Supply Chain Finance

Supply Chain Finance Community launches the Global Student Challenge with €20,000 prizes

The Supply Chain Finance Community for the 2nd year in a row is launching the Global Student Challenge, an international competition which will identify the best student talents worldwide and connect them with the corporate sector. A cash prize of €20,000 and internships at major corporations are among the rewards for successful competitors.

The first edition of the Global Student Challenge turned out to be a spectacular event. The winning team was crowned after a thrilling final in April 2015 and turned out to be IIM Bangalore from India. Fudan University from China and University of Dhaka from Bangladesh took second and third place. The participating student teams were extremely thankful for this opportunity and described it as an invaluable experience.

The Global Student Challenge addresses the need for knowledge and product development in the area of Supply Chain Finance (SCF) and attempts to bridge the gap between the academic world and the corporate sector. The Challenge is aimed at stimulating interaction between corporates, banks and knowledge institutions.

Starting today participating student teams can join in three ‘qualifying rounds’ in a web-based version of the business simulation game The Cool Connection at www.globalstudentchallenge.org. Qualification is open until mid-October 2015. From November 2015 teams who qualify will, for a six week period, take part in three additional rounds of the simulation as they compete to become their nation’s winning team.

The Top 20 national winners will progress to the Supply Chain Finance Community Global Student Final in April 2016 where they will compete against the world’s best teams.

These teams, together with their professors, will be invited for a full week of Supply Chain Finance experience in The Netherlands. Travel and hotel expenses for the full week are covered and, for the winning teams, €20.000 in total cash prizes is available. Additionally, winning contestants have a chance to be enrolled into international internships with some of the world’s leading multinationals such as Philips, Heineken and Unilever.

The Supply Chain Finance Community is liaising with the Knowledge Distribution Centres (KDC) and the Dutch institute for Advanced Logistics (Dinalog) in The Netherlands to enhance the knowledge and applications of Supply Chain Finance. Dinalog and KDC play a crucial role in linking large research projects to the corporate and education sector.

Registration 

For registration and more information visit the Global Student Challenge website globalstudentchallenge.org.

 

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