Front row from left: Rebecca Chen, Jenny Shih and Murli Madarnsetty. Second
row from left: Fritz Chen, Tejasvi Devaru and Prof Larry Franklin.
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“The ultimate compliment was
given to the HKUST team when
one of the industry judges said, ‘I
want to hire those guys’,” he said.
HKUST’s team included Fritz
Chen, Rebecca Chen, Tejasvi
Devaru, Murli Madamsetty and
Jenny Shih. Fritz Chen said the
experience helped them to gain
confidence.
“We now know fully what we are
capable of. We were able to stand shoulder to
shoulder with fellow MBAs from the world’s best
A
n examination of the nutraceutical industry
earned a team of first-year MBA students top marks
for industry analysis at the Marshall MBA Global
Consulting Challenge.
This year’s Marshall Challenge, organized by the
University of Southern California, required teams to
assess the prospects of newly-listed Herbalife
International and the global nutritional-pharmaceutical
industry in general.
The 10 participating teams had to produce a
consulting analysis and company analysis, as well as
industry analysis. Winners were announced in each
category.
HKUST’s team earned praise for its
innovation and grasp of the complexities of
the industry from a panel of judges that
included industry experts, analysts,
consultants and company representatives.
Professor Larry Franklin, Adjunct Professor
of Finance and Business Law who advised
the team, sat in on the judges’ private
evaluations.
Healthy Result for MBA Team
A
team of HKUST graduate students became the
first from outside the US ever to reach the finalist
stage of the University of San Francisco Business
Plan Competition.
Faculty and students from 35 countries participated
in the four-day event in March. It attracted 19 team
entries.
The HKUST team placed in the top five overall and
won third place in the elevator pitch contest. They
had just 90 seconds to pitch their plan before 20
Silicon Valley venture capitalists and top executives
and an audience of about 300.
The team of first-year MBA students consisted of
Akshay Jaising, Deneb Latif, Christopher Hanschka,
Edgar Mora and Moritz Walther. They presented a
plan on ENPREA, which promotes patented
Students Make Inroads in USF Contest
nanostructure carbon tubes that have twice the
power capacity of conventional lithium ion batteries.
Visiting Prof Mark Cannice, who hails from USF and
helped to organize the competition there, said the
HKUST students presented their plan persuasively
and professionally in all contest events. “This is a
fantastic performance for the team and HKUST. They
are to be heartily congratulated,” he said.
T
he MBA Alumni Association is steaming ahead
with activities that reinforce the networks formed by
students here.
The association held its annual AGM dinner in March
and more than 150 people attended, a record for the
event. A magic show and amazing prizes from
sponsors such as Bulgari, Microsoft and Symantec
were highlights of the evening.
Alumni were also invited to join a golf trip in early
April and sign up for the HKUST MBAAA Dragon Boat
Race Team.
The association has formed five taskforces to carry
out its R-I-C-H mission (Reunion, International
network, Continuous Learning, Hearts). The
taskforces cover continuous learning, community
service, sport and interest groups, member services,
and operation and legal form review.
For further information on upcoming activities, check
out their website
http://www.mbaaa.com
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business schools,” he said. “We worked together and
our synergies showed.”
The other teams included Kellogg School
of Management, Wharton Business
School, London Business School, Yale,
HEC International Business School in
Paris, UCLA, Emory University and IPADE
Business School in Mexico City. The USC
Marshall School of Business, which
organized the February event, was overall
winner.
“We were able to stand shoulder to
shoulder with fellow MBAs from the
world’s best business schools.”
“The HKUST students
presented their plan
persuasively and
professionally in all
contest events.”
From left: Prof Mark Cannice, Christopher Hanschka, Edgar
Mora, Moritz Walther, Akshay Jaising and Deneb Latif.
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