Global Case Challenge

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In March 2010, the One Laptop per Child Association will be gathering over 300 of the world’s best and brightest young MBA, graduate and undergraduate business minds to develop innovative and effective strategies for leveraging leading-edge technologies to educate and empower the world’s poorest children.

In partnership with the Hult International Business School (formerly the Arthur D. Little School of Management) and TalentCastr, the One Laptop per Child Association will be hosting case competitions in Boston, London, Shanghai and Dubai in which teams of students from the world’s top universities and graduate programs develop and present innovative solutions to a business case that is of strategic relevance to the One Laptop per Child Association’s mission of empowering the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child.

Prior to the event, TalentCastr will be utilizing its automated video interviewing and recruiting platform to identify the best and brightest business minds (top ~10% of applicants to be selected) from over 100 of the world’s top universities and graduate programs to participate in the Boston, London, Shanghai and Dubai events. An illustrative sample of universities and graduate/MBA programs to be represented at the event includes Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Hult International Business School, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Booth) and the Richard Ivey School of Business.

About the Global Case Challenge

Q - What is the Case about?
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Q - How many rounds is the Case Competition?
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Q - What are the selection criteria for the first round? Second round?
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Q - Who will judge the case?
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Q - Who pays for my travel to one of the 4 cities in the first round, or Dubai in the final round?
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Q - What expectations will the judges have for my team? And what competition structure will we be working under (e.g. # of powerpoint slides, length of presentation, etc)
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Eligibility

Q - Who is eligible to apply for GCC?
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Q - I am a recent graduate. Am I eligible?
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Q - I am applying for graduate school now. Am I eligible?
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Q - I have applied for graduate school but am waiting to be notified. Am I eligible?
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Q - Are all team members required to speak English fluently?
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Registration & Application Process

Q - When does the application process close?

A - Applications will be accepted until March 1, 2009. Case by case applications will be reviewed thereafter.

Q - When will my team be notified if we are selected to participate?
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Q - Can my team consist of students from multiple universities?
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Q - Can my team register for any GCC location?
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Q - Provided my team is selected, is the team's registration fee subtracted from the application fee?
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Q - How much is the application fee and it is refundable if my team is not selected to compete?
A - Q - How does the video submission work? Do I do that before I participate in the first round in one of the 4 cities?
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Competition Locations

Dubai

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Q - Where can I find accommodation in this GCC location?
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Q - Do I need a visa for this GCC location?
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Q - What date will the final round take place in Dubai?
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Boston

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London

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Shanghai

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