UF’s Heavener School of Business is hosting an international business competition this week.
The Heavener International Case Competition, a weeklong competition that aims to expose students to challenges and decisions global business leaders face, started Monday and will end Saturday. This is the first year UF is hosting the event.
UF’s team is competing against 19 other universities from around the world. Each team will give its final presentation from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Joseph Couture, the director of logistics for the competition, said each team consists of four students from every university.
“During case days, participants are given a real-world business problem,” the 21-year-old said. “The participants then have to present their solutions to current working business professionals.”
Registration for the competition costs about $700, not including flights or hotels, the UF finance senior said.
Luis Franco, the student president for the competition, said the winning school will get a trophy and international recognition.
“The winner has bragging rights about having the best and brightest undergraduate business students,” the 22-year-old UF business senior said. “And that’s a rewarding title to hold.”
Rhiannon Nind, a business junior at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, said she joined the competition because it was a great opportunity to meet others.
“It’s such a friendly culture for competitors,” the 19-year-old said. “In addition, it is an amazing competition with the best in the world.”
