On April 2, 2012, UConn School of Business won the Third Annual ACG Connecticut Cup Competition. UConn’s MBA team consisted of Vivek Goel, Isaac Park, Archit Patel, Tom Wang, and Dawei Zheng. The other schools competing in the competition were Yale University School of Management (2nd place), Sacred Heart University College of Business (3rd place), and Quinnipiac University School of Business (4th place). Continue Reading
Graduate Case Competitions
Business, Law Students Collaborate During UConn’s First Joint Negotiation Competition
The University of Connecticut School of Law hosted the first UConn Law School-UConn Business School Joint Negotiation Competition last month.
The event fostered professional achievement and collaboration among the students, with four MBA students continuing on to a regional competition at Villanova University in April.Continue Reading
UConn MBA Students Win First Prize in APICS Business Case Competition
A team of four UConn MBA students were awarded First Place and Grand Champions in the APICS Northeast Business Case Competition in Albany, N.Y., last month. This is the fourth time that a UConn MBA team has been awarded top honors.
The winning team members are first-year MBA students Jason Harris, Akhilesh Kumar, Jared Siraco, and Yogendra Bhosrekar. As a result of the win, the team will next compete in the Global APICS Competition which will be held in Las Vegas in October. Continue Reading
Business Briefs (Spring 2014)
This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)
Faculty & Staff
Sudip Bhattacharjee, associate professor of OPIM, was invited to serve as a member of the 2014 Selects Committee for the premiere INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research held March 30.
Assistant Professor Paul Borochin and Professor Joseph Golec, both of the finance department, presented “Using Options to Measure the Full Value-Effect of an Event: Application to the Healthcare Reform Act” to the University community on February 7. Continue Reading
MSFRM Students Take 3rd Place in Prestigious Rotman Trading Competition
Marking its first time participating in the Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC)–a very prominent, well-established global competition–the UConn team captured third place in the Quantitative Outcry Case.
Making up UConn’s team were MSFRM students Brian Asselin, Chad Belanger, Matt Dyer, and Tejas Patel. Continue Reading
MBAs Continue to Collect Competition Honors
For the second year in a row, UConn MBAs won first place in the APICS Northeast Supply Chain Business Case Competition held this year February 7-8, 2014 in Albany, NY.
The winning “Grand Champion” team, comprising Jaimin Bhatt ’15 MBA, Mohit Ganotra ’15 MBA, and Bhupender Singh ’15 MBA, will represent the Northeast District in APICS International Student Team Competition scheduled for October in New Orleans. Continue Reading
Business Briefs and Accolades (Spring 2013)
This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2 (Spring 2013)
Innovation for Business Growth in Fairfield County
Over 110 UConn Alumni and business leaders from the greater Stamford, Connecticut area gathered at the “Innovation for Business Growth in Fairfield County” event at the Stamford Learning Accelerator. The event, hosted by the UConn School of Business and The Business Council of Fairfield, Connecticut, featured a panel discussion on topics such as new business growth in Connecticut and why companies are relocating to Fairfield County. Continue Reading
UConn MBAs Take 1st Place in Illinois Strategy Case Competition
A team of four University of Connecticut MBA candidates took first place in the fifth annual MBA Strategy Case Competition hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held February 7-9. Ten schools participated in the competition: Arizona State, Baylor, Connecticut, Hong Kong UST, Illinois, Iowa State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue. Continue Reading
UConn MBAs Sweep APICS Case Competition
University of Connecticut MBAs took the first, second, and third places in the APICS Northeast Region graduate level student case competition held in Albany February 1–2, 2013. Twenty-one teams from across the northeast participated, including undergraduate and MBA teams. Continue Reading
UConn MBA Students Win ACG CT Cup
On April 2, 2012, UConn School of Business won the Third Annual ACG Connecticut Cup Competition. UConn’s MBA team consisted of Vivek Goel, Isaac Park, Archit Patel, Tom Wang, and Dawei Zheng. The other schools competing in the competition were Yale University School of Management (2nd place), Sacred Heart University College of Business (3rd place), and Quinnipiac University School of Business (4th place). Continue Reading