN Business School
Metz, France
Indian School of Business
Hyderabad, India
Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
University of Business and Technology
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ESADE Business School
Barcelona, Spain
Jönköping International Business School
Jönköping, Sweden
Lancaster University Management School
Lancaster, UK
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, USA