Second Smeal Sustainability Case Competition

The Smeal College of Business is pleased to announce the second MBA sustainability case competition. IBM, SKF, Alcoa, International Paper, PepsiCo, and Verizon are co-sponsors of the competition.

The case setting is IBM's Corporate Environmental Affairs whose responsibilities include
evaluating suppliers for recycling, treatment and disposition of hazardous wastes or product
end-of-life materials. CEA is exploring how best to manage its growing global responsibilities
alone and in collaboration with companies that face similar challenges in both developed and
developing countries.

The competition consists of two rounds. The case will be available to registered MBA teams on Friday, September 18. The preliminary round will consist of electronic submissions of case analyses. Submissions will include a PowerPoint summary of the case analysis and an executive summary

A panel of judges will select five teams to be finalists. They will be invited to Penn State to compete for first ($10,000), second ($5000) and third place ($2500) prizes

The Smeal College will cover expenses for rooms and meals while finalists are on campus. Finalists are expected to pay their own travel expenses to University Park, PA