Awarded by: CICC
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology successfully defends its Championship Title in the Citi International Case Competition (“CICC”) 2013 with an innovative and robust strategy for Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, the world’s largest jewelry retailer by market value and a key client of Citi Hong Kong. The local students defeated 17 other outstanding teams from top business schools around the world to take the highest honor in the prestigious annual contest.
The CICC reached a new milestone running as Asia’s first and leading case competition bringing around 100 international business students annually to Hong Kong. Sponsored and organized by Citi and co-organized with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School), this year’s competition challenged students to present viable solutions in just 24 hours to the strategic issues and managerial dilemmas faced by Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (“CTF”). CTF provided the students with a complex case which highlighted in tackling the fast changing consumer landscape in China.
Held in Hong Kong between October 28 and November 1, the eleventh annual CICC attracted 18 teams from 13 countries and markets, including Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the U.S.A.
The first and second runners-up are Thammasat University from Thailand and The National University of Singapore respectively.