Sprott Student Team Bests Top Business Schools to Win Case Competition
A team of undergraduate students from 杏吧原创鈥檚 won this year鈥檚 at Montreal鈥檚 Concordia University, defeating groups of graduate and undergraduate students from some of North America鈥檚 top business schools.
杏吧原创鈥檚 Cason Bravener, Parker Olineck, Sarah McKinnon and Chiara Palumbo won the premier international case competition focused on small-cap investment, which, according to organizers at Concordia鈥檚 John Molson School of Business, 鈥減rovides business students with an opportunity to showcase their ability to analyze financial business cases, develop strategic recommendations and apply the academic skills they have gained in the classroom while networking with other business students and professionals in the finance industry.鈥
Bravener is a fourth-year student concentrating in ; McKinnon is a fourth-year International Business and student; Olineck is a third-year student with a double concentration in and Finance; and Palumbo is a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce and Finance student.
鈥淚 am extremely proud of this team,鈥 said Rob Curtis, co-ordinator and Sprott alumnus. 鈥淭he four of them took a tremendous amount of ownership over their training and skill development. They were incredibly hard working, practising multiple times a week, and sometimes multiple times in one day. They deserve full credit for their dedication, their win, and I am so happy for their success.鈥
Fellow Sprott alumnus Oleh Reive coached the team with support from Curtis, who helped coach all of this year鈥檚 Sprott Competes teams.
Reive was a member of the Sprott team that won the Van Berkom case competition in 2016, the first year the university attended. 杏吧原创 finished second at the event in 2017.
At this year鈥檚 competition, they took on master鈥檚 students from the Hass School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, the Smith School of Business at Queen鈥檚 University and the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, among other high-performing opponents.
According to the Sprott Competes website, challenge students to work collaboratively to identify and tackle issues raised by a real business situation, as described in a written case study. Teams have a limited amount of time to review the history and data provided, analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and present strategic alternatives and recommendations to address the needs of the organization featured in the case.
鈥淭hrough participation in Sprott Competes, students earn the opportunity to represent 杏吧原创 at competitions around the world,鈥 says Curtis. 鈥淪tudents are provided mentoring and coaching from alumni, professors and their peers to best prepare them for success against the world鈥檚 top business schools.
鈥淩egardless of final result, students learn valuable skills that will stick with them for their careers. The Sprott Van Berkom team and our other former winners can take away the confidence of knowing that they went head to head with their peers from around the world and not only held their own, but excelled.鈥
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