The Energy Management Group (EMG) at the UCLA Anderson School of Management is hosting its seventh-annual Challenges in Energy Case Competition on Thursday, February 27, 2020. The competition will feature teams from MBA schools all over the country that have strong energy programs. The winning team will advance to compete in the overall Think in the Next Innovation Challenge on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Click here for more information on the overall challenge.
Southern California Edison is the platinum sponsor. The case prompt typically relates to either future energy challenges, new technology or entrepreneurship in energy. The prizes for the top teams in the preliminary round total $5,000. The prize for the overall winning team will be announced soon.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The prompt will be released at 12:00 p.m. PST.
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Presentation slides must be sent via email by 9:00 p.m. PST to Chris Stassis at chris.stassis.2020@anderson.ucla.edu and Mayank Gupta at mayank.gupta.2021@anderson.ucla.edu.
During the above time window, the following restrictions apply:
If you have any questions about any of the content in the case documents or notice an error in the materials that may notably affect any analysis, please contact Chris Stassis at chris.stassis.2020@anderson.ucla.edu and Mayank Gupta at mayank.gupta.2021@anderson.ucla.edu.
The prompt writers will review all questions and respond if the matter involves something that is critical to case completion, not available in the existing documents and/or not intended to be an assumption or point of additional research.
Any errors will be corrected immediately, and the prompt will be redistributed to all teams as soon as possible.
Presentation materials should contain the team’s chosen name but must not reference the team’s school affiliation.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Applications are no longer being accepted. If you have any questions about the rules, please contact Mayank Gupta at mayank.gupta.2021@anderson.ucla.edu.