1. Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines
2. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR (hosting institution)
3. Mahidol University International College, Thailand
4. RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam
5. Thammasat University, Thailand

1. Deakin University

2. Universiti Brunei Darussalam

3. Zagreb School of Economics and Management

4. Hong Kong Baptist University
5. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
6. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
8. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
9. University of Delhi

10. BINUS University
11. Petra Christian University
12. Universitas Gadjah Mada
13. Universitas Indonesia
14. Universitas Padjadjaran

15. Musashino University

16. Almaty Management University
17. Nazarbayev University

18. Macau University of Science and Technology

19. Shanghai University
20. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

21. UCSI University
22. University of Nottingham Malaysia

23. University of Amsterdam

24. Ateneo de Manila University
25. De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde
26. De La Salle University
27. Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna
28. University of the Philippines Diliman

29. Nanyang Polytechnic
30. National University of Singapore

31. Yonsei University

32. Stockholm University

33. Chulalongkorn University
34. Mahidol University International College
35. Thammasat University

36. Middle East Technical University

37. Georgia State University

38. RMIT University, Vietnam

• Gold Prize: USD1,500 per team and Trophy
• Silver Prize: USD900 per team and Trophy
• Bronze Prize: USD700 per team and Trophy
• Best Presenter Award: USD200 and Trophy

• All business students from universities around the globe are eligible.
• Each university can nominate ONE team. Each team should consist of a maximum of 4 students, with no more than 1 graduate student.
• Students of the same team must come from the same institution at the time of application. Past awardees of either team awards or individual awards are not allowed to participate in the Competition.
• Each team should be supervised by a Faculty Supervisor.
• Hosting institution will be eligible to have one team in the Final-round Competition.

• Each team will be assigned a case on 19 June 2023 Monday at 10am (Hong Kong Time) by email.  Participants have to analyse the case and submit an oral presentation video and a copy of the presentation slides in PDF format by 20 June 2023 Tuesday at 10am (Hong Kong Time) via the designated online submission form.
• The duration of the presentation video should be between 8 and 10 minutes.
• The presentation video must be conducted in English.
• The presentation video should be in MP4 format and recorded via the ZOOM platform.
• All team members should participate in the presentation and show their faces in the video.
• All team members have to take masks off during the presentation.

• Four finalist teams plus one team from the hosting institution will be selected to enter the Final-round Competition to be held on 3 Nov 2023 Friday at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong.
• Each finalist team has 6 hours to research, analyse, develop a set of action plans, and make recommendations to a business case.
• Each finalist team will be given 20 minutes to present and 15 minutes to answer judges’ questions.

1. Identification of Problems
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
3. Quality of Recommendations and Alternatives
4. Implementation and Plan of Actions
5. Presentation Form and Style

1. Identification of Problems
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
3. Quality of Recommendations and Alternatives
4. Implementation and Plan of Actions
5. Presentation Form and Style
6. Handling of Questions

Free accommodation from 2 to 4 November 2023 (3 nights) with a maximum of 3 twin-bedded rooms will be provided to each non-local finalist team. Extra rooms and/or nights will be paid on participating teams’ own expenses.