HSBC, IBA launch business case competition

HSBC Bangladesh and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University yesterday launched the business case competition 2016.

Francois de Maricourt, chief executive officer of HSBC, and AKM Saiful Majid, director of IBA, jointly launched the programme, the bank said in a statement. 

The competition was first launched in 2013 and is open to all undergraduate business school students in Bangladesh, it said.

“It aims to provide a platform for the students to utilise their theoretical and analytical skills in solving practical business scenarios.”

Undergraduate business students from the same university/institution can form teams -- each with four members -- and submit their names to the university to send to the organisers, according to the statement.

A university can have a maximum of four teams participating in the competition, and registration for the first round is open from March 22–29.

Participating teams will be provided with unpublished business cases to solve during the competition, and details of the competition are available on the HSBC website.

Three local teams will be selected as champion, first runner-up and second runner-up, and receive trophies and cash prizes. The local champions will also get a chance to compete at the regional finale in Hong Kong, HSBC said.

The global HSBC Business Case Competition is currently being joined by students from Hong Kong, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mainland China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.