Internal Case Competitions


Investment Banking Case Competition
Fall 2009

The Haas Undergraduate Program, Goldman Sachs and the Schlinger Family Foundation are proud to present the 12th Annual Investment Banking Case Competition. Each year this event showcases one of Goldman Sachs' recent high profile transactions to give interested students an opportunity to demonstrate and further develop their knowledge and skill base. This competition is ideal for students considering a career in investment banking, corporate finance, commercial banking, merchant banking, venture capital, consulting, and entrepreneurship. Participating in the competition also affords students a wonderful opportunity to meet and to get to know members of the Goldman Sachs recruiting team. The final round participants will be eligible to be selected for the Haas external case competition team(s).

Sign-ups begin on September 15th at noon and end on September 18th at noon in the Haas Undergraduate Program Office (S450). You will need the following information for each team member: name, phone number, e-mail address, graduation date and major(s).


Undergraduate students are encouraged to form teams of four, although a team may compete with a minimum of three individuals. To replicate the work environments that you will enter upon graduation, there must be at least one team member who is not a Haas major. Simultaneous degree students majoring in business and another major will be considered a Haas major.


Please right-click here to download the case (.pdf). Students will be notified on case distribution via the investmentbankingcasecomp@haas.berkeley.edu alias. All participants must subscribe themselves to this e-mail alias/list.

All participants must subscribe themselves to this e-mail alias/list by going here. If you need assistance, please contact the Haas Computing Services Helpdesk.

Each team will present their conclusions through a written presentation (landscape format), similar to the discussion materials often used in investment banking, consulting and corporate board meetings (e.g. PowerPoint or Word slides). Your presentation can be a maximum of 10 pages in length. You can have additional pages that include tables and exhibits (in addition to the 10 pages mentioned). The tables and exhibits will be a critical component of the final product as your conclusions will be based on this work. The presentations must be submitted by noon on September 29.

1. Your PowerPoint presentation should be converted to a PDF document.

2. E-mail your PDF presentation file to casesubmission@lists.haas.berkeley.edu and include the team number in the subject line of your message.

3. Your message size cannot exceed 5 MB

 The review committee, comprised of Goldman Sachs professionals, will review the presentations and select three to four teams to participate in the final round. The finalists will be announced and notified by October 2nd and final presentations will be held on Tuesday, October 6 from 6-9:30PM (Tilden Room, MLK ASUC Student Union Building). Each of the finalist groups will make a 15-minute presentation followed by questions from a panel of judges, which will include company management, investment bankers, and faculty from the Haas School of Business. After a short recess, the winner will be announced and prizes distributed, followed by the judges' critique of the presentations and a discussion of what actually occurred, with time allotted for questions from the audience.


[top of page]



E-Business Case Competition
Sponsored by Cisco Systems, Deloitte Consulting, the Schlinger Family Foundation, and the Haas Undergraduate Program

Every Spring Semester
The Haas Undergraduate Program, in association with Cisco Systems, Deloitte Consulting and the Schlinger Family Foundation, is proud to present its 10th annual E-Business Case Competition to undergraduate students of all majors and levels. This is a great opportunity for students to demonstrate and further develop their skill base. This case is especially ideal for those students considering a career in management consulting, supply chain management, international business, and eCommerce business-to-business applications. Additionally, over $3,000 in awards will be given out and the final round participants will be eligible to be selected for the fall 2009 Haas external case competition team(s) (e.g. Hong Kong and Texas). The winning team will also have the opportunity to present to Cisco Systems and Deloitte Consulting executives at their San Jose campus.

Teams
Undergraduate students are encouraged to form teams of four, though a team may compete with a minimum of three individuals. There must be at least one team member who is not a Haas major (Simultaneous degree students majoring in business and another major will be considered a Haas major). This rule is intended to replicate the work environments that graduates face upon graduation.


Sign-up Procedures
Each team should send one team member to register for the competition in the Haas Undergraduate Program Office (S450) on Monday, January 26th starting at 12:00 PM and ending on Friday, January 30th at 12:00 PM. Spaces are limited and spots are reserved on a first come first served basis. Each team will complete a sign-up form that includes the name, phone number, e-mail address, major and graduation date of each team member.


The Case
Case materials and instructions will be available on Monday, February 2nd on this website. Please download the two files by right-clicking on the links below:

1. Case-Part-1-of-2.pdf (PDF)
2. Case-Part-2-of-2.xls (Excel)

Cisco Systems and Deloitte Consulting have especially designed this case based on a currently unsolved situation they are facing. Questions addressed should be answered in written product, similar to discussion materials often used in business (i.e. PowerPoint Slides). Cases are due on Tuesday, February 17th by 12:00 PM. For submission:
1. Your PowerPoint presentation should be converted to a PDF document.
2. E-mail your PDF presentation file to casesubmission@lists.haas.berkeley.edu and include the team number in the subject line of your message.
3. Your message size cannot exceed 5 MB.

“Approaching the Case” Workshop
Representatives from Cisco Systems and Deloitte Consulting will provide thoughts on how to approach the case on Thursday, February 5th.


Question and Answer Session (Optional)
Representatives from Cisco Systems will be available to answer questions from each team in an open forum on Thursday, February 12th in Latimer, Room 150. Teams can submit questions in advance by e-mailing renee@haas.berkeley.edu


Final Competition
Three to four teams will be selected to participate in the final round. All teams, including the finalists, will be notified by Friday, February 20th. Finalists will have an optional question and answer session on Sunday, February 22nd at Cafe Strada from 2-4pm. Final presentation will be on March 2 at 6:30pm in in Anderson Auditorium F295. Finalists’ final presentation times will be communicated through e-mail.


Timeline

January 26: Sign-ups in Undergraduate Office (S450) at noon; ends January 30th at noon

February 2: Case materials and instructions available on this website

February 5: “Approaching the Case” workshop, room and time TBA

February 12: (optional) Question and Answer Session with Client, room and time TBA

February 17: Cases are due. Please see the instructions above.

February 20: Finalists announced by 5:00 pm

February 22: (optional) Feedback session for finalists at Cafe Strada from 2-4pm

March 2: Final Presentation, Anderson Auditorium F295 at 6:30pm

*All participants must add themselves to the case competition alias: e-business@haas.berkeley.edu by using the CalMail Mailing List Services website by clicking here or by going to:
<https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/e-business@lists.haas.berkeley.edu>.

If you need technical assistance, please contact the Haas Computing Services Helpdesk.


[top of page]


 


Winning Teams From Previous E-Business Case Competitions

Spring 2009
Kevin Huynh
Jenny Zhou
Andrew Wang
Patrick Pan



Spring 2008
Sagar Gupta
Wei Li
Sean Huang
Jimmy Shi



Spring 2007
Alexandra Stathopoulos
Sagar Patel
Ryan Panchadsaram
Devang Bhuva



Spring 2006
Wilson Chang
Gregory Huang
Amy Liang
Anna Linetskaya



Spring 2005
Michael Heinrich
Jessica Shu
Victor Tong
Tony Zhang



Spring 2004
Raymond Ma
Sumaya Kazi
Maneka Sinha
Kaushal Sanghavi

Spring 2003
Mahta Eghbali
Zubair Jandali
Jasvinder Khaira
Vikram Suresh


Spring 2002
Alon Brashinsky
Ananda Ghosh
Jesse Chen
Larry Tung


[top of page]


Spring 2001
David Chan
Amyn Saleh
Christine Cho
Lisa Mou

Spring 2000
Alexandre Jost
Alex Kaplenko
Teresa Kingston-Bonney
Christopher Zobrist

Winning Teams From Previous Investment Banking Case Competitions

Fall 2008 Winners
Tina Bao
Sebastian Cua
Brian Kim
Simon Shen


Fall 2007 Winners
Andrew Huang
Aneesh Kadakia
Mukund Ramachandran
Sayshu Medicherla


Fall 2006 Winners
Fred Kang
Henry Liu
Chris Peterson
Sam Shaih



Fall 2005 Winners
Arjun Arora
Romish Badani
Devang Bhuva
Sammy Obeid

Fall 2004
Rikin Vasani
Suken Vakil
Gennie Chen
Eugene Pyatigorsky

Fall 2003
John Yoon
Yoon Um
Dan Lee
Amy Lee


[top of page]


Fall 2002
Tedy Gunawan
Bruce Hao
Magnus Hybinette
Caroline Wang


Fall 2001
Joseph Spector
Annabelle Louie
Peter Lee
Tina Tong


Fall 2000
Lilia Shtarkman
Mark Khavkin
Sergei Geler
Alek Vernitsky


Fall 1999
Ryan Bonnell
Kathryn Cicoletti
Aaron Schweifler
Kyle Nichols


Fall 1998
Tania Kapoor
George Chen
Jeffrey Poon
Clif Marriott