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CB students win the HSBC Hong Kong Business Case Competition 2014

A team of four BBA students was declared joint winner in the HSBC Hong Kong Business Case Competition 2014 after competing against eight other local university teams.

Organised by the Asia Case Research Centre and sponsored by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), the competition was adjudicated by a panel of judges including HSBC senior executives and other industry professionals and took place at the K.K Leung Building of the University of Hong Kong on 3rd June.

After nine rounds of presentations with in-depth analysis, the City University of Hong Kong team was awarded one of the three joint winner's places to enter the Asia Pacific region competition, along with The University of Hong Kong team and the Lingnan University team. Each winning team also received HKD8,000 as a token of recognition.

CityU Team members*:

  • Alpha Chan Ho-ming, BBA Marketing Information Management Year 3
  • Maggie Cheung Shun-ling, BBA Marketing Year 3
  • Angel Li Xiao-yu, BBA Accountancy Year 3
  • Sky Tsoi Hip-wai, BBA Marketing Year 3

*The team was coached by Dr Lawrence Khoo, Visiting Assistant Professor of Department of Economics and Finance.

The winning teams were invited to compete in the HSBC Asia Pacific Business Case Competition 2014 held on 5th and 6th of June 2014, against 23 other teams from universities across 16 different regions in Asia Pacific.  Congratulations to the CityU team for their effort and achievement!

About the Competitions

The HSBC Business Case Competition and the HSBC Asia Pacific Business Case Competition have been organised by the Asia Case Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong, since 2008. They are the only Hong Kong based undergraduate business case competitions held annually and bring top teams of universities in the Asia Pacific regions together.

Teams of four students will compete against other teams in terms of case analysis, business strategy tactics, and presentation skills. Each year, the organising committee will invite experienced senior business professionals to sit on the panel of judges. The top three winning teams go forward to compete in the regional competition.

For more information about the Competitions, please click here.