Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition

Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Corning Case Competition 2023: Applications open NOW!

The impact of globalization on business, both locally and globally, is immense and ignoring it would be a catastrophic undertaking. The goal of the case competition is to identify and answer questions that real businesses and managers are posing today in relation to Emerging Markets. The growing role of Emerging Market Multinationals in the business world continues to evolve and this case competition seeks to challenge us to come up with win-win solutions.

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Past Editions

Winners

Team DeGroote Warriors – McMaster University, Canada (Prize of $5,000)
Team Hoosier Hypothesis – Indiana University, United States (Prize of $3,000)
Team Emerging5 – Cornell University, United States (Prize of $1,000)

The 2022 Case

VI Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Corning Annual Case Competition was the biggest EMI’s competition ever, holding 376 students from 25 different business schools from 9 countries. Held on November 4th, 2022 during the EMI Conference. The last few years have been unexpected for all. The case approached the Southeast Asian telecom sector experiences continuing growth, due to increased population, widespread phone adoption, and the rise of 5G. Watch the finals on EMI’s YouTube channel.

Fletcher ESG Team – A – Tufts University (Prize of $5000)
Team Rocket – Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India (Prize of $3000)
Maize Consulting – Indiana University (Prize of $1000)

The 2021 Case

V Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Annual Case Competition was the biggest EMI’s competition. Held on November 5th, 2021 during the EMI Conference. The last few years have been unexpected for all. Hit by a global pandemic, COVID-19, economies, lives, and supply chains around the world have been impacted. Keeping this evolving state in mind, last year’s case competition addressed the challenges that emerging markets companies, which increasingly rely on a globally interconnected supply chain, were facing. Watch the finals on EMI’s YouTube Channel.

Winners

Team Famous Five – Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (Prize of $5000)
Team Titan – Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India (Prize of $3000)
Team VUCA – Universidad de los Andes, Colombia (Prize of $1000)

The 2020 Case

IV Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Annual Case Competition is a key event in the conference, and was held on November 7th. The year 2020 has been unexpected for all of us. Hit by a global pandemic, economies and lives around the world have been impacted, something which none had anticipated. Keeping this current state in mind, last year’s case competition addressed the challenges that the emerging markets companies, which increasingly rely on a globally interconnected supply chain, are facing due to Covid-19, specifically in the pharmaceuticals industry. Watch the finals on EMI’s YouTube Channel.

Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition

EMI Corning Case Competition Timeline

Past Editions

VI Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition 2022

V Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition 2021

IV Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition 2020

III Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition 2019